[TN-Bird] Re: What to do about yellow jackets?
- From: "Carole Gobert" <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Tallentad@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:26:29 -0400
I had a slight yellow jacket problem a couple weeks ago (only one yellow
jacket but the hummers were reluctant to use the feeder with it there). I
moved the feeder a few feet to a new location and the yellow jacket has not
returned as yet. Now I have ants in it. It is a little plastic saucer type
feeder with an ant moat that the chickadees like to drink from. Maybe I
need to refill the moat with water more often because it hasn't deterred the
ants. I just ignore them and figure the hummers are getting some added
protein. They don't seem to notice the ants.
Carole Gobert, Knox County, Tn
>From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Tallentad@xxxxxxx
>CC: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: What to do about yellow jackets? Date: Sun, 20 Aug
>2006 15:55:49 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>Ann and everyone. A warning about your advice on preventing bees
>at hummer feeders. I personally would strongly discourage use
>of petroleum jelly products (Vasoline, Vapor Rub, etc.) around
>hummingbird feeders. There is a high likelihood of the birds
>coming in contact with the petroleum jelly which can foul their
>feathers. While small amounts are likely more of a annoyance
>to the birds than a serious, life-threatening problem, it doesn't
>seem worth the risk.
>
>Instead, I would recommend the saucer-type feeders. In these
>feeders, the liquid level is well below the feeder hole so the
>bees cannot get to it. Most come with a built-in ant trap
>which eliminates ants as a problem (and gives the goldfinches
>a favorite spot to drink). The only issue I've had with mine
>in 6 years is that jumping spiders like to sit on it.
>
>Dean Edwards
>Knoxville, TN
>
>
>
>On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Tallentad@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >
> > In response to the question: What do you do about yellow jackets around
> > hummingbird feeders?:
> > I have used Vicks Vapor Rub or Mentholatum around the feeding ports;
> > however, you must be careful not to get any in the ports. Since
>hummingbirds have a
> > poor sense of smell, as do most birds, they are not bothered by the
>smell.
> > Unlike the hummingbirds, yellow jackets do not like the smell, and find
>the
> > smell offensive. I read this suggestion one time in either Birder's
>Digest or
> > Birder's World or maybe it was Wildbird magazine.
> >
> > Ann Tallent
> > Maryville, TN
> > Blount Co.
> >
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