hummingbirds vs. bees

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HI all you nature lovers ! If you are like me, you love your humming birds and we look forward to the hummers all winter and when they finally arrive.......as we usually KNOW about when they are coming, we are ecstatic to see them right Well, my hummers came in this years gung ho and all of a sudden there were honey or sugar bees? all my over feeders and therefore ran my humming birds off. How sad ! I 'm not talking one of two bees, but droves or scads or hoards........they literally hung from my feeders. I am able to move the feeders without being stung and that is good. I did all possible to rid myself of the bees by calling people who take care the bees,find their nests etc. I'm even guilty of swatting a few not to mention some things I'm not proud of........ The one bee keeper told me to put away my sugar water feeders for the season...the university people didn't have time for me. The one bee person told me when crops like alfalfa started blooming the bees would disappear. They did not ! and with our drought here in OKlahoma the crops are not doing well. I've done all I can including, vicks vaporub and vegetable oils on the feeders, and cutting down on the amount of sugar ....to no avail. I finally, after bees ran me off my own back porch and being stung three times ! took down my feeders and cried... But, I decided to go ahead and resume my feeding of winter birds........whaaaa laaa, the bees began disappearing as the bigger birds flew in ! The bees were /are afraid of the birds that apparently prey on them. Don't get me wrong, I do not intend or want the bees hurt as I know they are necessary for pollinaton, but yipppee , the bees started disappearing, so if you too have trouble with bees, dig out you big bird feeders,fill them with seeds and sunflower seeds and even scatter seeds on the ground and position big bird feeders around the humming bird feeders and you'll find that the bees will make a trail elsewhere............and let you and me enjoy the antics of humming birds ! The only pest problem left is ANTS..........but the hummers can put up them it seems much better than bees. ANy suggestions on ants ?? thanks and I hope you all can use this info as I also read many articles on the web and they too did not work ! hugs to all and enjoy the humming birds as long as you can ! I sure 'nuf am ! With the bigger birds as my companions :) quita