The lack of food source is one of the reasons why bees and wasps are foraging on on your hummingbird feeder.

How to keep honey bees off hummingbird feeders. Spray the mixture on your plants and leave it for 10. Clean feeders of residue regularly. To make peppermint oil insecticide, you need to mix 1 part peppermint essential oil with 3 parts water in a spray bottle.

Use a lighter balance of up to 1:5 sugar to water for your. Bees can be guided to a bowl filled with one to two parts sugar and one part water mix. Plants and flowers are also.

Position a bowl in a place not too far from the hummingbird feeder. Hang disposable yellow jacket traps. There are a few ways to keep bees away from your oriole feeder.

Here are the top 9 tips to prevent. Attach an ant moat to hummingbird feeders. In summer 1 part sugar to 1 part water.

More so, maintain a clean feeder, free of sugar water on. Look for holes in the wood of your deck (carpenter bees) look for wasp nests and spray them using long. Wipe the feeder with a damp cloth at least once a day, and you can keep bees away from hummingbird feeders.

Using a funnel, add about 10 to 15 drops of peppermint oil to a cup of lukewarm water in an empty spray bottle and shake it well. Replace the sugar water every few days. Some beekeepers use a 2:1 mix.