Bee-chicken water etiquette

Nyleve · August 20, 2019, 10:02:52 PM

So funny. I keep chickens and bees. There are always a few rubber water pans around the yard for the chickens and lately I noticed that the chickens only drink for the smaller pan and the other one always has a bunch of bees drinking from it. The bees never go to the chicken one and the chickens never use the bee one. This was not intentional (obviously). The two pans are no more than a couple of feet apart.

Dabbler · August 21, 2019, 08:17:33 AM

Bees don't want any chicken "backwash" . . . or is it the other way around?

FatherMichael · August 21, 2019, 10:28:31 AM

I guess we need to put out two watering spots, then. The bees are giving the birds fits!

Nyleve · August 21, 2019, 12:09:13 PM

It's really funny to see. I have tried to post a picture of this but the forum doesn't seem to let me do it. Anyway - two pans, yes. I think they must just work it out somehow between them. The pan the chickens use is always empty at the end of the day because they're big and thirsty and they somehow ended up with the smaller pan. The bee pan is always full.

The15thMember · August 21, 2019, 12:32:49 PM

Quote from: Nyleve on August 21, 2019, 12:09:13 PM
It's really funny to see. I have tried to post a picture of this but the forum doesn't seem to let me do it. Anyway - two pans, yes. I think they must just work it out somehow between them. The pan the chickens use is always empty at the end of the day because they're big and thirsty and they somehow ended up with the smaller pan. The bee pan is always full.

Your pictures are probably too large. If you resize them it should work.

Nyleve · August 21, 2019, 02:51:11 PM

Tried resizing. Still won't insert the attachments. It shows an empty attachment when I try to insert it.

The15thMember · August 21, 2019, 03:48:54 PM

Quote from: Nyleve on August 21, 2019, 02:51:11 PM
Tried resizing. Still won't insert the attachments. It shows an empty attachment when I try to insert it.

Hm. Weird.

Kathyp · August 21, 2019, 04:23:29 PM

QuoteTried resizing. Still won't insert the attachments.

ask up in the computer help forum. We used to only be able to post pics from a hosting site. I don't know if that is still true.

FloridaGardener · August 21, 2019, 11:12:51 PM

Resizing photos to 700 pixels usually get them below the 2 MB limit.
There's Picasa editing software, also there's https://resizeimage.net/ and https://picresize.com/[attachment=0][/attachment]
Florida Bee (not my photo)

Nyleve · August 22, 2019, 09:57:21 PM

Ok here goes one:

Nyleve · August 22, 2019, 09:59:24 PM

Oops now I have too many!

Here's another:
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Nyleve · August 22, 2019, 10:00:54 PM

Thanks for the help. Turns out there was nothing wrong after all except that when I tried to preview the post it didn't show the attachment, only an empty "attachment" indicator. Oh well. Better stick to chickens and bees.

Anonimo22 · August 24, 2019, 06:36:22 AM

Do you think the chickens getting stung, accounts for the species segregation?

Nyleve · August 25, 2019, 04:27:03 PM

I do wonder about that. Have watched them at the water and the chickens are definitely skeeved out by the bees.

FloridaGardener · August 28, 2019, 01:05:47 PM

"Skeeved." A useful new word - thanks for that.