The short answer is yes. Honey bees, especially in a nectar dearth, find ripe fruit very much to their liking. They have been known to feast on plums, peaches, grapes, apples, figs, and pears.

For honey bees to produce honey, they consume pollen and nectar from a variety of flowers. Nectar is a sweet fluid found in flowers. Honey bees collect nectar and convert it to honey. The majority of honey bee larvae eat honey, but larvae that are chosen to become future queens will be fed with royal jelly.

Honey

What Food do Bees Eat? Like any living creature, bees need food for nourishment. Honey bees are special in that unlike some other insects, they are not hunters that prey on other insects.

Do Bees Eat Mosquitoes? No. Bees are not a natural enemy of mosquitoes or one of their predators. Like wasps, they might accidentally kill a male mosquito from time to time in a territorial dispute over flowers and access to pollen, but that’s it.

Essential Oils to Repel Bees

• Peppermint oil.
• Clove oil.
• Geranium oil.
• Clove oil.
• Rosemary oil.
• Eucalyptus oil.
• Citronella oil.
• Cedarwood oil.

Though insect repellents are typically used to ward off mosquitoes, they are also effective at repelling bees. If you don’t like the smell or sticky feeling of a spray-on or roll-on repellent, a clip-on repellent is an excellent alternative to consider.

Have come to find out that DEET does not seem to repel bees (africanized or other types). So they must not get mixed up by DEET like mosquitos do.

Spray commercial repellents. Bees do not seek out humans unless they perceive them as a threat, so insect repellants for personal protection are not typically useful. However, some specialized bee repellants such as Bee Go or Honey Robber can be used to repel bees from an area.

Pennyroyal, neem, mint, cloves, eucalyptus, and citronella all have strong smells that deter bees. Red germaniums and red marigolds are among the few bee repellent plants that produce flowers.

5 Methods of Bee Removal Without Killing Them

1. Smoke.
2. Garlic Spray.
3. Citronella.
4. Peppermint.
5. Cinnamon.

Darker colors such as red appear black to bees, and since black is the absence of color bees are not naturally attracted to plants with red hues. Also, some tubular flowers are not attractive to bees because the shape is not conducive to pollination.

Bleach does not kill bees, unless the bees are drowned in bleach liquid. Bleach is a pesticide, not an insecticide, which is required to kill bees effectively. Bees may die from being submerged in any liquid, but bleach is not intended for killing insects.

‟Mix one part dish soap to four parts water in [a] spray bottle. Spray all bees … with this solution. The soap-water solution will kill the bees but doesn’t leave a harmful residue like an insecticide. Spray every bee until no bees return for at least one day.”