Hi,
I am getting my nuc this weekend and have a question. I have read that blue jays eat bees. I feed the birds in the area that the bee hive will be. Should I quit feeding them? There are 4 jays that come every day.
Although I don't have any blue jays, I feed the birds and do not have any problems. I have plenty of birds nesting in my yard between the blue birds, chickadees, and Eastern phoebes. In fact I have one phoebe that spends the majority of her day perched on a fence post next to my hives. Although I see her working the ground around the pole, I have never seen her take a bee out of the air or at the entrance of the hive.
I would keep an eye on it at first, if you get birds perching on the hive tops with their attention focused at the hive entrance, then I would start to worry.
I've had blue jays in the past and had no problems.
i had a peach tree. and the blue jays ate the peaches, there bad brids :twisted: don't know if they eat bees
I cant remember exact numbers but there are like 36 diff common birds that eat bees around the yard. I dont think it should be a problem becuase if they are going to be eat'n than it is just going to happen some other place. Just part of the food chain. bye :D
I saw a scissortail standing under my nuc and eating bees off the ground I was on the tractor and I yelled at him and he left