Sid Pullinger wrote:
>
> Help wanted.  Calling all experts. . Has anyone successfully tackled the
> problem of bees ignoring the water supply in the apiary and going instead to
> a neighbour's pond?
 
I have not had your problem, but we have tried (here in Alaska, that is)
feeding water from a jar over the inner cover (or over a specially made
inner cover) and they do take it.  If water is available inside the hive
at all times, they may give up "foreign" sources.
 
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"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Eagle River, Alaska
U.S.A.
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