Sparrows

[Eeb Evih]

Been observing sparrows stealing bees off the entrance. Been observing this for a week. Any ideas please?

 

[yesbut]

Go elsewhere and do something productive !

 

[Grant]

They must be short of spiders and the likes in your area. Put out some live mealworms or a fat feeder

 

[Josh]

I have never seen that, how cheeky.

I like @Grant ‘s idea, make them a better offer.

 

[Eeb Evih]

I don't spray for spiders as my hives are 5 meters from my deck where I sit at midday with a whiskey quietly observing sparrows.
Being vegetarian I am short of fat but plenty of mealworms in the flour these days.... so will feed that.
I also notice pukekos climbing into my apple trees and stealing them...... Birds are really changing habits these days

 

[John B]

There is nothing new about pukeko stealing apples. As for the sparrows taking bees my guess is they have learned to identify drones and are eating these. I have never seen sparrows do it but I have seen both mynahs and blackbirds learn this trick several times over the years. Adult sparrows don't eat many insects but their babies are raised on them.