Bee Waterer With Marbles

Make a bee waterer and help hydrate our pollinators but don t add sugar.

Bee waterer with marbles.

Place in a spot close to your garden flowering plants or bee hive. Bees work hard this time of year and need available sources of water to rehydrate. Put the marbles or pebbles into a shallow bowl or pan. I ve been giving them really strong sugar water half sugar half water to make it.

Once bees discover the source of water they ll visit throughout the day but prime bee watching occurs just before sundown as bees take their last drink before returning to the hive for the night. The marbles give the bees a spot to land without drowning. One solution to this problem is to add marbles or pebbles to a bowl or pan and then add water. Recalling that honey bees love salt water pools i made a wading pool for them from a flower pot saucer and a few handfuls of marbles.

We re still feeding our honeybees helping them sock away some extra honey to make it through the winter. The marbles give the bees a spot to land so they don t drown when they come to drink. To water honeybees pour marbles into a pie pan and fill it with water. Fill with water so that you can see little rivers of water between the marbles don t cover the marbles completely.

A reservoir a waterway and a basin. A saucer filled with marbles or stones makes an excellent diy watering station for bees. Marble pebble bee waterer instructions. Fill the bowl saucer halfway with water so that the rocks marbles are partially submerged.

You can help give them an easier place to safely drink by as this post suggests placing marbles inside of a shallow bath of water. Then i added water and some table salt nothing intense just enough to give it a slightly brackish taste. One waterer many variations. Building a bee waterer.

Water for bees butterfly feeder garden projects garden ideas save the bees bee keeping breast cancer garden design ladybugs save the bees have a successful garden. I set the saucer on an industrial size wooden spool in dappled shade and soon forgot about it. They get this water from places like bird baths rivers and streams and open pools of water but they risk drowning. Provide a water bowl with marbles this is for the bees to drink from.

Equally good is a bucket of water with plenty of bee rafts these can be corks sticks sponges or packing peanuts anything that floats. Once you know the basics you can make your own version with materials you have on hand. Make a bee waterer and help hydrate our pollinators but don t add sugar.