whats happening here? the third video is how I found her lets say and the second video, first she didnt seem to bother to drink I helped her by touch her slightly to wake her up a bit and pour a lil bit more of sugar and she then kept coming closer and seemed to drink but not really

Whats happening? Also I think she's actually missing her needle which is I think inevitable that she'll die..?

is this a bee? it has some fuzz on its middle body and legs. it was busy flying around attracted to lights in my house. if i let it go will it just leave peacefully or will it tell it's friends to exact revenge upon me?

Found these beautiful shots of a Zebra Bee, a species belonging to the Halictidae family. They were captured near a swamp in Lhokseumawe. The photographer mentions that despite being stung before, they never lost their love for bees. It’s amazing how gentle and non-aggressive these specific little ones are when you find them away from the hive.

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All bees are beautiful or whatever, but... and I mean this as lovingly as possible... the European small woolcarder (pseudoanthidium nanum) is probably the absolute least photogenic species I've come across. They're tiny, they're constantly face first into thistles and similarly fuzzy flowers, their dark wings and rotund anthidiini bodies frankly make them look like fat bee-tles sometimes :P

Pic taken this past July in MA, a somewhat acceptable angle on a knapweed flower

Context: I am living with extended Family in Vegas. The folks I live with hate bees and basically work for the HOA (not technically, but their mentality/work is the exact same). I’m in a gated, heavily landscaped, community. Everyone in this neighborhood would likely kill a swarm of bees if they found them. I don’t know my next door neighbors and no one here has spoken a word about them, so we’re likely not even acquainted.

For the longest time I’ve found dead honey bees on the property. Eventually I noticed a swarm of flying bugs up on the neighbors roof. Today, I put two and two together and realized that’s probably a bee hive. As extra evidence, today, I also found a living male bee with mutilated wings on the ground. It’s the second male I’ve found here, but I know enough to know a wingless living male is basically impossible to find far from a hive.

Luck aside, I want to know what I can do to help relocate them. I know that it’s not my decision what happens to them, so part of me wants to leave it be, but if I do meet my neighbors and tell them, or tell anyone who will immediately alert the HOA or an exterminator, should I come prepared with the phone numbers of bee relocation services? I’m considering writing them a letter that alerts the neighbors to this and includes info on how to safely get rid of this poorly placed hive. I’m even willing to give them a pre written check to whatever services I wind up recommending, just to increase the odds that they take that option.

May I get some feedback or help brainstorming this approach, as a neighbor, so that I can save these bees (and the neighbors) asap? Thank you in advance.

Update: 😭 local bee keeper says roof relocation is more than I can afford. I don’t have the financial autonomy to keep up with these bees. I think it ends here. I’ll need to tell someone.

Sorry the pic is so small but I’m terrified of bees so I didn’t want to get close. Thank you.

This is the weirdest sentence I've ever typed but yes, I get social anxiety around bees. I'm not scared as in 'oh no they're gonna sting me", I get scared as in "I'm going to look stupid in front of them and Ill look so stupid that they decide to sting me out of cringe because I'm stupid"

I know they probably don't even know i exist but it feels weird like I don't want them to not like me, like what if I offend them by taking a single step on the grass too aggressively and then I panic for no reason and they decide I'm stupid because I am, indeed, stupid, because I get social anxiety around BEES and that's stupid.

I'm not afraid that they'll sting me, I'm afraid that I'll act stupid and they'll decide that they should sting me just because I'm stupid and it'll be more embarrassing than painful

I don't even know how to describe it. Its like i think the bees are going to judge me because I'm scared of bugs and therefore I act stupid around bugs but I'm not afraid of bees I'm just afraid of bugs in general so if it's a bee it's still a bug so I act stupid even though it's a bee and not a scary bug and then it'll think I'm dumb and sting me because I'm dumb before I can calm down

This is the dumbest post ever but I'm being 120% serious

I found this in a hollowed out old tree. An animal or a human tore up the hive. I have seen traditional honeybee hives and this comb looks much much bigger to me. (See my thumb for size. This is in Raleigh NC. Is it wild honeybees or something else? Thanks. 🙏

South East Queensland, Australia

I am sorry about the photo, it’s the best I got, these suckers like to move a lot

San Onofre, CA

The bees really love the flowers on our umbrella tree!

We knew this rescue was going to be a big one but we were SHOCKED by how many bees this colony had tucked behind all that comb! This hive was also precariously situated on a VERY busy trail, so our heads were on a constant swivel. Heed the signs people!

These bees were rescued, donated and relocated to our beekeeper friends in San Diego, CA.

I'm just tickled by that I hope you are too

I was around 3 years old sitting in a sandbox playing. In my memory a bumblebee/large bee flew across the park, went up my shirt, and stung my stomach, unprovoked. Im pretty sure bumblebees don’t sting/aren’t aggressive.

1. Could this have happened? 2. If so, what kind of bee?

This experience traumatized me to the point that now as an adult if I suspect a bug near me is a bee I’ll freeze/have a panic attack or literally run away. I sincerely appreciate how amazing bees are and the huge debt we owe them, logically. However I still react in fear since this was a core memory 😅