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.
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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
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They are such beautiful creatures. Thanks Mikael :-D
DeleteBeautiful photos, you are the lifeguard of the forest...
ReplyDeleteThat made me smile Fernando, thanks :-D
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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
DeleteJust the other day, I was telling how once I found a bee in the sea and I swam with it on my hand for good half an hour (I was away from the shore) until it finally dried of its wings and flew away. It didn't stung me. Bees only sting if they feel threatened. If you're not afraid of them, they are not afraid of you.
ReplyDeleteI was stung by bees quite a few times over the years when we used to harvest lavender when I was a kid. I was always very sad because it meant they died. When you harvest lavender, you cannot always see them and you may accidently seize them in your hands resulting in them stinging you and dying. :(
That is a wonderful thing you did. They are passive and lovely little things. Yes it is sad because they die :-(
DeleteBtw I don't think I ever fed bees sugar, but I did feed the butterflies and they would stay with me, it would prolong their life somewhat in the autumn.
ReplyDeleteYes it is good to carry about in a little vial. That is great to help the butterflies too :-D
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