Out for a walk this morning and I see a bumblebee on the pavement. I almost always pick them up so they don’t get stepped on and leave them on a wall or nearby flower.

This time however, I saw her wings were gone and she wouldn’t survive long, so I decided to take her home to make her as comfortable as I could whilst she survived.

I set her up in a box with some leaves, flowers, nesting materials and damp moss to have a drink from.

Took her a while to settle in, but she soon found the flowers and had a feed and a wander about. She’s currently having a nap under a big leaf.

I know you’re not supposed to bring bumblebees indoors, but the box is by an open window so she has natural light and fresh air. I suppose I’m trying to make sure she’s safe and comfortable for as long as I can provide for her.

by vbloke

7 comments

  2. Damn . This is a 10/10 Bee rehabilitation centre . Beats my saucer of honey/sugar I’ll lay out for our natures workers .

  5. I don’t know what to say, I felt like Jane Goodall earlier cause I rescued a caterpiller marching across B&Q car park but you really are good soul

  6. I got myself one of those Bee revival kits, basically a little vial of sugar syrup on a key chain. Only used it once on a very tired looking bee, but he was soon buzzing again. 

    Hope your new frend enjoys their home!

  7. Reminds me of ‘Eric the half a bee’ by Monty Python:
    Is this a wretched demi-bee
    Half asleep upon my knee
    Some freak, from a menagerie?
    No! It’s Eric the half-a-bee!

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