Folks,
I am starting my beekeeping hobby this spring and settling on final placement of the hives. I have an in-ground salt water pool and plan on providing an alternate water source close to the hives in order to discourage the ladies from using it.
My question is: how close/far from the hives should I establish the water source to coax them in to using it vs. my pool?
it probably won't matter, they'll still use the pool.
My bees user my pool as their cemetery. They dump the sick, defective and dead bees in the pool as well as use it as a source of water. I also have a large bird bath that they use for drinking only.
Jim
If you can, try to have a fence between the hive and the pool.
Welcome to the forum. -Mike