A Simple Bee Bath

by Kathy K McClellan

Title

A Simple Bee Bath

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Kathy K McClellan

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Photograph - Photographs

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A Simple Bee Bath by Kathy K. McClellan is a photograph taken for Day Eleven of the Thirty Day Container Challenge.

The ceramic flower pot with saucer shown in this photograph normally contains soil and plants. Instead it has been turned upside down and the saucer is on top. Blue glass beads and water fill the saucer.

Water is the source of life. It is necessary for insects as well as plants and animals.

Most serious gardeners and bird lovers have bird baths on their property. We are now learning how important it is to also have Bee Baths.

Bees are great pollinators and are necessary for many vegetable and flowering plants to produce. Normally bees and other pollinating insects will get their water from dew or raindrops on plant leaves and a leaky outdoor faucet but those sources are not always available.

Providing a source of fresh clean water helps bees with proper digestion, gives them a source of water to dilute honey when it crystalizes, provides fluid for the production of royal jelly and enables bees to cool their hives by adding water and then fanning their wings to evaporate that water into natural air conditioning.

Blue glass stones were used in this particular bee bath because the color blue attracts the largest variety of bees. River rocks or small stones and even broken pieces of clay pots could also be used. The upturned flower pot under the bath keeps it elevated above the ground or mulch. Keeping the bee bath in the shade will keep evaporation to a minimum.

It is important to keep your bee bath maintained with fresh water daily and cleaned weekly.

This image has been featured in the following FAA/Pixels groups:

Your Very Best Photography 10/10/2021

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September 25th, 2021

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