I regularly have honeybees coming to my fish pond...do you think this experiment might help with the declining natural bee populations?

You got it Marsha! The goal is to increase the bee population by inviting bees onto your property, without having to become a full-fledged beekeeper.

Uh ... will the hive have instructions for dealing with pests and diseases?

One backyard beekeeper with foulbrood can wipe out a lot of other people’s hives.

Thanks for the great question lazy_gardens. Our intent is not to create ignorant beekeepers. We will have educational material available to help teach beekeeping skills, and encourage customers to participate in their local beekeeping organization. In Pennsylvania, all hives have to be registered with the State and there will also be an optional beekeeping service for those that want to be hands off.

This is product is to support pollinators - that means creating a more educated aware population about pressing bee issues such as foulbrood.

Bees should be respected more -- hanging them up on a wall as a display and feeding them sugar water -- seems to me the saddest of all things for a Bee - Bees deserve to be free - not imprisoned or lured through a tube, displayed on a wall and fed sugar water ... think of it, Bees produce honey, one of the most beautiful and complex products on earth .. so sugar water is a royal slap in the face -- yes Bees are attracted and will eat it, but it's really not what they should be consuming...if you want to save the pollinators, protest and boycott the companies killing them -- build old fashion Bee/Pollinator Boxes - Plant and Plant more flowers, trees, and herbs which provide the pollen food Bees love and keeps them healthy......Please rethink your idea...