Bees IN - Birds OUT

[Isac]

Very sad to see this sort of thing. I love to see both the birds and the bees but I think there's room for both with a little bit of help from we humans.
I advised the City of Kalamunda when I first saw a couple of bees hanging around the bird box and they said they would relocate them.
Nothing has been done as yet - I had a feeling that would be the case.
It reminded me of on aold song:

To the tune of "Where have all the flowers gone?" by Pete Seeger (1955)

Where have all the birdies gone, long time passing?
Where have all the birdies gone, long time ago?
Where have all the birdies gone?
Bees have moved them, every one
Oh when will they ever learn, oh when will they ever learn?

Left is early November 2021 | Right is Early January 2022.

Trivia!
Pete Seeger wrote the first 3 verses and in 1960 Joe Hickerson added 2 more:
Where have all the soldiers gone? and Where have all the graveyards gone.
Pete Seeger shared his royalties (20%) with Joe and it still brings in thousands of dollars to this day.
Listen to The Kingston Trio version (Best IMHO) although I saw Peter, Paul and Mary do it live in Perth when I was young back in the day.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Greg

You are 100% with it with your concerns and advises to council - but like too many "busy people" they probably had other concerns, rather than some concern for the birds ... as we all know, 'they can fly elsewhere and find another place to hang around' .. ha ha

Phil

[Isac]

Cheers Phil. I'll wait to hear back from the City council to see if they intend to re-house the bees elsewhere. I did bring it to their attention that there could be a safety issue for residents, being a public open space, that they may wish to check with their legal people.

[HansE]

There maybe a bright side to this. You may get some beautiful bee eaters to photograph.

[Isac]

I haven't seen the Rainbow Bee Eaters here Hans but more commom are the Wood Swallows