Garden drama: no more bee watering station

These tiny bees (I think they’re sweat bees) keep falling in. They’re not grabbing onto the rocks, so I’ve been fishing them out all morning. It’s just not going to work out. Too many little guys. I saw floating stuff to buy on Amazon to help them avoid this situation, but those remind me of rubber mats in restaurant kitchens. Cleaning those was always so gross.

Besides, the whole point was to stop mining bees from drowning in my swamp cooler. Since I found and sealed up the little nest in the yard, no more have gotten stuck. Thankfully.