It's been so hot and dry here lately that we've been feeding the bees. Our neighbors raise honeybees and commented how they were eating their winter food because it's so hot and dry that the flowers don't have any nectar so, we started watering the flower beds on a regular basis and set out shallow pans of sugar water for them to eat until the flowers start blooming again. Sure hope it works. It's neat to watch. The hummingbirds don't much like the bees when the bees show up at the hummingbird feeders though.