TimeOut

I went out this morning to check the hummingbird who is still in the nest (he's fine), and on the way gave a glance at our little beehive. I was shocked. Shocked and dismayed to see a small dish full of water and bees, bedraggled, floating and dead. Last ...  

I just arranged a little (very shallow) swimming pool next to their hive so that they cope better with the heatwave They just need lots of floating pieces of wood so that they do not drown indeed - very poor swimmers that they are I hope the season goes w... 

My dish was shallow too, before the accidental splash, or dripping dew from the roof

You are a far better and braver man than I.

If you help and don't hinder them, you are fine. If you lift them, that's ok. If you press on them you are bound to get stung. It's easy to say "Stay calm" but it's harder to implement ...

regardless you are still a better man than I my friend.

Beautiful story, thanks for sharing. Cheers Marc

You’ll need to get a Chopard someday to match the beehive or honey combs

Somehow it never happened, although I’ve been to the manufacture and met the man himself.

I often find bees floating in our pool and if I can take them out and leave them in the sun-like you did, they do tend to revive and fly away I wonder if there is a time limit to the time in the water? Julian