Water source

[halexaron]

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? 

[10framer]

it probably won't matter, they'll still use the pool.

[BeeMaster2]

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

[mikecva]

If you can, try to have a fence between the hive and the pool.
Welcome to the forum.   -Mike