One of my uncles was a bee-keeper and he always had a flat pan full of pebbles and water close by the bee-house. The pan was located within an old bird-feeding house, so it was covered from above to protect the bees from bird attacks.
On hot days the bees were all over it and it had to be...
That is a beautiful bee hive you have there!
But it wouldn't work for my Blanca duck. - In fact it would work all too well for Blanca: She would just stick her bill into the hole and suck all the bees into her stomach at once. She is catching insects in mid flight all day long and i'm sure...
Back in Germany you can rent Runner Ducks to free your vegetable yard of snails and bugs. - Weird, my ducks would free the snails from all those pesky vegetables…
They chicken out too quick! :gig
Be patient, once they discover how crunchy and tasty all these buzzing things are their velociraptor genes will take over.
You say »birds«, what kind of birds do you have?
My ducks are happy if they find bees in their water or at the waterer. Bees are yummy!
What you can try is a shallow water source with a cloth or a sponge as an "island". Bees that have fallen into the water can climb out and the others will use...