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[snowham12345]

I know this is a weird place to post this but I can’t think of anywhere else.

So today my dad came to me with a bee that he said was dead.. (cuz I am interested in all sorts of animals and bugs- especially bees)
Now, we just got our windows cleaned and I’m 90% sure this bee ran into a window and got injured..
I looked at it and then he went to put it back outside…. He came back in telling me that it had moved.. sure enough I went and looked and it moved one of its legs.. it was alive.
I sat with it for a while and offered it some sugar water. I think it might have drank some but I’m not sure.. I then left it on a flower for several hours only for it to not have moved at all.. now it’s dusk and I just brought the bee inside because I know if it’s outside overnight it will probably get eaten by another animal.. It’s in an enclosure with tissue on the ground and a flower for something to hide around and a bit of paper towel soaked in sugar water.
It is moving slightly more and holding itself up a little better but at first glance you would 100% think it is dead..
I know it’s interfering with the environment and stuff but I want to help this bee..
I’m guessing that it probably won’t make it through the night- let alone completely recover, but I’m willing to at least try.
Any ideas on what I can do?

Thanks

[♥ YukiTheHammy ♥]

 

I'm not sure but it's amazing how caring and kind you are for helping such a small creature.

[snowham12345]

Update: it’s doing quite a bit better as of this morning. It is making an effort to move around but it is definitely not ready to be released as it would be eaten by a predator because it’s moving very slow

[Kikya]

Update: it’s doing quite a bit better as of this morning. It is making an effort to move around but it is definitely not ready to be released as it would be eaten by a predator because it’s moving very slow

I'm not sure you could really do anything else. Keep it warm at night, let it go on a flower in the day that has some pollen or nectar, some drops of sugar water.

The bee may be old or injured, there may be nothing you can do but you are doing all you can from what I see.

[snowham12345]

I'm not sure you could really do anything else. Keep it warm at night, let it go on a flower in the day that has some pollen or nectar, some drops of sugar water.

The bee may be old or injured, there may be nothing you can do but you are doing all you can from what I see.

From what I’ve read old bees tend to have less hair and such but this one is really fluffy.

Tbh I’m pretty sure it has a brain injury. It walks in circles quite a bit but not all the time.
It’s now able to walk (which I couldn’t do at all before) for up to a few minutes at a time before it gets tired.

[snowham12345]

Update: he ended up passing away on Tuesday :(

[Kikya]

Update: he ended up passing away on Tuesday :(

You did a really nice thing to give him comfort. =)