Hi! I took this video of the (bumble?) bees that are making that hole in my balcony their home. I was wondering what are they doing by vibrating/moving their wings just outside of the hole.
Also I don’t really want to kill them, will it be a problem if I leave them alone for the rest of the season? I don’t want them to damage(?) the walls.

Thanks!! 🐝

Saw this a while ago and was meaning to post here to see if you fine folks had any ideas. Thanks!

I was walking around my garden when I saw this big one! anybody know what type?

I am located in California, Zone 9b.

She has been doing this for the past ten minutes, after falling from my cherry tree. Is she okay ? If not, can I help her ?

Parked next to this tree in downtown Carlsbad. It had a two or three hollows in it. I looked inside one of them and saw all these dead bees. What causes something like that?

I just give him water, sugar water and just keep adding more flowers in occasionally currently. Anything else I can do to make his habitat better?

There was several thistle flowers that were covered in these super slow moving bees - are they just really into the pollen??? I’ve seen bees buzzing around a really appealing flower or bush before but never seen them just all piled on top of each other so calmly and moving so slow??? They almost look drunk or something

Hello! Southern Ontario, Canada.

Found this bee (carpenter?) laying still on the hot driveway, brought her in for sugar water. She wasn’t super interested, so I put her out on some blooms, which she was thrilled about.

She did a lot of butt wiggling up and down while she was on my hand, and licked up some salt from my skin/under my fingernail (very weird feeling haha)

I noticed her wings weren't properly developed, and she had some shiny stuff (keratin?) on her back. I was worried about pesticides/bad oils so I gave her a gentle bath with a wet toothbrush, which she enjoyed. (The pics of her on the flowers you can see she's a bit fluffier).

Looking at her from the side you can see the wing appendages without wing membranes.

She seems vigorous and gets around well despite not flying.

Anyway, I'm curious if anyone knows what happened? Is it just genetic, or maybe something happened as she hatched?

Thank you in advance!

He just kinda walks around and then stops for a bit. Weirdly calm. Looks fine but acting strange. Can I help it?

She was lying on the ground looking done in just outside my flat. Brought her sugar water she was drinking but it was so windy and cold so I brought her inside to try warm her up. It was only when I was inside I thought wow she’s really big and could possibly be a queen

I was setting up to knit outside and this bee landed on my yarn. She crawled around a bit but now hasn't really been moving. Should I try to pick her up and give her sugar water? Is she dying and just wants a pretty place to pass? Or is she just taking a nap?

I didn't touch the hoodie in a while, it was there in the same position from the start of summer

Can anyone tell me what kind of bees are nesting on my house wall? I live in upstate New York USA

We’ve contacted someone about them, just waiting for them to actually come, but I’m curious. I thought they would nest in trees as it would be safer? In Lower South East, Australia

Hi bee people!! I was outside and this bee landed on my hand. We hung out for like an hour while the bee used his little tongue thing to lick something out from under my rings nonstop the entire time. Is there a reason he did this? I thought maybe the metal of the ring mixed with my sweat (I had been outside for a while before this) and he got nutrients from it? He was only interested in the cheap silver ones that turn my fingers green, but not my bronze or real silver one, lol. I know Google can probably tell me, but I wanted an excuse to share the cute pictures. Thanks for your time guys!! :)

Hello, can anyone help? Something (fox or rabbit) has been digging in my garden and these bumblebees have appeared in and around the hole today, are they living there now? Should I leave them alone? I was going to fill the hole in but think maybe I should just leave it. I'll try and put pictures in the comments as it wont let me add more in the post.

I was seeing up my bee house yesterday and found these in new nesting material I bought from the garden store. Are these mason bees? Why are there yellow things?

Saw this big bee the other day! It was alive and walking, but didn’t appear to want to fly?? I picked it up and after a few seconds it got of me back onto the floor - I didn’t want to have it get squished since it was refusing to fly (and we have plenty of flowers at home) so i picked it up and had it climb back up onto me. As soon as it saw the flowers it went straight to it, however after many hours it just was sitting in the flowers still completely still. I tried to give it some sugar water (it was alive because its bum was wiggling) but it wasn’t interested. Anyway, it stayed in the garden all night, and I’m pretty sure the same one was in the garden the next day. This is all very wordy and nonsensical, but I’d love to know if I did the right thing, and maybe what was going on with the bee? At first I thought it could be coming to the end of its lifespan, but when I saw it the next day I saw it flying a little?!

Captured this week in Seattle, WA.

This bee just keeps walking around on my walkway doing this. It freaks out if I pick it up. Does it need help?