[penelopesire]

Thanks for posting this article. I pray this is what has caused the bee decline and now it can be fixed. It is just too important to do nothing. I did not have as many butterflies or bees this year and my garden is usually teaming with both every summer. The dragonfly population seemed a bit smaller as well.

One thing I have noticed over the last two years are bees dying in my swimming pool. I save the ones that I see in trouble, but it’s not always enough.

I have lots of containers of perennials around the pool and they like to land on top of the water all the time between feedings. Most of the time, they can fly right off the water, so I am not quite sure why so many of them end up dead in the water or in trouble. Any ideas?

3 years ago the bees were everywhere. This year, very few, but they came everyday while they were active. I do mostly organic gardening, but not always if there is a problem that is stubborn.

Anyway..will be checking my chems to make sure there is none of the mentioned chemical in them. Thanks again for posting this info.

[AnAmericanMother]

If their wings get wet and break the surface tension, they'll drown.

If you can put a big dish or birdbath top full of pebbles out next to the pool, and just dip it full of water from the pool from time to time, they'll use that instead.

[Fred Nerks]

One thing I have noticed over the last two years are bees dying in my swimming pool. I save the ones that I see in trouble, but it’s not always enough.

my aunt kept bees in her orchard when I was a child. She kept a bathtub of water with pieces of wood floating on it, the bees drank while sitting on the wood.