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Post by rae12345 on Jul 12, 2018 9:43:35 GMT
Hi everyone, I’m not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but this seemed like the best place to ask. I found a bee crawling around in the grass yesterday, I kept going back and checking and he wasn’t flying away, so I have him some sugar water which he wouldn’t drink. I didn’t want my cats to get him, so I carefully put him in an tub (without a lid so he would hopefully fly away) with some moss and sugar water and put him out of reach of my cats. I expected him to be gone by today, but he’s still in the tub! I’m not sure what to do. He doesn’t look injured, but I guess he must be? He’s just crawling around on the moss. If he can’t fly he’ll obviously die I assume, so is there anything I could do so that he could survive? Sorry if this is a silly question, I don’t know much about insects! Thanks everyone.
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ciervo
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Post by ciervo on Jul 14, 2018 23:25:46 GMT
Insects have imature (larval) and adult forms which are short lived. A bee is an adult form which are relatively short lived. Once an insect is injured or similar, that's it. Death quickly follows. There are no bee veterinarians or the like. So given your bee can no longer serve its colony or its self it will most certainly die soon and there's nothing anyone can or should do for it. Its probably served its colony well by collecting lots of pollen for it, so no need to feel sad for it.
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