Oscars- Feeding Bees & wasps?

[Twicksisted]

Does anyone know if its possible to feed oscars Bees & Wasps (and spiders etc...)?
I am sure that in the wild they eat all sorts of stinging insects, but just wanted to make sure before i drop some in as live food.

 

[davidefc]

they say not to use spiders as they all have venom in them but not enough to hurt a human but can hurt a fish.....iam not sure with the wasps and bees but if you are i would remove the stinger.

 

[ewurm]

I wouldn't do it.

 

[duke33]

I have a buddy who fed an9"oscar a bumblebee and it killed it.

 

[Cross127]

Yea all bees have some type of venom sac on their stinger. I wouldn't recommend anyone do this.

 

[davidefc]

looks like its a NO it would be good as we had a bees nest in the back garden but its gone now

 

[Mr Pleco]

My uncle used to have bee hives, the worker honey bees where harvested all the time...I used to feed my Oscars defrosted honey bees for over a year with no issues.

 

[killerfish]

My uncle used to have bee hives, the worker honey bees where harvested all the time...I used to feed my Oscars defrosted honey bees for over a year with no issues.

feeding frozen bees is one thing live ones probly wouldn't be fun to do or very good for the fish but frezing them would probly be okay if you pulled out the stingers

 

[Mystix212]

I wouldnt do it. Look for other alternatives of live foods. Bee's and wasps's will probably just foat on the top. Why not feed crickets and moths?

 

[ethnics]

i've fed my fish lizards, green beetles, and other weird bugs i can find. no bee's yet tho