The bee keeper diaries

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

There are enough in a colony that you shouldn’t feel too bad about a few drowned bees. I have them drown in the buckets I leave out to clean up the honey after I bottle, and it buckets outside that have water in them.

The floating wood or 2x4 chunk in the tank or the pool is a good idea.

amazed that a bee would land on wood instead of water. Not doubting you, but amazed.