Heading into my garden to have my outdoor drink today led me to discover a tree bumblebee in need of some help... I fed it some sugar water (started outside but heavy rain made me bring it indoors) and after a whole twenty minutes drinking, it was revived and ready to fly out through the door, back to garden :)
You can see his tongue in this photo and there's a short bee tongue video in today's blog post.
There are some Bumblebees here that have nested in the roof of my house just above the bathroom window, if the window is left open for any length of time they do make their way in. It's no problem though they're easily guided back out. I know they're endangered so I'll put up with the "Lee, there's another bee in the bathroom". Good shot Louise.
@gamelee That's great that you're leaving them.. bumblebees are pretty harmless to us and they'll disappear at the end of the summer so it'll just be short term bee herding for you!
Great shot! There's a collection of tree bumblebees at my local RSPB Reserve and they've blocked the path off to visitors to help protect them (bees and humans!) This was definitely your act of kindness for #30DaysWild. Thank you. FAV
@overalvandaan they're not endangered, tree bumblebees are very common though they only arrived in the UK about 15 years ago. All bumblebees can get tired and need reviving, this wasn't to do with being endangered.
@overalvandaan ah yes, I think he just meant bees in general - no endangered exactly but we all know that bees/pollinators in general are struggling due to our farming practices.
