My Bee B&B ?

Apologies for the rubbish photos!

Love it.

A bumble bee, they are lovely. We don’t have them except I saw one in our back garden earlier this year and called up the flora and fauna people , as instructed, who came out armed with nets to catch it. They couldn’t find it but apparently they are very dangerous to our native bees and they wrote a lengthy report on where I saw it etc. They gave me a test tube thing to catch it if I saw it again but I never did. They take sightings really seriously, I was surprised.

AHHH bless you FannyCornforth.
What a lovely story to make people smile.

You gave that bumble bee another chance of life Fanny. ?
Such a lovely story.

Aw that is nice!

A woman after my own heart as far as wildlife goes. I once caught a mouse in a live trap (so I could release him) but I think he’d been there so long he was lifeless. I rubbed his little heart area and breathed on his nose (not quite moth to mouth!) and he revived. I’m sure it was him in the trap again the next day

Lovely! How satisfying to see him perk right up.
As a child I remember doing similar with a butterfly. Put a drop of honey nearby - fascinating to see it unroll its proboscis and suck it up.

Aw, the bumble bees are so beautiful when you look close. One once got caught up in my net curtain and was really struggling to try and release himself. It was a job and a half trying to take down the curtain---while keeping an eye on him in case he flew up my arm. It was as though he was made of Velcro and clung to the net.

I then shook the curtain outside and off he went. I felt relieved as well as elated that I'd helped a tiny creature to freedom.
Well done to you Fanny.

Hmm..mouth to mouth I meant. Mind you I have some moth rescuing stories too

Well done I have saved birds hedgehogs insects bees worms I love our wildlife too!

What a happy ending .Well done.

Well done Fanny!

I think that's absolutely wonderful. Brilliant, FC.

A girl after my own heart! It's magical when they revive, isn't it Fanny?

? thanks for posting - brightened my day

Lovely Fanny well done. I did the same last summer, and it felt wonderful to see it revive and fly away.

Story of the week ... ? gold star for you!

Aah, thanks everyone!
Juliet I love your mouse tale - rubbing his little ?
I'd love to hear your moth rescue anecdote
My mom was s right one for rescuing creatures.
You may know that we had pet tawny owls for over twenty years (I bang on about it at the drop of a hat).
And we regularly had a convalescent swan in the garage!

Ah, that’s a lovely tale! ❤️ Isn’t proboscis a wonderful word?

Well done! My granddaughters and I did something similar a couple of years ago, they were fascinated to watch it recovering and eventually fly away.
My blackberry blossom is regularly covered in bees, all busy pollinating the blooms so I'm hoping for a bumper harvest this year.
I love the bees, they are so important!

Re rescuing creatures, a dd has always rescued wasps etc. from swimming pools, and knew she’d found a soulmate when a boyfriend (later husband) didn’t mock her for it.

A former Italian boyfriend had asked her why on earth she bothered - ‘Maybe he want to suicide himself!’ ?