u/Menestee1

I tried to save this one today
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I tried to save this one today

I came across it in a Sainsburies car park, just laid on the tarmac. I was going to take it home to offer it some sugar water, it was rejecting all the flowers outside.

I sadly got locked out the house so couldn't give it the sugar water for a few hours. It didn't move a whole lot to start with, but as time went on (I had it for about 3 hours in my hands whilst waiting for a lock smith)

After a while it was waddling up my wrist, grooming itself, twerking at me. I'd close my fist when there was a gust of wind, it was shivering a tiny bit. By the time I got indoors finally, it was A LOT more active, marching up and down my arm and not slowing down compared to just laying their weakly a few hours prior. I offered it some daisies, didn't want. Sugar water, didn't want it.

It was getting a bit stressed so I felt perhaps it was time to part ways, put it on a juicy dandelion in my garden and went about my day.

I feel bad, I hope it made it, even if it showed no evidence of wanting to fly just yet. It's surprising how attached you can feel to such a little creature in such a short amount of time.

I don't know anything about bees, but I tried.

u/Menestee1 — 23 hours ago