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Nock · June 11, 2019, 07:24:38 PM

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Creek water better. Been giving them water at hives but they haven?t been using it. Guess I now know why.

CoolBees · June 11, 2019, 07:36:46 PM

Heck yeah! I do too!

pollenpants · June 11, 2019, 08:03:21 PM

Quote from: Nock on June 11, 2019, 07:24:38 PM
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Creek water better. Been giving them water at hives but they haven?t been using it. Guess I now know why.

Same here

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The15thMember · June 11, 2019, 10:38:59 PM

I strongly suspect my girls feel the same. I have a water dish out for them but only a few bees seem to use it, and our neighboring property has a creek on it.

herbhome · June 12, 2019, 03:48:00 AM

Mine will fly over a a clear spring branch to drink from a mud puddle.

saltybluegrass · June 13, 2019, 01:58:48 AM

I have no clue where mine are drinking - I never see one in the dish I made with a rock and twigs
Maybe there?s a Luckys bar they all go hang at ?
But yeah Alan - nothing like a watercress covered spring!!

BeeMaster2 · June 13, 2019, 07:33:06 AM

Salty,
If you want to have your bees use your feeder, add a little water pump and make it so that the water flows over some sort of surface. The algae will grow on it and it will become a favorite spot.
Jim Altmiller