MANY years ago as I was sitting on the grass, enjoying my lunch hour in a rather warm-but-not-hot courtyard (end of summer) - WHAT did I espy but a fuzzy bumblebee with its tongue/proboscis out, panting, walking in the grass towards me. Realizing that end of summer means - them bumbles will eventually diiie, (😰boohoo!!). I gently picked it up and put it under the shade of a nearby bush -- I poured a little water on top of the nearby grass so it could drink if it wanted too. ***THEN -- my lunch hour was almost over and I had to get back to my authoritarian boss -so- wishing Sir B. Bee the best, I got up to leave...and I saw...yes!! ANOTHER bumblebee in the Same Predicament staggering my way in the grass-- perhaps that bush area was near/at their underground home? So I did the same with this bee and, sad to part with them, I wished them the best. Yet Another time I was enjoying the serene flowery beauty of my bldg's rooftop garden when a Monarch Butterfly madly sped from behind a rose bush with a Bumble Bee chasing after it ("get away from my pollen!" ???)
MANY years ago as I was sitting on the grass, enjoying my lunch hour in a rather warm-but-not-hot courtyard (end of summer) - WHAT did I espy but a fuzzy bumblebee with its tongue/proboscis out, panting, walking in the grass towards me. Realizing that end of summer means - them bumbles will eventually diiie, (😰boohoo!!). I gently picked it up and put it under the shade of a nearby bush -- I poured a little water on top of the nearby grass so it could drink if it wanted too. ***THEN -- my lunch hour was almost over and I had to get back to my authoritarian boss -so- wishing Sir B. Bee the best, I got up to leave...and I saw...yes!! ANOTHER bumblebee in the Same Predicament staggering my way in the grass-- perhaps that bush area was near/at their underground home? So I did the same with this bee and, sad to part with them, I wished them the best. Yet Another time I was enjoying the serene flowery beauty of my bldg's rooftop garden when a Monarch Butterfly madly sped from behind a rose bush with a Bumble Bee chasing after it ("get away from my pollen!" ???)