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Offline icra

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Watering bees?
« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2005, 07:56:40 am »

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Watering bees?
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2005, 07:29:36 pm »
I heard some where that they like the chlorine taste for some reason, bye :D
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« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2005, 07:26:40 am »
This thread reminded me that butterflies also seem to prefer muddy water, apparently for the minerals in the mud. Maybe it's the same thing for bees.

Maybe I'll try an experiment this year: put out some water with mineral salt (like the salt licks that are sold for horses) in it, and see if the bees go for it.
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