Water for the bees
Obviously bees need water, not only for their own consumption but also to regulate the temperature in the hive.
Bees maintain a hive temperature between 32C and 35C and to cool the hive they spit water into the hive and fan it with their wings.
The Scald End bees are OK as they have a stream about 5 feet behind them.
For the Ravensden bees, there's not much near by so I have been trying some water drinkers for them.
I finally finished up with a seed tray full of water with a sheet of correx floating on it. There are holes punched in the correx for the bees to drink from.
I might try to rig up something with a ball cock attached to a separate reservoir so it fills itself.
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