momcat1

By momcat1

Poor soggy bumblebee!

It rained all day(finally!) and am the leaves and flowers were wet and dripping . I went out for some reason and got distracted by the dead flowers on the butterfly bush so I started to remove them . I saw more on the smaller bush and walked over to snip those off too . As I bent over I heard a buzz , looked around didn’t see anything and moved to pull off another flower. I heard it again from somewhere close behind me. I looked to my right and back and discovered this little bee crawling up my shoulder.The poor thing was so wet and I must have picked it up from bush number one. I tried to get it to climb into a dig flower bell but it was too wet and slippery. I tried to give it a drop of nectar but it wasn’t interested. I finally just put it on a piece of paper and tried to blow on it to dry it off a little , then put it under the porch near some dry leaves. It started moving and then crawling around . When I checked on it a little later it was gone, hopefully was able to stay safe and get dry. Seek identification said it was a threatened northern golden bumblebee.

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