There is a bee on my lap

[YesitsBess]

This is Horacio, he is one of three bumbles who seem to keep visiting a specific part of our decking, exhausted. So each time I get some honey, and sit them on my lap until they can go off again. I know they’re a bit slow at this time of year, but what can I be doing to help them that isn’t sitting with them on my lap please?

I am suitably braced for bee puns, and welcome future name suggestions. Currently there is him, Ignacio, and sister Maria Consuela.

Thankyou for your attention on this matter.

@Ivyy well if they’re gonna go, they’re going out the way I would want. Sat on a crazy lady and drunk as skunks on sugar water at the speakbeeasy.

Wait. You can keep bumblebees? This was not a career I was told about at school!

'Speakbeeasy' 😁😁😁

@AffIt I was hoping for more bee puns if I’m honest. Although Bee-yoncee was a good one.

DS strokes & handles bumble bees. Not brave enough for wasp cuddles, though !!

@lljkk i found out last year that wasps are crucial for fruit fly management!

Still wouldn’t cuddle one of the arse dagerry bastards though.

I'm a member of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust - such a lovely charity & love my logo'd hoodie & bee pin.

www.bumblebeeconservation.org

I can get a badge for loving bumblebees? I’m in!

Perhaps he is looking for a little gossip. Be sure to inform him of all goings on.

I always keep Horacio upbraided on any goings on.

Oh I'm in love. Do you want to swap him for my baby spider.😂

@Awwlookatmybabyspider show me the spider. If it’s a Charlotte I will consider trading Ignacio.

www.bee-safe.eu/articles/bee-news-revisited/not-only-sweet-honey-bees-seasonal-salt-foraging/

Looked this up the other day after bumbles landed on our skin and hung around, one was licking my son's hand. Their mineral requirements change per the season and they need more than just sugar and water!

You are too lovely OP! 😍

@PestoPasghetti if I die, I die like this! Drunk and warm.

You are amazing. I had customers at my work wondering why I stopped serving to move a lovely little money spider from my arm to a place of safety. BEEutiful

Haven't seen many bumble bees here recently but our leaf cutter bees have already made their nests and gone into hibernation....havent seen the carpenter bees so maybe they have hibernated elsewhere this year....we do have lots of insect hotel things we made from logs and drilled holes etc....enjoy your bee while you can....how lovely.

We have both mason bees & leaf cutter bees that use the bee hotels in our garden. The Mason bees are active May/June & the Leaf Cutters are June/July.
Not had carpenter bees before.

🍅 Did you know nearly every tomato you've ever eaten has been pollinated by a bumblebee?

Tomatoes keep their pollen locked inside tube-shaped ‘anthers’. To release it, bumblebees clamp their mouths onto the tomato’s anther and vibrate their wing muscles hard until the pollen bursts out! This is called buzz pollination, and in the UK only bumblebees can do this.
How amazing is that?

@APurpleSquirrel That is indeed a magnificent fact!

@Ikeabag i have to get them minerals now?

@Soberfutures and thankyou for at least one bee pun!

What about bumbledore? (Dumbledore Harry Potter)

Awww. Sending much love to you and your little bumblebee family.

Our brood also sends love. We have 2 million honey bees. Yes, you read that right. 2 million of the darlings.

@Canihaveacoffeepleasexx that is an excellent name. I will update you once I find him.

@RainbowZebraWarrior That is….a lot of bees! < waves like Forrest Gump at all of them >

Glad you switched to sugar water

Justin Beeber
Princesses Beeatrice & Buzzgenie
Queen ElizaBEEth
Buzztin Hoffman

All excellent names Thankyou! I thought Horacio was a goner last night as he’d barely moved so I tucked him in a plant pot. Went out earlier and as PP had said, once the sun hit him properly he was off like a slightly drunken zeppelin. Hopefully he’ll enjoy his last days as it’s warmed up a lot here.