A bit of water goes a long way
Every year we have a little outside pond (read repurposed kiddy swimming pool) where we put some plants and our 10 migrating cloud minnows. (They migrate to our indoor fish tank in winter). Native and non-native wildlife love it and often stop by for a quick sip.
We are in the process of cleaning and prepping our pond for this year and we noticed that bees go ballistic over this remnant of an old plant and its soil. Even more so than they do if they can land on pebbles. There were tons of bees flying around us as we were recording this. This was our third attempt at recording.
The soil wicks up the water but I wonder if it also contains minerals from the soil. We always see a lot of bees at our pond but not like this. Bees are landing on top of each other and they don’t even mind the wasp being there. Some bees aren’t moving but, trust me, they are alive and well.