Sid : At 07:13 AM 5/1/97 +0100, you wrote: >Is there any way in which the apiary supply can be made very attractive or, >alternatively, the pond supply made unattractive (there are no fish to worry >about)? I think I am correct in saying bees prefer kind of murky over clean water. Maybe your source of water is too clean. Also, water foragers add a pheromone to water sources they would like to recruit to (I think it is Nasanov). If someone has worked out the doseages and if this was environmentally safe to do (both of which I do not know) you could maybe mix a little pheromone in with your water. Oh, and one last thing. The watering hole you provide them should have good opportunities for landing. Bees don't like to drown, so there needs to be plenty of edges so that they can gas up on water without getting wet. Finally, keep your bees in a cool shaded place. The less heat stress they experience the less motivation there will be for them to visit your neighbours pond. Cheers Adony *********************************** ** Adony P. Melathopoulos ********* *** Center for Pest Management **** **** Simon Fraser University ****** ***** Burnaby, British Columbia *** ****** Canada, V5A-1S6 ************ *********************************** Tel : (604) 291-4163 Fax : (604) 291-3496 e-mail : [log in to unmask] "The pursuit of agriculture promotes the strength of the mind as well as the body" - Rev. John L. Blake, 1853