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  1. WannaBeHillBilly

    Honey Bee Sanctuary - NOT!

    One of my uncles was a bee-keeper and he always had a flat pan full of pebbles and water close by the bee-house. The pan was located within an old bird-feeding house, so it was covered from above to protect the bees from bird attacks. On hot days the bees were all over it and it had to be...
  2. WannaBeHillBilly

    Honey Bee Sanctuary - NOT!

    That is a beautiful bee hive you have there! But it wouldn't work for my Blanca duck. - In fact it would work all too well for Blanca: She would just stick her bill into the hole and suck all the bees into her stomach at once. She is catching insects in mid flight all day long and i'm sure...
  3. WannaBeHillBilly

    Honey Bee Sanctuary - NOT!

    Back in Germany you can rent Runner Ducks to free your vegetable yard of snails and bugs. - Weird, my ducks would free the snails from all those pesky vegetables…
  4. WannaBeHillBilly

    Honey Bee Sanctuary - NOT!

    That is a great idea! We had very few bees here in WV too this year, so i need to look up if there's a local beekeeper association here.
  5. WannaBeHillBilly

    Honey Bee Sanctuary - NOT!

    They chicken out too quick! :gig Be patient, once they discover how crunchy and tasty all these buzzing things are their velociraptor genes will take over.
  6. WannaBeHillBilly

    Honey Bee Sanctuary - NOT!

    Good luck! - Strange, all chickens i have met so far - not too many, but a few, were more than happy to eat bees, wasps and even bumblebees.
  7. WannaBeHillBilly

    Honey Bee Sanctuary - NOT!

    You say »birds«, what kind of birds do you have? My ducks are happy if they find bees in their water or at the waterer. Bees are yummy! What you can try is a shallow water source with a cloth or a sponge as an "island". Bees that have fallen into the water can climb out and the others will use...
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