Any beekeepers????

[wshytle]

My buddy Damon, that hunts the property here has set up a bee hive right below my garden. I thought this would be a great help for making sure I get good pollination. Yesterday I repotted a shamrock plant on my outside bench and today I can't approach the bench at all. The bees are swarming all around the water and even sucking the dirt for the moisture. I have several containers of water around the property for wildlife and my outdoor cat but they prefer the moist dirt.

They will allow me to get close enough to pour more water but I do it slowly and carefully. I've also been watching from a distance and noticed some immature bluebirds getting water from a pan on the bench. The bees run the birds away but they have a hard time doing it. The birds don't mind the bees like we do.

The hive is about 75 yards away so I guess this is the closest water source.

 

[cmwkrill]

Hmm.. just a suggestion.. maybe put a kiddie sandbox (like one of those plastic big-box store kind) of dirt right by the beehive and rig it up with some kind of an under-dirt watering system so all you have to do is turn on a hose from a distance and walk away for maybe.. 5-10 minutes?

 

[mgwin]

I'm not a beekeeper, but an unknown bee got wedged between my shirt and neck while riding my motorcycle to work Thursday morning. It stung me about six times before I could get it out!