<![CDATA[First year with a bird bath.]]>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?

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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?

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Tiny lifejackets

Ok I third some stones

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

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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.

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