Honeybees

Here in Texas, we have had very little rain in the last year.  I'm sure you have heard about our wildfires this summer.  Well, they are still happening.  This lack of rain and record heat has killed all the flowers.  There are no flowers for the bees.  There are no crops for them to feed on.  I have morning glories blooming, but that is all.  This weekend, I noticed the bees all around my hummingbird feeders.  I was shocked that I had not realized the lack of food for them.  So I made more simple syrup, sliced some oranges and put them in a shallow bowl and poured simple syrup over them.  I sat that shallow bowl in a larger bowl of water.  I put these bowls (3 of them) around under the trees.  Within minutes, all three were covered with honeybees.  So I replenished the bowls today before I left for work and again this afternoon.  I'll keep it up as long as the bees come.