These photos are all a few years old. These are 3 bees that I helped with sugar solution during the summer when they ran out of puff! Every summer I carry sugar solution when I am out and if I see a bee struggling I put some of the solution on my hand and pick the bee up and it usually takes it and flies off. The last one, I place it on a flower. If there are flowers about I normally put them on the flowers. Holding a bee isn't a scary thing. It can be quite tickly at first though and takes a minute to get used to. In all my years of helping them I have never been stung by a bee.
Boa tarde. Uma excelente quinta-feira com muita paz e saúde. Algumas no Brasil não possuem ferrão. Outras a picada é dolorida. Mais sem elas, morremos. Precisamos da polinização.
ReplyDeleteThey are so important aren't they. Thanks Luiz :-D
DeleteExcelentes imagenes, encantado de visitar tu blog,saludos.
ReplyDeleteThanks, glad you like them :-D
DeleteGreat photos! I would be nervous picking up a bee.
ReplyDeleteIt is nothing to be scared of! Thanks Bill :-D
DeletePeople have a truly irrational fear of bees.
ReplyDeleteThe really do and it makes no sense to me! The only creatures I fear on this planet are humans!
Delete...I've been stung too many times.
ReplyDeleteYikes sorry to hear that Tom
DeleteBees are such beautiful and productive creatures.
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They really are :-D
DeleteBees look so wonderful. Fluffy goodness
ReplyDeleteFluffy goodness indeed! :-D
DeleteDear Ananka, you are a brave girl!
ReplyDeleteThanks Irina :-D
DeleteThat looks pretty scary to me.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, it really isn't!
DeleteNot sure I could do that but I applaud you ... well done and lovely photographs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
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Thanks Jan, I enjoy helping them :-D
DeleteLinda abeja que bueno que no te pico. Te mando un beso.
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DeleteGood for you holding bees! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine :-D
DeleteNo way...how did you do that? I would be really scared to touch them.
ReplyDeleteHonestly don't be scared, they are friendly and would never sting. :-D
DeleteYou are a truly courageous woman.
ReplyDeleteGlad you think so Kirk, thanks :-D
DeleteI don't dare to do that
ReplyDeletethey are very beautiful
They are such beautiful creatures. Thanks Mikael :-D
DeleteBeautiful photos, you are the lifeguard of the forest...
ReplyDeleteThat made me smile Fernando, thanks :-D
DeleteWow! The bees must be so happy to have you around! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to be helping them :-D
DeleteI put a sponge out with sugar water on it at the beginning of the season when they first began to emerge. There are not many flowers open when they first show up. I like your idea of carrying around sugar water. I might also attach a brush, broken in half, onto a small bottle. I could put a few drops on the flowers near the bees without getting those sticky fingers.
ReplyDeleteThat would like a good idea. I always carry wipes with me so the sticky fingers isn't really a problem! Glad you help them too :-D
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