Bees in dog food

[BeeUtee]

My bees have recently been gathering in my dog's food dish. They are easily shoo-ed away, but my dog is terrified of them after being stung once this spring and will not go near his dish. Has this happened to anyone else? How was this solved?

[Michael Bush]

Dry food?  If they are gathering the dust from the dry food, there may be a pollen dearth going on.  Some dry pollen substitute in an empty hive might help.  If they are on wet food, I would check to make sure they aren't yellow jackets... if they are in the water, you should set up a bucket full of water with a lot of sticks in it for ladders down into the water...

[BeeUtee]

Thank you so much!! It is dry dog food, so I will definitely try the substitute. My dog will be as excited as I am to have this taken care of!