Scrub jays eating bees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svG8oHZYg1w#ws)
I wonder what percentage of their diet is live bees vs. cleaning up around the hive. And I don't think stinging bees wound stop jays. Pellet rifle might.
had them sitting on my entrance and eating bees. put up some whirly-gig things and that seems to have helped. now if i could just get rid of the swallows!!
I have thousands of dragonflies at this time of the year. They usually eat the dearflies, which are out in force now. I am wondering if any one knows if the dragonflies also eat bees. which are about the same size as our dearflies.
(Not that I could do much about them)
Bird netting for directly over the hive?
bb guns at walmart are cheap enough. Your problem could be fixed in one afternoon sitting in a lawn chair in the shade with a cold brewski in hand :-D