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She’s probably cursing me for sticking her in a box for the night! That said, she’s much more lively now than she was when I found her.

Many thanks for the additional info. It’s warmed up with bright sunshine here now, so I took her out in the box and she came out almost straight away. She was buzzing a lot and I thought she was going to fly, but instead she went down the gap between the paving slabs pretty much exactly where I...

Thanks Erichalfbee. Yes, I’ll do that. Thinking about it, I don’t want to leave a shoebox in a wood anyway.

Hi Hemo, thank you so much for your reply and your great advice. She’s had a little of the sugar water and is much more lively now. It’s also getting a little warmer now, so this afternoon I will take her in the box to a sheltered wood that I know alongside a wild flower meadow and do as you...

Hello everyone. I appreciate this forum is about beekeeping, but I’m hoping someone might be able to give me some help/advice about a big bumblebee I found in my yard yesterday afternoon. It was on the ground under a small rose bush (one of the few plants in my yard) and very sluggish. After a...