# My Bee Water "Pond"

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-bee-water-pond/22310>\
**Category:** Equipment\
**Created:** [July 3, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-bee-water-pond/22310 "2019-07-03T17:11:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![RyanKunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@RyanKunk](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/RyanKunk)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-bee-water-pond/22310/1 "2019-07-03T17:11:56Z")

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![IMG_5483](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/c/c/cc6c660ceef6234487a1ec12508140daa308d207.jpeg)  
Built this little watering hole for my girls. They seem to like it a lot.  
Its just a 5 gallon home depot bucket, electric water pump and tube, large plant saucer, and some rocks gravel and baby tear moss.

i had to drill drip holes for the water to fall back into the bucket, that took a little trial and error but its pretty balanced now. When i added the moss the bees took to it almost right away.

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**Author:** ![SnowflakeHoney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/snowflakehoney/32/7036_2.png) [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-bee-water-pond/22310/2 "2019-07-04T05:41:08Z")

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Hi @RyanKunk this thread might also interest you:

> [@Water supply ideas](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/water-supply-ideas/1515):
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> Have you made a beautiful water supply? Post a pic. Had a creative idea about how to do it? Thought of a way to automate it? Got questions? Or had major problems maintaining one?

It’s great to see you’ve given thought to water supply too…for some it occurs as afterthought!

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**Author:** ![Ahrenswish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/ahrenswish/32/18958_2.png) [@Ahrenswish](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Ahrenswish)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-bee-water-pond/22310/3 "2019-07-05T03:38:49Z")

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> [@RyanKunk](#):
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> Its just a 5 gallon home depot bucket

Woot woot. Love Home Depot!!

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**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-bee-water-pond/22310/4 "2019-07-07T22:44:25Z")

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It’s a great setup you have there, however you probably don’t need to go to all that trouble, especially if you live in a suburban area. The bees will always find water somewhere. A dripping tap, a bird bath or a wet base of a pot plant, just a few examples.