Monday, 9 May 2011

We saved a bee today!

I found a bumble bee trapped in our garage today. Clinging to the window and barely moving, I gently picked the bee up and carried it outside. I brought it to several types of flowers hoping that it might latch on to it and drink and fly away but it hardly moved. this poor bee was dying. I remembered reading somewhere that if you find a starving lifeless bee that you can give it a chance to survive by feeding it. So I brought it into the house and put a tiny amount of natural honey and a drop of water onto a little plate. After gorging itself for about 10 minutes it cleaned itself and rested for another 5. Soon after it flew off my hand, circled in front of me 6 or so times and then flew away!
I actually saved a bee today!
The video is a bit boring but shows how a bee drinks and cleans itself. Quite wonderful! (Unfortunately I can not download my video)

I think i've done my good deed for the day.   :D

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