At 07:13 AM 01/05/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Help wanted. Calling all experts. . Has anyone successfully tackled the
>problem of bees ignoring the water supply in the apiary and going instead to
>a neighbour's pond? Although I keep a supply in the apiary all the year
>round (bees here collect water as early as January) many of my bees prefer
>my pond some forty yards away. Luckily I have no near neighbours to worry
>about.
A few quesses here:
Have your apiary water out BEFORE the pond water becomes available.
How about sweetening the apiary water then slowly reduce the sweetening
until it is only water.
I look forward to reading some of the replies.
Eric
Eric Abell
Gibbons, Alberta Canada T0A 1N0
Ph/fax (403) 998 3143
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