> Another anecdote. I had a small can with batteries to go to the recycler,
> D cells mainly, but at least one lithium. When we got rain a little over a
> month ago (I'm in central California, south of Randy), I noticed (to my
> horror) that the girls were drinking from the gacky battery soup that
> resulted. Not wanting to poison anyone, I quickly replaced it with a clean
> can in the same place for them to drink. Until they finally gave up, they
> flew around the can, but showed no interest AT ALL in fresh water, even
> after I threw a couple of rotted leaves in it.. I wondered if they read the
> same article on Lithium salts and mites and really wanted that water.
> In a less sarcastic note, the Hagen Daas bee garden at UCD has very nice
> concrete cast bee watering features. Almost every one is empty, except for
> the ones drinking from the mud around the bottom.
>
> -Jim
>
> J. Jakim
> g-voice msg. 916.304.5859 <(916)%20304-5859>
> www.linkedin.com/in/jamesjakim/
>
>
>

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