bee's in my duck pen

[sweeetpea92]

I was wondering if anyone has a problem with bee' s in there duck pen. They seem to only want my ducks food. What should i do to get them out and keep them away. I dont not want my call ducks to get hurt by them

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I doubt the bees will hurt the ducks.
There really isn't any way to keep them out without causing more problems.

 

[Amiga]

I was wondering if anyone has a problem with bee' s in there duck pen. They seem to only want my ducks food. What should i do to get them out and keep them away. I dont not want my call ducks to get hurt by them

Could you help us by telling us what kind of bees, if you know, and how many?

We have all kinds of bees around, and very few ever check out the ducks' food. The honeybees kinda like their poo, though.

But I mean, just a few fly by, stop on some muddy poo, then leave after a while. Not even every day.

 

[sweeetpea92]

O am not sure what kind of bees they are i know the nest in the ground where i live and they are always in my ducks food bowl. There is nothing that repeals them not looking to kill just for them to go somewhere eles

 

[ChickenCanoe]

If there's a hole in the ground they are coming out of, they likely aren't bees but yellowjackets.

ETA
http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/wasp-and-bee-control/

 

[Amiga]

Actually, ChickenCanoe, while they may be yellow jackets, there are ground bees, too. Fairly benign, but they worry people because they can be so active during certain times of the year.

I am trying to think of something that would let ducks in, keep bees away…..

You know, if we knew what kind they are and what they are looking for, perhaps a bee feeding station outside the duck pen would work. I have read that some folks set some peanut butter in a place far away from their picnic table to lure yellow jackets away. Sometimes it works. Insects are kinda like ducks that way, I think.

Here we go - @sweeetpea92 please look at this and find your bees.

http://www.about-bees.com/ground-bees.html

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Feeding station is a great idea but I doubt we'll find out which of the hundreds of species they could be.
They clearly aren't honeybees.

 

[Amiga]

What kind of feed is it?

 

[Bine]

Just a wild guess: I think the bees need the protein in the duck food. I couldn't think of something else. Many garden plants have low or no pollen. Think of all the new pollen-free sunflowers that are advertised in many seed shops or plants with double filled blooms, I see often very pretty gardens that are a desert for bees and butterfly.
So best way to keep them away from the duck food would be to offer pollen rich plants somewhere in the garden. Often a little patch with a mix of sunflowers, buckwheat, clover, poppy, and phacelia not only welcome bees and butterflies but also attract other "little helpers" to the garden.

 

[Amiga]

There we go - you can even buy pollen cookies for bees. Something else they love and need but often don't get enough of is fresh water. You can make a bee watering station by putting clean stones in a bowl of water and setting that in the shade somewhere (away from the duck pen).