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- From: annallys Goodwin-Landher <annallys AT hotmail.com>
- To: <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Bees and Swimming pools
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:57:42 -0400
Well,
Thanks for all the suggestions and responses. For now there is a wading pool and a medium pot using rainbarrel water (with circulating pumps) along the two paths to the neighbors swimming pool. Both are over 100 feet from the hives and much closer than the pool. Four hours after the installation there was no visible drinking activity at either site. I asked the swimming pool owner if he would consider covering it for several days to divert the bees to closer sources, haven't heard back from him yet. I will also install something very close to the hives. My connundrum? While cleaning out the pot and pool a couple of curious bees hung around the water faucet. Go figure. Expect an update in a couple of days. Regards, Annallys Goodwin-Landher PO Box 2744 Chapel Hill, NC 27515 919 933-9109 annallys AT hotmail.com Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:14:52 -0400 From: marcz AT pobox.com To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [ocba] Bees and Swimming pools And, speaking of watering: Un-BEE-lievable: NYC Fines Man $2,000 For Not Watering His Hivehttp://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/07/14/un-bee-lievable-nyc-fines-man-2000-for-not-watering-his-hive/Marc On 7/15/2011 7:00 PM, birdcr AT concentric.net wrote: We have a pond full of water lilies right in front of the hive maybe 6 foot away. I have not seen the bees down there getting water, at least not more than one or two. The wine bottles stuck in the ground as a flower bed border, some capture water and I see bees drinking out of them all the time when they are wet. I have found the pond down the hill from us (with woods between us) having 15-20 bees in the mud, so I think they like being away from the hive to drink. My friends hives drink from a rain barrel top around the corner of the house from the bees, it can be very busy with bees. Cheers, Randy Emmitt www.rlephoto.blogspot.com www.rlephoto.com_______________________________________________ ocba mailing list North Carolina Beekeeping http://www.theocba.org/ _______________________________________________ ocba mailing list North Carolina Beekeeping http://www.theocba.org/ |
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Re: [ocba] Bees and Swimming pools,
birdcr AT concentric.net, 07/15/2011
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Re: [ocba] Bees and Swimming pools,
Marc Z, 07/17/2011
- Re: [ocba] Bees and Swimming pools, annallys Goodwin-Landher, 07/17/2011
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Re: [ocba] Bees and Swimming pools,
Marc Z, 07/17/2011
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