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Native (stingless) bees
Posted: 03 May 2010, 12:40
by aap1966
This will horrify apiarists, but I was thinking of putting a native bee hive in or near the finch aviary. These bees are ant size and entirely stingless. Any experience out there on using these as livefood?
Re: Native (stingless) bees
Posted: 03 May 2010, 19:35
by gomer
Defiantly an interesting concept for live food.Don't know if they eat them though.
Re: Native (stingless) bees
Posted: 03 May 2010, 19:40
by jusdeb
how you going to keep the bees in the aviary for the birds to catch them?
Re: Native (stingless) bees
Posted: 04 May 2010, 10:24
by Jayburd
I tried feeding my quails some drones (the male, stingless, european honey bees) and they ate them with gusto!
if you put it near the aviary, they would probably fly in, and the birds would get them.
maybe plant a flowering plant inside the aviary?
Re: Native (stingless) bees
Posted: 04 May 2010, 11:14
by finchbreeder
Curious to hear how it goes. Keep us posted.
LML
Re: Native (stingless) bees
Posted: 05 May 2010, 18:17
by GregH
Sounds like would make an OK meal but given the price of a Trigona hive I think that it's going to be expensive and perhaps unsustainable if the hive is located in the aviary as the birds will soon catch the lot or severly weaken the hive so it can't collect enough food to survive the winter.
Re: Native (stingless) bees
Posted: 06 May 2010, 13:53
by Diane
how to build a hive
Edited......they must have taken that video offline, it was working yesterday.
This link leads to a page full of bees and hive links.
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&c ... es&spell=1
Re: Native (stingless) bees
Posted: 07 May 2010, 11:47
by finchbreeder
Link does not want to work for me.
LML