I'm sorry to say this latest craze is harmful.
Please DO provide clean water.
But please DON'T fill the dish with stones.
And certainly not marbles - glass will reach fatal temperatures within minutes of being in the sun, and will kill any insect landing on them.
Water needs to be fresh and clean *every day*.
If you put a lot of stones in it, they can harbour all sorts of dangerous water-borne pathogens and bacteria build up.
It will also make the water a mosquito breeding ground and the stones will harbour deadly parasites, like fluke.
Plus bees can get trapped and drown between the stones.
So please just provide a clean dish of tap water, with *one* easy to clean half submerged stone for the insects, or a few floating leaves, or a half submerged stick which can be replaced daily.๐ฅฐ
@HedgehogCabin@giveashitnature I never thought I would say this, but we are living in a time where providing water for bees in your garden has to be Instagram ready ๐
@MoonFaceTheOld@scaleyback246@supertanskiii Hey. I get your point, but please don't pile everyone over 50 onto the same stinking pile that sad sack exists on. Thank you ๐
@scaleyback246@supertanskiii I have nearly six decades, too. Disregarding the climate for a moment, I have learned over those decades (probably just the first two or three were actually necessary) not to be a patronising, sour and inconsequential cunt. What say you, cherub?
@LBC@NickFerrariLBC Absolute blurt. Does he ever exercise his shrivelled cranium to the extent that some hope it may expound a coherent, vaguely useful contribution becomes a feasible option?
10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist.
At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk