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No bees were harmed in the making of this post.

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I recently joined a FB group that shares photos of Maine wildlife… and seeing that we have a backyard full, I was anxious to add my critters to the mix.

I started with our chuckers eating watermelon because what’s cuter than that?

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This post was well received with dozens of comments and over 400 likes on the first day.

After that resounding success, I thought I would share my helpful hint about putting mint leaves on hummingbird feeders to repel bees naturally and without chemicals .

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That’s when things started to go wrong…

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I never said they didn’t.

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I’m not killing bees, just stopping them from driving my hummingbirds away.

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Bee feeders? Well good for you, but I’d rather not attract stinging insects to my deck.

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I don’t use red dye, I make my own nectar and put it in a red glass feeder.

To be fair the majority of comments were favorable and quite a few people tried it and thanked me. But it’s like they say, no good deed goes unpunished.

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23 thoughts on “No bees were harmed in the making of this post.”

  3. Oh hell, some people are so stupid. I’m sure not once did you say you were killing bees. Your post was so keep them off the hummingbird feeder with mint leaves. The stupid people are talking out of their ass yet again….ugh.

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  9. People on social media can be very harsh. I was dismayed this summer to find my hummingbird feeder full of dead bees. That’s the last thing I wanted. Since we rarely get hummingbirds anyway, that’s the last time I’m putting out the feeder. Too much collateral damage.

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  10. OK, I tried this trick over the weekend. EPIC FAIL. Those mint leaves didn’t deter the bees one bit. I even have video of them zooming right through those mint leaves and going in for more nectar.

    Are Wisconsin bees less discriminating than others?

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