๐Ÿ๐Ÿ A WAY WE CAN ALL HELP THE BEES ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ QUICK AND EASY ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

in #gardening โ€ข 6 years ago

I wrote a post 2 months ago about trying to help the bees by filling a bottle top with water & sugar to give them some energy when they need it. Now this is OK when you find a bee on the floor but since adding my bee bar i have noticed a few bees being lazy.

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A few bees were coming straight for the water and sugar without visiting the flowers so i quickly emptied these.

I have since found a new way to help the bees when they need a drink.

I have washed out a plant pot tray.

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Then saved up lots of plastic bottle tops.

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Fill with cold water then add lots of bottle tops that will float on top.

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The bottle tops will give the bees somewhere save to stand when they have a drink. You could also use marbles

If we all do a little bit to help the bees maybe we could all change there future.


Thank you son-of-satire


Thank you @artedellavita

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still sugar water?
if so, they now have lots of options to land and no longer have to wait in a holding pattern to land.
If pure water, do bees actually drink, need water?

Plain water and yes there supposed to enjoy it :)

I can remember doing honey water as a kid,

Never heard that of that one :)

You used sugar in the water, we used boiling water and honey.
75 years ago it seemed a good idea, it may have been still water,
Knowing how tight my father was, it probably was just water.

Does the tightness run in the family? LOL

tighter than a ducks, and that won't even pass water.

I like that "bee bar". So cute and what a great idea.
I like the second option. And I totally agree with you with helping the bees since they are so important in our daily lives and they do an amazing work.
No laziness!

Thank you :)

I think your bee bar is so clever! No such thing as a free lunch in your garden! Get to work, bees!

They have to keep busy lol :)

Good going. No sugar added to the tray?

No. Just water :)

This is an awesome idea! A bee bar! We do need to help our little friends. Thanks for being a great and small animal lover! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿคค๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’

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Thank you :) ๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“

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