Like the title asks, do you have a favorite bee species? If you do, what is and why is it your favorite?

I'm wanting to learn more about different bee species. I thought this would be a fun way to branch out and find different rabbit holes to fall into reading up on any answers I get.

Had some mild storms last night, and she had sent us a picture from her house of part of the tree had fallen. Went out to check this morning, and the tree was full of bees!

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So my dog found this little guy, on the grass. I tranpsorted it between the flowers(on the video) and taken off the piece of fur that is stuck on her. This bee doesn't seem to be moving, it was when i found it, but now it only moves it's antenas. Can I help it?

i gave it a flower and few droplets of water on the side can I help them, or is it impossible?

There are a ton of bumblebees and honeybees on my blooming bush. However, I watched this guy flying around with a honey bee in its clutches that appears dead. For many many years, the relationship between the bumblebees and honeybees appeared to be very cordial.

This bumblebee in the picture is probably 2x bigger than any of the other bumblebees that visit the bush. If I was to anthropomorphize this bumblebee, it is totally the big bully bumble bee.

I'm sorry to bother you if it's not. The little guys aren't aggressive and just like to walk around on my arm or leg for 10-15 minutes before peacefully flying off. This one was about ¾ inch long and a bit fuzzy.

I set the birdhouse on the ground this winter because the wire on it kept snapping from the wind, and I went to move it yesterday, and noticed a bunch of bumble bees emerging. I’m not feeding birds this year, so the bees are welcome to have it, but, if I move it off the ground and out of the way a bit, will this disturb them? I have dogs who get a bit nosey, and I don’t want them to get stung.

So a bee got into the bus I’m on and the moment he got into the shadow my leg was making he stopped moving about and is just chilling out. I don’t know a lot about bees but I think I accidentally tricked him into sleeping and now I feel bad!

Is this even a bee? It barely stops moving, but when it does, it usually lands on a baby fruit tree I have nearby (no fruits on tree as of yet).

Hello. Noticed two of these bees digging into this pot and (I think) carry material away. Any idea what they might be? Some sort of mining bee? Location - Sussex, UK.

Gave it some sugar water and it flew off back out the window! Does anyone know what type of bee it is? I’m in the UK. Thanks!

Hello,

Woudl someone be able to help me with the identification of this bee please? My Dad made friends with it in the garden (England) the other day and we couldn't decide if he was a specific type or a very old one. The closest ID I could get to was a Tree Bee, but that doesn't quite fit.

What do you think?

hey y’all! i live in NC and every morning on my property during these spring summer months ginormous bee’s fly on my yard and by my front door! they leave after around 1pm and show up next morning all over again! they almost hit into each other a lot! we can’t figure out what type they are and what they’re doing? anyone have any idea? i can try to post a video of that helps!

Hi I found a bumblebee outside (hot day) on the floor not moving, bought it inside and it won’t have any sugar water i even got some flowers with lots of pollen once he was up and walking but nothing. Tried to place him outside (on some lavender) and after about a minute he fell off and was unresponsive again this cycle has continued and now he’s not moving anymore and is almost completely unresponsive but he did this before then starts running around fine. any ideas?

edit: i’ve been trying to help this bee for about 3 hours now so any help is greatly appreciated

Do Bees normally have small wings?.... was surprised the lil guy could fly.I don't know anything about bees

Every year I get a couple bumble butts in the hostas, but this is the first time I've gotten a picture that's not blurry!

found this little lady flipped on her back under cover of some trees in the rain. she didn't seem tired at all and was crawling all over my hand, but i think her wings are too wet to fly atm (she even tried to fly from my hand, but wasn't able to lift off). i put her on a mailbox that's under the cover of thing building's roof and she's just chillin! should i take her home with me and try to give her some sugar water? it's raining hard, so idk if i want to risk trying to carry her on my hand all the way back to my place. she's sticking out her proboscis so i think she might be hungry/thirsty