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So, I let my water fountain dry out because it was one less thing to have to clean string algae off of. (A whole other story)
As the fountain dried out, I removed 99% of the algae but couldn’t get it all... the concrete is too porous and bits of it just embedded into the fountain. After a few days, I noticed that a few bees started attracting to the remnants of the dried algae that was on the concrete fountain. I didn’t really pay much attention to it since it was just a couple of bees; they looked like they were feeding on the dried algae remnants.
Well… I came home from work today, this being about a week after I first noticed the bees, and there must’ve been 200+ bees swarming around that dried concrete fountain! Holy crap! It was a little unnerving. In general, I have a lot of bees around the property... they love my garden flowers, but this was a LOT of bees in a very concentrated area. It looked like I put a car washing sponge into the fountain, there were so many that’s what they reminded me of.
I actually turned the fountain back on because that’s too many bees in one place, and I have two small dogs who could really get hurt.
They are still flying around out there, waiting for the water to turn off, I guess!
Is this a known phenomenon? I never heard of it and a quick google search didn’t produce any relevant info.
// Radar //
As the fountain dried out, I removed 99% of the algae but couldn’t get it all... the concrete is too porous and bits of it just embedded into the fountain. After a few days, I noticed that a few bees started attracting to the remnants of the dried algae that was on the concrete fountain. I didn’t really pay much attention to it since it was just a couple of bees; they looked like they were feeding on the dried algae remnants.
Well… I came home from work today, this being about a week after I first noticed the bees, and there must’ve been 200+ bees swarming around that dried concrete fountain! Holy crap! It was a little unnerving. In general, I have a lot of bees around the property... they love my garden flowers, but this was a LOT of bees in a very concentrated area. It looked like I put a car washing sponge into the fountain, there were so many that’s what they reminded me of.
I actually turned the fountain back on because that’s too many bees in one place, and I have two small dogs who could really get hurt.
They are still flying around out there, waiting for the water to turn off, I guess!
Is this a known phenomenon? I never heard of it and a quick google search didn’t produce any relevant info.
// Radar //