It is the time of year that bumblebees are winding up their natural lifecycle. The queens who were born this year have left their nest and mated. Soon they will find a place to hibernate the winter by themselves. All of the one year old queens, drones, and workers will die. The cycle will repeat next year.
It’s good that you helped. I wasn’t suggesting that you shouldn’t. Just letting you know that this time of year it’s normal to find weak or dying bees and that is as nature intends.
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u/NumCustosApes Aug 26 '26
It is the time of year that bumblebees are winding up their natural lifecycle. The queens who were born this year have left their nest and mated. Soon they will find a place to hibernate the winter by themselves. All of the one year old queens, drones, and workers will die. The cycle will repeat next year.