First year with a bird bath.

[voiceofduum@mindly.social]

First year with a bird bath. Didn't realize I was also signing up for honeybee lifeguard duty. I have a small piece of styrofoam floating in there for lost insects, but many don't seem to find it. Any ideas?

#AskFedi #Birding #Honeybees

[aaron@cutie.city]

@VoiceofDuum
Bees often navigate via bright colours so if the styrofoam is white they might not be able to make it out. A few well placed sticks might work.

[farah@beige.party]

@VoiceofDuum Thank you for your service!

[zumbador@mefi.social]

@VoiceofDuum would it work to put in some pebbles / small rocks?

[lalah@sakurajima.moe]

@VoiceofDuum fill it with small stones, the birds can still drink from it but bugs won't drown

[baardhaveland@snabelen.no]

@Zumbador @VoiceofDuum

Pebbles work!
We built a little island for landing and takeoff. They started using it right away!

[voiceofduum@mindly.social]

@farah Taking certification classes now. CPR is very challenging

[avlcharlie@mastodon.social]

@VoiceofDuum
Tiny lifejackets

Ok I third some stones

[voiceofduum@mindly.social]

@avlcharlie @baardhaveland
@Zumbador
@lalah
@aaron
Thanks for the excellent suggestions y'all! I blast-clean out the bath every other day, so a pile of rocks would significantly add to the chore.

Here's my first attempt: a single rock with on-ramp. So far no distress calls, but also the birds seem wary; maybe they think it's a finch-chomping gator. What do you think?