Bees need water like humans.  They easily become trained to watering
sources and do not easily unlearn.  We tell beekeepers to provide
water to their bees to avoid these kinds of problems.
 
I have no other solutions in mind and am sending your question on
to bee-l for a possible response.
 
On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Kenneth V. Lewis wrote:
 
> Dear Dr. Sanford,
> I am emailing you in desperation!
> I have moved into a new house on the edge of the desert in Phoenix AZ,
> and my swimming pool has been taken over by bees.  The hive is not on my
> property, but somewhere in the desert.  I don't want to hurt the bees,
> just deter them from using my pool.
>
> I would appreciate any ideas you would have to humanely deal with this
> problem.  (Already, I and my son have been stung).
>
> Ken Lewis
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