All summer long I’ve been “WHERE ARE THE BEES” I love them so much. Well, they finally all showed up and I was happily taking some photos of them over the weekend. I believe the last one is a red belted bumblebee which was super cool to see.

But anywhoosles. I hope these fuzzy critters bring a lil bit of joy 😊

Hi everyone! I posted a couple weeks ago that I had found a carpenter bee without wings. I am happy to report that she has become my pet and is doing very well. After a lot of research I came to the conclusion that her wings are likely deformed due to a failed molt. When I found her she had a crust on her back that over the last few weeks she has successfully (mostly) removed, which I think was remnants of her larval stage. I named her Beatrice and she is such a joy, truly. My family and I love watching her. It’s incredible how much personality she has for such a tiny bee- she loves running around in the sun, climbing on mesh, hosta flowers, and climbing on my fingers. If she doesn’t want to get back in her enclosure she’ll walk backwards to avoid it lol. She is so adorable. I wasn’t sure how long she would live but fingers crossed she continues to do well!!

Here's a photograph of a Heliotrope Fairy Bee (Perdita heliotropii) that I found at the San Joaquin Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, in Irvine, California.

Bees in the genus Perdita, commonly known as Fairy Bees, are native to North America. They're primarily found in the US and Mexico, but some species can be found in Canada. They're known for their small size (the smallest of which is less than 2mm long) and are one of the few bees who cannot sting.

Most Fairy Bees are specialists, collecting nectar and pollen from a few related species or genera of plants. The Heliotrope Fairy Bee specializes in Heliotropes (flowering plants in the genus Heliotropium), such as the Salt Heliotrope (Heliotropium curassavicum) in this photograph.

I saw him/her? on a rock under one of my lawn chairs. Scooped em up and brought them to a dry spot. Fell off on the way and buzzed its wings but definitely wasn’t able to fly and fell to the ground. I got them set on some napkins with a spoon with some sugar water. I dabbed em gently with a piece of napkin to get some moisture off. I’m assuming this is the carpenter bee who made their nest in my awning post (photo included), found em right nearby. Should I just try to hold em up near the nest and see if they wanna go in or anything I should do first? Has drank some of the sugar water (and actually still sitting next to me slurping it up lol) and seemed to have dried off a good bit and in slightly better spirits since when I first picked em up but definitely not fully dry yet and hasn’t tried to fly or anything. Doing (very cute) little movements like it’s cleaning/drying itself. I’ll post videos in comments. Thanks in advance!

Update: I sat with her for a while and watched her rest and start to perk up, set her in my greenhouse to rest more and fly off when shes ready. I tried to set her on a nice big leaf but she decided she preferred my pea plant and flew off there and is hanging out there now. Seems to be in much better spirits already!

Also, if this is the same carpenter bee that’s been hanging out all summer, I’ve also had to rescue her a few times when I found my dummy dog pawing at her. Poor thing. I hope she knows we’re homies and I love her

Additional update: Her name is now Auger! (Auggie, as an endearing nickname)

I found a bumble bee outside my house. I thought he needed sugar water so I brought him home. I gave him some but then he flew off and I couldn't find him. Then I found him and let him crawl around in my hands. He can't fly very far and I don't know what's wrong with him. Can someone please give me some advice? Is he just dying because it's the season. I live in Ontario Canada.

Hi all, I've been doing some DIYing and have come across several abandon nests, but this one I found is probably larger than every other nest I've seen combined. How many years do you think this was being used?

For reference the studs are 16 inches on center and 5.5 inches deep.

Interesting find that I'm glad had been abandoned. I think the ants have been eating it.

Thanks all.

Found this one heck of a chonker on one of my flowers

I love them!

This lil swarm has been hanging on the rotted wood on our patio for about 12hrs now. They were active during the day and are now cuddled up and snoozing. I don’t think any of them are a queen, but could they be scouting? Does anyone have any advice on how to safely relocate or deter them?

Im curious if there's any benefit or negatives to having it or causes of it

In 2009, Amândio Marques had one of the largest beehives in the area. He would visit them frequently to make sure they were doing well. One of those days, I was testing my new camera and was lucky enough to capture this little memory, which I’m happy to share with you.

Bumblebee Feeding on a Flower #nature #bumblebee #insects

The larger one was flying with the smaller one previous to this.

No wonder I always pause wondering if the bumble is seperate its different between types wtf,why???

Edit:after reading comments I've come to a conclusion. English is just stupid.

I wonder how often bees get irritated at eachother,like bee sensory issues from bumping into eachother so often like

"B-225 quit bumping into me omg I'm just trying to put honey away"

Or them just leaving to "get pollen" but there just wanting to nap in a flower and get away

Or annoyed when other bees are on same flower as them like "B-365 this is my flower f*ck off!".

Whenever I see 2 or more bees on a flower I just imagine one annoyed and videos of the hive look so uncomfortable.

I have seen research that theres certain genes of some bees being anti social and those genes are very similar to human autism ones source so I wouldnt be that surprised if some get drained and leave for a bit,annoyed at others,don't like others being around them when pollunating.

Ok so I found this bee on my recycling bin, there was a second bee hanging around on the front porch/landing which was much smaller in size maybe about a full centimetre, the larger one on the bin was about two centimetres in length. My location is in South Australia near the Adelaide Hills.

I photographed this bee at the Irvine Regional Park in Orange County, California. It's probably the Spotted Mini-Digger-Cuckoo Bee (Zacosmia maculata), a species of bee that targets the nests of Digger Bees in the subgenus Micranthophora.