Lizards

[don2]

anyone have Lizards hanging out on the landing board? d2

[BeeMaster2]

I do, all the time. They are the clean up crew and occasionally they will catch a SHB in the evening. They like the larvae that the bees pull out of the hive. I have never seen them go after the live bees. I would not bee surprised to find out that they could not survive a sting.
I wish they were nocturnal hunters, they could then catch more SHB and moths that enter the hive at night.
Jim

[jayj200]

Jim
mine go after all who crash land on deck

[richter1978]

I had 2 beautiful green anoles mating on top of one of the hives at home yesterday! Jay, south FL lizards are probably a lot more serious than what we have!

[Beeboy01]

Spotted a blue tailed skink by my hives last week and have a lot of six lined racers in the bee yard. They seem to be interested in the drones and older bees that fall by the wayside in front of the hive. I've been known to get out the BB gun if they get too aggressive, don't want to loose a virgin queen to a stray lizzard.

[jayj200]

yep but the cold weather a few years back slowed them down, as it did the boas

[Karen J Burnett]

We have a problem with frogs snagging our bees when they land in a planter we have in our garden pond. The frogs would sit in a circle, like scouts around a camp fire, and eat one bee after another. Rick made a wall out of sheet metal and put it around the planter to protect the thirsty bees. It looks like hell, but it does protect the bees. The plants have begun to grown and really fill in now - like they are supposed too - and Rick is after me to pull them up to make more room for the bees.

I have a video on FB. I don't know if pasting the link will work, but I'll try.

https://www.facebook.com/karen.j.burnett/videos/vb.1060281483/10204869466430686/?type=2&theater

[BeeMaster2]

Even when I have had 20 hives in the apiary I have not seen that many bees in our fountain. We get a lot in the pool when all of my hives are here. The fountain is a lot more active since I added a few goldfish to it so that I don't have to flush it out now to get rid of the mosquito larva.
Jim

[jayj200]

are the frogs Bufo Toads?
they are heading north you know.
saw one last month, with the hobo stick.
wouldn't ya know. he said later Pal
those are the frogs that kill dogs with a lick, dogs go for more than a lick
the way to rid your pet patrol area is to carry
in a plain white squirt bottle sudsy Ammonia

[Karen J Burnett]

The frogs are just southern leopard frogs and green frogs and what I think must be a cross of the two. I like my frogs as much as my fish. I really enjoy having them in the pond. Several are so used to me they are nearly like pets. I can easily pick them up when working in the pond if I want. But of course I don't want them eating our bees. I really don't know why the bees love that planter so much, but they sure do.