Hi all! Every year our pool is overrun all summer with bees coming to drink. This year it seems even worse, and summer hasn’t even started. We think there’s a neighbor behind us that has a colony or two, but we aren’t sure who it is. I’m not sure if they’re not putting out water or if the bees have learned to just come drink at our pool and our next-door neighbor’s pool. They’ve been drinking the standing water on our pool cover which we just pulled off tonight. Since we haven’t put our dog ramp on yet, they don’t have an easy way to drink at the moment so I’m trying to retrain them to go to a bowl that I’ve set out with floaters in it for them to sit on. It seems to work so far with a few of them but there are so many still swarming around. Does anyone have any ideas on a way I can keep attracting them to that area versus our pool walking area. All summer they will land on the deck to drink whatever water our feet leave behind. And we have a dog that’s severely allergic plus other others that will try to eat them and we’re just trying to make it so everybody gets what they need. Also, I thought I read chlorine was harmful to them. So I really want to make sure they the fresh water they need and to stay out of the ER with my dog. Thank you, for your help and ideas.

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