Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 4/23/1998	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND [DHF]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle) 240 GREENWICH STREET	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                          _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)        ___X___ Other (specify below) / Investment Adviser
(Street) NEW YORK, NY 10286       (City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Shares of Beneficial Interest, Par Value $.001 Per Share	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks: BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. ("BNYMIA") is filing this Form 3 on its behalf as well as on the behalf of its predecessor, The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus"), as the investment adviser to BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (the "Fund"). At no time since the Fund's initial public offering and the effectiveness of its initial registration on Form N-2 has Dreyfus of BNYMIA transacted in shares of the Fund.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. 240 GREENWICH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10286				Investment Adviser

Signatures
/s/ James Bitetto, Secretary		10/12/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date