Yes, in very early spring, when there are no pollen or nectar sources (flowers) available, honeybees will be attracted to mill dust and pollen found on bird seed, cracked corn, etc. They may also visit compost piles and other chance resources.
-Geo Kloppel > On Mar 8, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Carl Steckler <c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > For the past two days I have had a small swarm of what appear to be small > Honeybees at my platform feeder. > The birds don't seem to mind and I haven't seen any interaction between > them. Didn't know bees liked bird seed. > Has anyone else had this experience? > Thanks > Carl > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
