Subject: Buzzers chase hummers
Date: Aug 15 09:15:29 2003
From: fremontinn2 at comcast.net - fremontinn2 at comcast.net


I've had a bee chasing hummers for the last two or three weeks. One of my
hummingbird feeders is very small with only one feeding port and no bee guard.
The bee and the hummer carry on a aerial dance posturing before the hummer,
usually, gives up and leaves. Sometimes it is more of an aerial battle! I
guess I need to look for an old feeder and see if I can cannibalize a bee guard
from it.

On this subject, I regularly have Anna's, but the Rufous have been gone for a
month.

Bruce Jones
Shoreline, WA
> My sister in Denver has bunches of hummers (lucky her). She says they have had
> four bees which have been chasing the hummers away from the feeders. One is
> especially aggressive.
>
> It doesn't surprise me but has anyone heard of this before?
>
> Kerri W. Scarbrough, O.D.
> Woodinville, WA
>