Found this exhausted bee on the floor and left two containers of sugar water for her to choose from. She won't go for them though. What else can I do to help her?
Get a dropper and put a drop of water at her mouth. if she doesn't move towards it push a bit into contact.
Also, I've gotten better results from honey water if that's an option.
Not an option, sadly. I also don't think I have a dropper around, but I'll look for it
You can just get a drop on your finger or a stick and do the same. Just a drop though, don't want to drown the poor thing.
I tried dropping from a smaller container, but she ran away as soon as I got close. Luckily, she ran in the direction of that spoon in the picture and desperately clinged to the flower I put there, half submerged in the water, and started "eating" through it. I hope she can get some water through it, somehow.
Nice! It’s a great feeling when they perk up, I did this with a bumble bee once I swear it thanked me
They will, many insects get moisture from the plants they eat looks lovingly at my stick insect trying to eat a leaf stealthily but making a loud munching sound
She's on a hunger strike against the oppression of the Feudal Hive-System and you're strike breaking rn :soviet-huff:
My fascist kitty was about to break her hunger strike before I showed up
unrelated but a saw a sign in the ag supply store about when to order your bees for delivery, and i'm just now finding out you can just order the bees to your house.
You can indeed. They come in little yellow boxes. Each queen has a little entourage of workers and a plug of bee candy/bee fondant (basically a thick icing sugar mix). The little yellow box is the put in a cardboard container and there is a sticker on it that says, "caution, living contents".
I hope she makes a recovery, but... sometimes the kindest thing to do for an animal is to euthanize it. If it comes down to that, the most humane way to accomplish this is almost always a quick smash to the head.
bees are fuzzy round little creatures that like flowers and like to dance with their friends
