Bees eating fallen apples ??

[twintrades]

Hey there just was walking out in the yard and the bees are out looking at everything here. Me and the lil kiddo were buzed quite a few times its hard to tell a 2 yr old to not swat the bees !

THere out eating the fallen appels also..... Im feeding them allso so im not shure why they want the apples. I want them for the deer..... Hmmmm anyone else have the girls do wird stuff  ??

[Kathyp]

they are after the juice.  they will get on any fruit that is broken or dripping.  they go after my fig skins when i toss them.  don't worry.  they will leave the majority for the deer. 

[twintrades]

I really dont care :) I was just wondering if it was normal behaivor. I put out another feeder for the bees cause the last one was getting to blocked.

[Michael Bush]

They can't eat apples, they also can't pierce the skin but they can suck the juice.  If they are, then there is a dearth as they prefer nectar.  The won't eat the apples, but the yellow jackets will chew them out and leave holes in them.

[FRAMEshift]

they go after my fig skins when i toss them. 

When  figs start to get over-ripe on the tree,  wasps come and rip them open.  Once they are open, the honey bees are all over the figs.  They also love fallen persimmons.

[Kathyp]

same with grapes.  the bees don't chew them but they take advantage of the fact that others do.  my figs are starting to drip and everything is on them.

[sc-bee]

Honeybees often get the bad wrap of ruining a fruit crop, in particular grapes. As stated many times above the honeybees normally don't pierce the skin of the fruit but are opportunistic where others have.