Hello,
 
Boy its hot here this week.  It will be in the high 90's and into the
100's this week.  The bees are enjoying my new watering setup.  I have
taken a sprinkler and turned on the faucet just a little so the water
dribbles out.  They land right on the sprinkler and drink the water.  I
dug out a hole just to the side of it and placed a lot of sand around
it.  Its a regular meeting place for many different kinds of insects. I
love insects.  They're great creatures.  The only problem is I have a
species of vespid wasps that are quite agressive visiting my shallow
water pools.  I have tried to get my insect collecting net to catch them
but the wasp and bees don't like that.  I am beginning to think there is
no way to get rid of them if I want to provide a place for my bees to
drink.  If I put out wasp traps will the bees be attracted also?
 
Rich
Utah, Zone 5