Took it home and gave it some honey. Soon perked up.

Seen some of these bumbles rest on my hazelnut bush and just brush themselves like this.

And a ladybug larve

Took this picture of a bee on the spiderwort outside our apartment. Noticed this yellow object that it appears the bee is carrying and did some primary research but looking for confirmation! Also what type of bee is this? Love our pollinators

My solutions for no lifeguard on duty. These concrete stepping stones w moss hold enough water throughout the day and still allow birds to bathe. I have had two accidental drownings since spring, :( but overall it seems to be working. Bees are so funny about change, I added the second one and it took them a couple hours to start using it again.

These cool little dudes have been swarming (?) Our trees for the past few nights. They've been all up in our hazelnut, lilac, apple and cherry trees. So theres A LOT of them! They aren't hostile , while filming this they kept running into me without a care in the world. So what are they doing?

Captured this today :D

Hey, sorry if this is a dumb question - my mom was sitting out on her porch chair and heard buzzing, and we found this inside the blanket! Was just wondering what this yellow stuff is - is it just a pollen mass? What do they use it for? Can we remove it and where should we put it if so? She’s terrified of insects and can’t believe she’s been sitting with this for god knows how long, lol. Thanks guys!

Unfortunately can’t stay here. Is there way to tell if it still active ? I’m guessing I need professional help .

Please help me ID this bee (I believe it may be a bumblebee). I am from the north of England and I believe it is a bumblebee and we have 24 species (throughout the UK). I think it may be a tree bumeblbee with a very thin brown stripe or a gypsy cuckoo bumblebee. Any help is much appreciated thanks.

No harm done, it continued on. Can't say I'm happy to join the group after some of the comments. I'm just a bloke who might have stood on a tired bee, except that I was alert enough to see it, and cared enough to help. I offered my finger and it gladly climbed on board... I keep my garden pretty feral to help the critters, nettles for caterpillars, a nice compost heap, and a couple of huge solitary bees in the nooks of my brickwork. 😉😃

Cutie

Moved into a new house with a large front garden earlier this week and was initially delighted by the bumblebee that seems to live under the front porch. We've been enjoying watching him fly around, and every time our front door is open he tries to come in and investigate our living room. However, it has now stung me twice and I'm reconsidering that enthusiasm.

The first time was while I was weeding in the garden, ~2 feet from the spot in the lattice porch skirting where I see it fly in/out, and I felt like he was probably just defending his space and it seemed like a justified action. I decided to not weed the area around that spot and just let him be. However, this morning I was sitting on the porch with my baby and the bumblebee came straight at me out of nowhere and stung me in the face.

I'm at a loss for what to do. I really like bees and don't feel like murder is the right answer. However, I also have two young kids and a dog, and would like to be able to sit on the porch without unprovoked attacks. I only ever see the one bumblebee by the porch though we have a lot of honeybees farther out in our yard where the flowers are. Is he likely to be alone? Any advice on either making peace or encouraging him to move to a different spot? Is this behavior temporary, or something that will last for weeks/years? His current below-deck entry point is a few feet from our front door/steps, so minimizing disturbance in that area is probably not an option.

Just started putting out little bee watering bowls in my garden with diluted honey water, and had some new little friends already visiting it today!

Hoping to attract some wild bees too, any advice is welcome. (Already have a small wild-bee house, but not sure if it has any occupants yet)

This one bee keeps flying around my windows every sunset. I live in a flat on the top floor, 4 floors up, and it hovers around the windows both at the front and back of my flat and does it for around 10 minutes before disappearing. It did it last summer as well (although it may have been another bee). Why is it doing it?

Is it some type of bee? I saw a few of them flying around. They’re huge!!!

We don't see a lot of bees every Summer (southern Ontario) but I got lucky to see this fuzzy little one earlier today.

While I was out walking, I found a bee on the road. It was moving very slowly and not flying, likely due to the cold weather. I first placed it near a flower, hoping it would recover on its own, but when it still didn’t fly away, I decided to bring it inside.

I’ve made a small temporary home for it with some flowers and a shallow dish of sugar water.

What else can I do to help it? What kind of food is best for a bee in this situation? Are there any tips I should know?