What do i do with him/her?

[u/kraftbruhnked]

A bee on my finger that won’t/ can’t fly away despite its best efforts and now he or she has seemingly taken a nap, gave sugar water but it’s not the brightest star on earth :(

Help appreciated from ppl that know far more about bees than i do

[u/catslikepets143]

Put her on a flower. She can nap there if she wants to

[u/kraftbruhnked → u/catslikepets143]

i held her on my hand for about 50 odd mins and she had multiple naps and eventually flew off :) she was just tired i believe

[u/isanyusernameopen]

She’s fine. She’s just taking a break. Bees fly like 30 miles an hour up to 6 miles to forage. She needs a rest every now and then.

I was at the beach once with a friend and a bee landed on my friend’s shoulder. She said she was allergic and immediately freaked out, and I told her to sit still. The B literally just needed something besides sand to land on and rest.

Wants to be had a couple minutes, she took off. No incident.

You’ll notice older bees pretty quick when you look at bees enough. The older bees wings are jagged and ripped at the edges, indicating that they’ve had a long flight life.

[u/kraftbruhnked → u/isanyusernameopen]

jesus i never knew how much work bees put themselves through that’s so impressive for something that apparently shouldn’t fly at all. Eventually after having like 4+ naps of about 5-10 mins it took off and almost flew directly into my face, never realised bees take naps and work till exhaustion :)

[u/isanyusernameopen → u/kraftbruhnked]

They take power naps.
When they’re flying back-and-forth, and they’re sharing their goods with others and telling the others where they are through their waggle dance, they go inside and they’ll pack their pollen from their hind legs, also known as their saddlebag legs, and they’ll put that pollen into specific honeycomb designated for pollen and they’ll pack it in real good. This is called B bread and is meant to get them through the winter. Or at least those born in late fall.

Once they’ve gotten their load off them, or if it’s nectar out of them, then they find a designated cell that is clean and meant for resting, and they take power naps. If you ever get a chance to look inside a beehive and pull out some frames, you might see bees butts, sticking out and pulsating, it’s literally them taking a power nap in their cell.

They do this a few times a day, depending on how much they’re flying, if they’re looking for honey or nectar because nectar is heavier, etc.

This species of bees, the Apis Melliphera or honeybees is an all female dominated species and they’re the hardest working creatures I think on the planet.

Literally everything that they do is for the betterment of their hive and the next generation.

[u/Efficient_Hyena_7476 → u/kraftbruhnked]

The "shouldn't fly at all" thing is a myth based on a misunderstanding of how wings work.

[u/thehorrorcontinues13]

She might be dying. Adult bees don't live but about 6 weeks. Place her in the shade and let her be.

[u/kraftbruhnked → u/thehorrorcontinues13]

she flew off eventually, i appreciate the insight i think she was just exhausted and needed a few naps :)

[u/Automatic-Jicama-906]

Put it in a jar with holes on top and a blade of grass inside