The National Park Service is Not Feeding Watermelon to Bee Colonies

In September 2020, social media users claimed that the US National Park Service was feeding watermelon to bee colonies. Supposedly, bees will harvest any moist source of sugar and convert it into honey to store for the winter, and so watermelon is an excellent way to give the bees a boost to make sure they can survive and continue to pollinate valuable crops into the future. This claim has subsequently gone viral on social media, specifically Twitter, and has been shared tens of thousands of times.