[Throttlebender]

No pools or other water sources that I know of close by, nice birdbath with stone in it five feet from hives, yet no bees.

I am feeding them syrup so I wonder if they are getting a lot of their water from that?

 

[JPK]

check the gutters of your house....they love that...particularly if they a dirty

 

[old-dog]

move the birdbath alittle further away at least 20 feet trust me

 

[kbenz]

throw some dirty rocks or concrete in there

 

[Brooklyn]

Put in some pine straw. And if you have some chicken poop or a little HBH.

But the pine straw will do fine.

 

[Throttlebender]

check the gutters of your house....they love that...particularly if they a dirty

Gutters! Probably it. It's been raining a lot here and I have really big yankee gutters and at least one of them is clogged.

 

[Throttlebender]

I'll try adding some stuff and moving it out a bit.

I don't suppose it really matters. They're obviously getting their water somewhere:scratch:

 

[greezykid]

I leave water trickling down the asphalt driveway and usually have 15-20 bees visiting.It has turned into a problem because now I have to leave that water on all the time.It looks to me like there are water girls because you can watch them fly back and forth to the hives.

 

[theriverhawk]

Put a couple of drops of lemongrass oil in the bird bath. They'll start hitting it pretty quick...