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Well I knew that, but I mean what kind? Do they have preferences?
Bees are most attracted to purple/violet/blue flowers.
Maybe it's my hair that attracts them then.
When I wear a red or orange shirt and sit outside, hummingbirds tend to come check me out. I wouldn't be too surprised if the same thing can happen with bees trying to figure out whether you're full of delicious nectar.
As someone who likes to record nature, if that's all it takes to get hummingbirds, I'm going to be doing that everyday now.
It helps if you already have hummingbirds in the area. But yeah, I've gotten a handful of hummingbirds pretty used to hanging out around me, along with a few other species (I even had a spotted towhee eating from my hand before I had to move).
Set up a feeder for them along with flowers (the trumpet-shaped types so that they can fit their weirdo tongues in there), start watching them where they can see you, and there's a pretty good chance you'll get them to hang out and relax even with you right there. As much as a hummingbird ever relaxes. Then they might come right up to you when you're wearing red or bright orange.
For songbirds, a suet feeder is pretty great for drawing them close.