Woman beefriends an wee bee

November 20, 2019 10:00 AM

Wingless Bumblebee and Woman Become Friends [SLYT]
posted by bouvin (18 comments total)

IT HAD NO WINGS

SHE TOOK CARE OF IT

THEY WERE FRIENDS

excuse me i'm sobbing now
posted by meese at 10:13 AM on November 20, 2019 [7 favorites]

awwwwwww
posted by supermedusa at 10:23 AM on November 20, 2019

I love the text at the beginning: Fiona Presley | Bee's Mom

What a wonderful video. <3
posted by Emmy Rae at 10:23 AM on November 20, 2019 [2 favorites]

this lovely woman's accent is totally bonus round here. such a cute bee!!

mr supermedusa keeps bees and has been known to give wild bees water and food if they seem to need/want. its pretty charming :)
posted by supermedusa at 10:26 AM on November 20, 2019 [5 favorites]

Previously.
posted by hanov3r at 10:26 AM on November 20, 2019

Jerry Seinfeld is on a chartered jet over to buy the movie rights as we speak.
posted by J.K. Seazer at 10:30 AM on November 20, 2019

Here's a story from a person who used to be afraid of bees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011_April_28
posted by Sterros at 10:58 AM on November 20, 2019

"And that was her" omg not at my desk
posted by Caxton1476 at 10:58 AM on November 20, 2019 [6 favorites]

Aw! I have become a friend to bees this year, because I put out a couple of small water fountains for the birds and squirrels, and put a brick in one of them to give a place for birds to stand. It turns out that bees need water around here quite a lot, and so sometimes the brick has a dozen bees, honey and other sorts, standing on it sucking water up from the crevices.
posted by tavella at 10:58 AM on November 20, 2019 [13 favorites]

When I am changing the water, they fly around me in a cloud, and sometimes get so eager that they dive in before I have rearranged everything properly and I have to gently fish them out. But they never sting me.
posted by tavella at 10:59 AM on November 20, 2019 [19 favorites]

Bee the change you want to see in the world.
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:01 AM on November 20, 2019 [5 favorites]

A few years back I often visited a park to run or walk. There was a particular water fountain with a leak that was always crawling with thirsty bees. They would understandably freak some people out but I never saw them be aggressive. You could bend over to drink and have a dozen bees inches from your face. Plus, you never had to wait in line there.
posted by Bee'sWing at 11:25 AM on November 20, 2019 [4 favorites]

i'm not crying you're crying
posted by grumpybear69 at 11:51 AM on November 20, 2019

Eric the half-a-bumblebee?
posted by farlukar at 12:48 PM on November 20, 2019 [2 favorites]

Not a bee mom, but perhaps a friend of a bee?

I used to have an old metal-tube folding chair on my balcony for smoking, with a pretty big crack on the hinge of the seat.

One day, I noticed a mason bee being very interested in my left knee for some reason. I move my knee out of the way and the bee crawls through the crack (presumably to set up eggs/ food storage).

Over that summer, the bee would be back multiple times every day - If I was outside, it'd hover by my knee, I'd move my leg, and it'd crawl into the crack.
posted by porpoise at 2:35 PM on November 20, 2019 [6 favorites]

Who are the 3K monsters who "thumbs down"ed that video, I'd like to know?
posted by Brain Sturgeon at 4:25 PM on November 20, 2019 [4 favorites]

She Bee one little bee life saved by Friend Of Bee (FOB) Fiona — they all count.

How to rescue a bee.
posted by cenoxo at 4:40 PM on November 20, 2019 [2 favorites]

That´s a beautiful video, thanks for sharing!
posted by AmandaB at 1:00 PM on November 21, 2019