Now you need to find a safe place for your bee bath to go. Many people will place their water feeding station on top of a large upturned plant pot. This will give your bee bath plenty of stability and keep it off the ground where it can be a little more dangerous for the bees. By making a bee bath for your garden you will be introducing a wide variety of bee species into your garden and giving them the safe space to drink and rest that they deserve. Once it has been determined that the garden bee bath is a reliable source of water, these flying insects will return with frequency. In deciding how to make a bee bath, the options are limitless. Bee bath ideas abound online but can be easily customized to fit the unique needs of your own garden. Beekeepers know the importance of having water available for bees. They collect water for a variety of reasons:

We have been having a lot of fun exploring bees this summer. Creating a bee bath for our garden is a simple and fun activity to do with the kids. Anything we can do to help pollinators survive and thrive makes a wonderful addition to any garden. So, what is a bee bath? Attracting bees to the garden is an important way to keep your garden healthy and productive. You don’t need to have a mason bee house for native bees, or keep honeybees in boxes to invite these fuzzy, striped insects into your yard. Planting bee-friendly plants and creating an attractive habitat for them should be enough to welcome them into your yard. Why Do Bees Need Water? The materials needed to make a bee bath are very simple and most of them you will already have in or around your home. If not, they will be pretty easy to find around for free.By placing a shallow water source away from these areas you can reduce the number of bees accidentally falling into water sources they can’t get out of. Creating A Bee Bath For Your Garden By having a bee bath available, you will be supporting these hard-working bees and giving them the rest and refreshment they need as they go about their work. What Goes In A Bee Bath? Do you want to make sure your garden is blooming to its max capacity this season? Ensure your flora are all being pollinated by creating an environment where bees want to and CAN visit while on their journey for nectar. It takes more than just flowers to draw bees in. You need to give them a reason to stay and linger long enough so they don’t overlook your many flowers. Having flowers and nectar for bees to consume is essential to attracting them, but an often overlooked necessity for bees is water. Creating a bee-friendly garden means more than just planting flowers. You certainly want to attract them with gorgeous blooms, but while they are in your garden you will want to give them a place to collect water: a pond, fountain, or a bee bath. A bee bath is a simple bee water feeder that is easy to make and care for in your home garden, and it’s a nice touch to set out for your pollinating guests. After all, without those busy workers in the garden, you wouldn’t have as many beautiful blooms or fresh vegetables and fruit to harvest.

Now it is time to fill your container with water. Make sure the water doesn’t fully cover the materials you have filed your container with. Bees can drown in less than an inch of water, so if there is a lot of exposed water in your container don’t fill it any more than 1/2 an inch deep. The same as any other water feeder, you will need to make sure the water is topped up and changed regularly. Choose a spot in the garden where it is protected and shady. Set a plant pot upside down to use as a base. Set a shallow dish on top of the pot. Choose a dish that is water safe like glass or ceramic, as plastics and metals may leach into the water. Add a few river stones into the dish. Add just enough water that the tops of the stones are not submerged. Change water daily and clean the bee bath weekly. Rainwater is best for your bee bath as it is natural and free from any additives that may be present in our drinking water. If you can’t source rainwater or your area is going through a drought period, you can use good quality filtered water.In recent years, many growers have brought special attention to the needs of bees. Included in this are their need for shelter, nectar, and the often-overlooked need for water. Honeybee Bath Info First, you will want to source a shallow dish. You can choose any shallow container you have on hand. It can be made from plastic, clay, glass, or any other material that will hold water without allowing it to drain away.

Lastly, the most important ingredient is fresh water. If you can use rainwater, that is best, but avoid tap water unless necessary. How To Set Up Your Bee Bath? to dilute honey– bees use water to manage the consistency of honey and thin out honey that has crystallized, Another item you need that you may already have is a heavy plant pot. This is what your shallow dish will stand on. Alternatively, if you have a secure place, off the ground where your bee bath can go you won’t need the plant pot. As their numbers dramatically reduce across the planet, it is up to us to do everything we can to make this new world more hospitable for our bee friends. Sadly, when bees try to forage for water from bird baths or pools, they risk drowning. Bees aren’t allowed to take swimming classes at the YMCA (a discussion for another time), so even a shallow bird bath can easily lead a bee to drown.When we think about the many ways that we can help bees in our own green spaces, we often think of planting attractive flowers. However, bees have another need – water. Why Do Bees Need Water? A bee bath is a safe source of water for bees. The water needs to be shallow, so the bees won’t drown. The bee bath needs to be in a sunny, sheltered spot – that bees will want to visit. How to Make an Easy Bee Bath