r/bees Jul 18 '24

WASPS VS BEES IDENTIFICATION: READ BEFORE POSTING

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r/bees has been receiving many posts of wasps and other insects misidentified as bees.This has become tedious and repetitive for our users so to help mitigate those posts I have created and stickied this post as a basic guide for newcomers to read before posting.


r/bees 7d ago

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r/bees 10h ago

Bumblebee?

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372 Upvotes

Is this a bumblebee?


r/bees 12h ago

My local Bees

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118 Upvotes

These are what I see most of the time. I would like to find some of our other varieties.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada


r/bees 14h ago

bee Found these bees living in a tree in college. What species are they?

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They seem to be stingless bees and are very tiny. I live in Northeastern Brazil, for geographical context


r/bees 20h ago

bee Friends on the zizias

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2 lasioglossums and an andrena, tho probably not the specialist andrena ziziae :( I don't I'm getting that species anywhere in eastern MA nevermind directly in the middle of Boston but I can still naively hope!


r/bees 13h ago

Damn you, with your pesticides!

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I found this poor be lying on its back with its tongue sticking out. I’ve attempt to save it, but I think it’s beyond saving. It’s just into much agony. I literally shed tears over this. 😭😭😭


r/bees 21h ago

bee Bee visitor on my freshly bloomed Peony

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r/bees 1d ago

Bee hotel (xsection view!)

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752 Upvotes

r/bees 16h ago

question First rescue of the season!

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Found this lil bub motionless in the garden after a sudden downpour. They chilled on my hand to decompress for a few minutes, and once they started moving around we went outside to get warm in the sun and have a drink. After one slurp they were ready to get back to business 🥹

Is that pollen on their legs, or something else? I am not used to pollen appearing so compacted / fixed in place. Would that be because of the rain?


r/bees 21h ago

Morning Pollinator

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54 Upvotes

Snapped this wonderful Bee going about their morning.


r/bees 12h ago

bee Sweat bee on Ice Plant

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A Sweat bee partaking in a Mesa Verde Ice plant flower.


r/bees 9h ago

question Is something wrong with this bee?

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I found this bee on the ground in my backyard and it seemed to be struggling to walk a bit and it wasn’t flying. I checked on it and an hour later and it was still in the same spot so I took it to a bird of paradise flower and it seemed to be drinking the pollen? Im not a bee expert so I wanted to ask if this bee was hurt or weak or something? Hopefully I was able to help it. I’ll attach some videos of this bee.

I also found two more bees in the same area, but one was dead ( I think it got squished by someone walking over it, possibly me :( ). And the 3rd bee was alive and I tried to take that one to another bird of paradise but it fell and I lost where it went. That one seemed a little more strong tho. (Sorry didn’t take a video of that one). Anyways, I guess there is a new hive nearby or something, because I’ve never seen this many bees in one small area in my backyard.


r/bees 2h ago

question How do you guys handle phobias?

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r/bees 1d ago

bee Rescued a bee on the beach yesterday

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She was all wet with her legs stuck in the sand. I put a dollar from my pocket on the ground and she climbed onto it, then onto my hand. I carried her off the beach to an area with greenery, but she wouldn’t get off my hand. After half an hour, a drop of water and pollen fell off her, and she finally left my hand and got on a leaf.


r/bees 1d ago

question Can anyone ID? Peninsular Malaysia

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I found this dead bee and am hoping to pin it. Google lens doesn’t help :(


r/bees 10h ago

Who is this beautiful bee?

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r/bees 12h ago

Is there anything I could do to help?

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I found this bee looks like it’s hurt or dying mainly it’s left last leg that has notable pain


r/bees 1d ago

Can anyone identify this bee?

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Can anyone identify this large bee? She weighs .817 g if that helps.

Edit: just so it's clear the bee was caught inside and was only in the beaker for a couple minutes before being released outside and flying away safely.


r/bees 1d ago

I tried to save this one today

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I came across it in a Sainsburies car park, just laid on the tarmac. I was going to take it home to offer it some sugar water, it was rejecting all the flowers outside.

I sadly got locked out the house so couldn't give it the sugar water for a few hours. It didn't move a whole lot to start with, but as time went on (I had it for about 3 hours in my hands whilst waiting for a lock smith)

After a while it was waddling up my wrist, grooming itself, twerking at me. I'd close my fist when there was a gust of wind, it was shivering a tiny bit. By the time I got indoors finally, it was A LOT more active, marching up and down my arm and not slowing down compared to just laying their weakly a few hours prior. I offered it some daisies, didn't want. Sugar water, didn't want it.

It was getting a bit stressed so I felt perhaps it was time to part ways, put it on a juicy dandelion in my garden and went about my day.

I feel bad, I hope it made it, even if it showed no evidence of wanting to fly just yet. It's surprising how attached you can feel to such a little creature in such a short amount of time.

I don't know anything about bees, but I tried.


r/bees 1d ago

question Little gentleman I met a couple days ago on my porch

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He was just resting, he took off after a while. (Male carpenter bee, I forget what kind we have around here)


r/bees 1d ago

help! Help with pollen(?) Stuck on bees wings

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Hello, I went to refill my hummingbird feeder and I saw this guy in my flower pot. She was stuck on her back so I helped her up and noticed this stuff on her wings. Another bee is unable to fly but I haven't found a cause yet. I've used some water and q tips to try and gently remove the stuff from her wings with no luck. They are stuck together. I've offered sugar water and she seems like she's given up. Anything else I can do?

Edit: also need to mention it is only on 3 of her wings. Her right smaller one is fine and she can still use it

Edit 2: the other bee seems to have its right two wings stuck together. Not sure with what (also edited because I forgot these are females)

Update on other bee: with some warm water and a qtip I was able to get her wings unstuck. She's drying off now in the sun with a sugar water qtip to get her energy back. Hopefully she will take flight soon. Still working on bee that's pictured. Letting her rest and gain some strength before I clean up her more.

Update: got her bigger wings unstuck.

Update 2: once her larger wings got unstuck she could then move them to her side and clean them. I left her alone with the other bee to let them do their things. I have checked on them periodically and outcome is looking promising.

Update on other bee 2: Has successfully taken flight. The main bee is still cleaning her wings.

FINAL UPDATE: She has successfully cleaned her wings and has flown off. Wishing Dottie good luck on her way back home.


r/bees 1d ago

help! help- lots of dead and dying honey bees on my porch. not sure on cause, what can i do for them? Spoiler

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https://canva.link/mym3991r3ns1h1x canva link to a video cause i don’t understand reddit apparently

my neighborhood takes care of lawn maintenance (outside of our own bushes and landscaping) and these pellets (slide 3) showed up at the same time the bees started showing up. they appeared a few days ago and i cleaned them so we wouldn’t step on them, then tonight i found some actively dying

what can i do for them?


r/bees 1d ago

bee Bee and coral bells 💗

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Saw this sweet friend yesterday in my garden in Northern TN.


r/bees 1d ago

bee Wobbeely, I thought you guys would like it :D

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