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Struggling very large bee

  • 29-07-2025 04:10PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭


    This enormous bee seems unable to fly in my garden. Never seen anything so big - over 2 inches long and an inch wide. I found it when investigating a loud buzzing in my kitchen which I could hear over the radio, but it was actually outside halfway down the garden, but so loud even with windows and doors closed. It was walking across the grass and wouldn't fly when given a gentle nudge with some card, as the cat was getting too close. I moved it to a flowerbed in a jug and now can hear but not see it. The cat is still determined to have a go.

    Is it just a big bumblebee? Honestly I've never seen one so massive.

    Anything I could do to help it get on its way for its own sake, and the cat's? Thanks.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,962 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Well it's definitely a bumble bee, quite often they just need 10 mins - half an hour to recharge - but if she was struggling and buzzing maybe not just that ,

    Maybe try giving a tiny bit of sugar water or honey , and give a bit of time ..

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,106 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    A flower ideally, then sugar water, never honey. Honey can contain bacteria and fungi that the bee can bring back to the hive. It's actually illegal to feed honey to bees in Australia for this reason. There's some really good tips on how to help tired bees here: https://share.google/1CRBGoH2c8n13g7FL



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    Thanks. Hopefully, it will be OK. It's in among geraniums that seem very popular with bees, but I can't see her now. I hear it occasionally though. I don't have any sugar in the house, but will see can I get down to the shop now.



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