LISTSERV - BEE-L Archives - COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

	LISTSERV Archives
	BEE-L Home

	Log In
	Register

	Subscribe or Unsubscribe

	Search Archives

Options:	Use Monospaced Font Show Text Part by Default Show All Mail Headers
Message:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Subject:	Re: Reference to worker bees foraging for water
From:	Jose Villa <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:23:33 -0500
Content-Type:	text/plain
Parts/Attachments:	text/plain (9 lines)

Here in the high desert, obviously humidities are very low and spring temperatures limit the amount of outside foraging and activity on feeders.  

Regardless, I have offered water to bee colonies in our backyard (actually roof to keep safe from bears) in various presentations.  They readily learn to forage and collect good amounts of water from a dish 10 feet away from the colonies.  But they do not take any noticeable amount of water from either entrance feeders or interior feeders.  They will take fairly dilute sugar solutions from either kind of feeder, but not water.

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2

COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM