In this weather, I would have thought some damp cotton rags in a dish
of water, or wettex floating in the water would be better. Remember
bees need water as much as birds, and need somewhere where they can
"soak" it up

Linda

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:58:28 GMT, John Savage
wrote:

On a recent radio gardening program, a listener rang in to say he
discovered that bees love cornmeal. He spreads cornmeal around his
garden and the bees flock to it. I got the impression that he uses
it uncooked and unsweetened--just the polentia flour straight out
of the packet, and sprinkled around the garden near to or on the
plants whose flowers he wants pollinated.

Try it when your garden needs bees, and let us know the results.