๐Ÿ Happy World Bee Day

66Mustang
66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,541 Championing
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https://www.fao.org/world-bee-day/en

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  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 5,741 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists
    edited May 20

    Me either @Emilee and quite a lot of them look a bit like spiders especially the small scissor bee!

    Thank you for sharing @66Mustang, it's always fun to know when there are days like this๐Ÿ˜„

  • Holly_Alumni
    Holly_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 6,534 Championing

    Happy bee day! ๐Ÿ

    I never realised there were so many types of bee. I'm sure I've got some confused with wasps!

    Found a cool link I thought I'd share with some tips on how to save bees: 10 Ways to Save the Bees - The Bee Conservancy

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,313 Championing

    Don't worry, bee happy ๐Ÿ

  • Mr_Shoes_Tied
    Mr_Shoes_Tied Community Member Posts: 157 Empowering

    A joke for Bee Day:

    Why do bees have sticky hair?

    Because they use honeycombs

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community Member Posts: 17,415 Championing

    Hi @66Mustang - just popped on rather late to wish you a Happy Bee Day. I always try to buy plants that bees love as they are so important to us all.

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 63,231 Championing

    I have been nesting in the shed but I'm not brave enough to get up close for a photo

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,313 Championing
    edited May 28

    I saved a bumblebee from drowning yesterday morning. It was floating in the crate of water I'd left out for the birds during this heatwave. I fished it out with a tea strainer and left that in the sun so it could dry out and eventually, it flew away, phew! There is now a stick in the crate so even the smallest creature can climb out.

    ๐Ÿ

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,541 Championing

    Well done @WhatThe ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ˜Š

    Good idea with the stick, too!!

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,726 Championing

    We had a wasp nest under the floorboards of our dining room - 3 years ago - the wasps were using an airbrick to get in - I used home insurance to get rid of them - they went absolutely insane when they were sprayed - This is not Bees though - I like to think that Bees would beehive much better than rowdy wasps !!

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,313 Championing

    @66Mustang please share your bee first-aid kit again thank you!

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,541 Championing
    edited June 26

    Hi @WhatThe ๐Ÿ˜Š

    There are lots of different ones around, but I got this one (below). I like it because the lid has a little dibber built into it โ€“ because the syrup inside is thick it doesn't pour it out of the small vial so you need something to dip into it. With my previous one I used to have to find a tiny stick or a blade of grass or something!

    https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1604620623/feed-the-bees-bee-rescue-remedy-gift-bag?ga_search_query=rescue&ref=shop_items_search_2&sts=1&logging_key=812451a8cd8f7933311a981d5c0411448ea595af%3A1604620623

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,541 Championing

    I was walking the dog and came across a bumblebee stumbling around on the footpath, I didn't have my vial ๐Ÿ™ so put my little friend onto the side of the path so it didn't get trodden on. Hopefully it had a rest and was able to fly off ๐Ÿ

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 6,029 Championing

    I rescued a bumble bee yesterday. It was on the garden fence and was stuck in a spiders web.

    I got a tissue to put under it and got a child's paint brush and manage to get the web off by using the blunt end of the paint brush to pull the web away and then very gently brush the web off the bees front legs. The bee flew off so hopefully it is ok now.

    I then got my brush and brushed all the fencing to get rid of any other spider's webs. There do seem to be a lot of very fine webs at the moment. ๐Ÿ

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,442 Online Community Team

    I'm sure you helped it on its way @66Mustang. And that's so sweet of you to take the time to do that @Bluebell21.

    Hopefully both your bees are recovered and off visiting the flowers again now ๐Ÿคž

    I talk to the bees in my garden when I see them. I must seem a bit mad to the neighbours. And probably the bees too. But I like to have a little one-sided conversation with the bees and the bugs ๐Ÿ˜

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 6,029 Championing

    Thanks @Rosie_Scope I was talking to the bee the whole time I was rescuing it. I had to move it just in case Sam decided to investigate. (I would have anyway) Bees are very furry it was a lovely little thing.

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,541 Championing

    They're really sweet, I don't mind picking them up. If it was a beetle or a spider the same size I'd be scared, it's weird how our minds work!

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Community Member Posts: 1,891 Championing

    Here's an interesting and beautiful documentary on bees called "A Civilization 100 million Years Old".

    https://youtu.be/H7H3zVGXQ3k?si=wiyjL6OWOOONwXwy
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,541 Championing

    I rescued a wasp today as I don't like seeing anything struggle. I just hope it respects the gesture by not hurting any buzzy bees ๐Ÿ

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,887 Online Community Team

    Aww that's really kind of you @66Mustang. I think I would be too scared!

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,541 Championing
    edited August 25

    @Rachel_Scope

    I have to admit I was a bit more guarded than I'd be with a beeโ€ฆ I carried it out on a piece of paper whereas I usually let the bees climb onto my hand. It was quite placid though, I guess like bees when they're exhausted they don't have the energy to be aggressive?

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