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Bumblebee rescue

Gen.Zhukov · 2020-04-06 22:04:50

Lots of people know this trick already but no harm mentioning it again. I went into my shed today and there was a bumblebee caught up in some old cobwebs and other debris. Dunno how long it was there, but it was fairly shagged out. Put it on a flagstone outside and made up a sugar/water solution. Poured the mix on the…

06-04-2020 10:04pm

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Gen.Zhukov

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Lots of people know this trick already but no harm mentioning it again.

I went into my shed today and there was a bumblebee caught up in some old cobwebs and other debris. Dunno how long it was there, but it was fairly shagged out.

Put it on a flagstone outside and made up a sugar/water solution. Poured the mix on the stone. Tried to coax the bee over to it, but it was having none of it. A few more try's and it finally copped on and got stuck in.

Waited a while and figured another brew was needed so did that and another feed commenced. About 10 mins later, off it went. Absolute Result Works with smaller bees too.

Vid of the feeding here.

https://streamable.com/6ff57l

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