10 Practical Things You Can Do To Help Save The Bees

2. Leave a dish of water out for bees to drink from — with a cork, stone, or twig for them to land on.

Bees — they’re just like us: thirsty and a bit clumsy! According to Shaw, water is an ingredient of ‘bee bread’, which is a mix of pollen, water, and enzymes that bees store and ferment to feed developing larvae. Adding twigs, moss, rocks, or mud to the water gives the bees something to land on so they’re less at risk of falling into the water and drowning. To deter mosquitos, change your water at lest once a week.