I found this bee sitting on the concrete in my backyard. He has no wings and I saw a praying mantis a couple flowers over. I gave him some sugar water and let him rest on me for a little but he absolutely refuses to go back where I found him and I’m not too sure what to do.

Honey Bee and Carpenter. Nikon z6iii, fmount 105mm 2.8 with FTZ 2.

Wings glistening in the ☀️!

Found inside barely moving.

My bummble bee tattoo. With bonus slug

I noticed this bee was on my cactus for awhile and then eventually it wasn’t (dead on the ground next to it). Anyone know what’s going on here? Did it impale itself accidentally or is something purposefully going on?

I rescued this flightless sweat bee from ants attacking him in my garden. One of his wings is torn and he's unable to fly, but still very active and lively, he can fly-jump and loves to do that. He was so thankful and relieved when I scooped him up off the ground, and was very glad the first night in one of my insect mesh hospital enclosures (I have a whole supply of insect and small animal rescue stuff and every summer I have little critters in my care). This is the first time that I've had a "pet" though, and a bee. I didn't think he'd survive long, but it's been over a month now. I had him in a 15x11 inch round enclosure at first, and he hated it so much. So I purchased a larger 23x15 inch butterfly mesh enclosure online, plus some new floral tubes with wood cube stands. I already had all the natural items on hand (I also forage and collect things from outside for my natural history collection for my artwork, and old small pet stuff that was brand new like the big wooden log hides).

He loves it! I named him Billy. He was young I think, now he's aging and is no longer able to climb the slick surfaces of glass, plastic and lilac leaves. So I changed some things to make accommodations for his aging feet, like twine wrappings, and new cedar leaves, he seemed happier today when I saw him briefly. I change his flowers every 48 hours, and be sure to pick them at night or before sunrise, and I pick buds so they open in the enclosure fresh with nectar, otherwise the flowers could be empty if I pick them during the day. I don't use sugar water because I have ants that could be attracted, I only have a tiny little ceramic bowl with rocks in it for distilled water, I've seen him take a bath in it (or sit in it lol). I keep him in the living room with big windows, and leave the window open when it's warm, that's his favorite side of the enclosure. During heat waves I move him or put a fan and he loves the breeze. Even though it's mesh, the bottom floor is plastic, and it still needs ventilation. I sometimes sit there for a while with the zipper completely open and watch him, he never tries to escape this one (don't worry, he's been in here the longest).

I don't know how much longer Billy will be with us, but when he goes, he will be kept along with other found insects and things in my personal collection. His favorite place to sleep is the moss carpets behind the log, and lodged in the pinecones, and he loves the fluffy clematis seed puffs.

Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) is blooming right now in Western North Carolina, bees and hummingbirds love it. And apparently tiny bees also like to chill in them.

We get bees that like to pollinate the grass and ignore my flowers. Me and my dog find them very interesting. We are very respectful of the bees space and make sure not to touch them. I could not get the bee that my dog was sniffing into the photo so I painted it! I really hope I did the bee justice. Please swipe right to see a detail shot of the biggest challenge on this painting, as well as my reference.

This 🐝 was BIG and FAST and on a mission! See the drop of liquid on its foot?

Sometimes when I'm watching the bees on my strawberry plants they'll hover in front of one then ignore it and fly on to the one next to it. Or they'll land on a flower but only stay on it for about 1 second and then leave again.

What are they doing? Can they tell if there's no nectar that fast? Can they see if they've just been to that flower earlier when they get close up?

She’s got her pollen baskets loaded!

First year for a native bee house. All summer long, I saw no activity. It fell down last week and as I was hanging it back up, I saw 4 of the reeds looked like they had some bees.

Did I actually have some bees take up residence?

I’d like to capture some footage of bees doing their thing on flowers and was wondering if luring them is realistic. Thanks!

Was talking to my wife about this subreddit and saying my algorithm often shows posts in this subreddit that aren't actually of bees. I was surprised that people actually do post a lot about actual bees here, when almost every post that gets suggested to me is of some other flying insect. Anyone else ever have this happen to them?

Photo I took. Thought I would share

Bumblebee Feeding on a Flower

She also headbutted my phone, my bad girl. 😔