How do you get bees away from fish pond?

Answer 1

Be sure they are bees first and not wasps. Bees are fat with either black/brown strips on a yellow/orange body. Wasps are long, slender and different shades such as soft yellow to medium yellow, amber colored or black and brown. Bees seldom sting unless you hit them or sit on one. They usually fly lower than wasps. Wasps will sting you! If you have sweet smelling shrubs or flowers around your waterfall or pond then this attracts the bees which pollinate. That's great! If it's a particularly hot days bees will fly around shaded and cool areas. If this is really a bad problem and you have several then I suggest you get a professional in to find the nest and remove it. Sometimes a professional will remove the hive with the bees and give the whole thing to someone that raises bees which is a better idea. Good luck Marcy

Answer 2

I have had many garden ponds over the years with no wasp problem at all. However, after moving to a new neighborhood just north east of Toronto, we have been inundated with wasps coming for the water. We can only feed the fish late in the evening when the wasps retreat for the night. During the day, there will be no less than a couple of hundred wasps all getting water. Even if we sit back well from the pond, the traffic is much less than peaceful. I have tried to follow the route the wasps are using on their return flights to the nest, but to no avail. We have had no other choice but to cover the pond with fine mosquito netting, which is less than appealing to the eye.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Cheer!

See solutions on this page. http://www.fishpondinfo.com/insects/sting.htm#wasp Some of the other suggestions like 2 & 7 look comletely harmless to the fish. Lenny Vasbinder Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month)

Answer 3

The response is in the explanation for why they go to the lake in any case. They are searching for water. Since honey bees take after the same pathways every day you have to watch them long enough to figure the course they are hailing from. At that point you can put a water basin or other compartment of water so they come to it before they get to the lake. Keep the water crisp and they will incline toward it.

Answer 4

Fold a piece of aluminum foil into a cup shaped 'bowl'. Fill it with ground coffee, and place a few lit coals on top of the coffee. Not only does the smoke turn away bees, it repels flies as well.

The smell may bother you a bit, but its worth it ;).

Answer 5

Rifle, poison, dynamite, or a backhoe.