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Giving a helping hand - Common Carder Bee. - Bombus pascuorum - Assist
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Giving a helping hand - Common Carder Bee. - Bombus pascuorum - Assist (Bombus pascuorum)

Taken on 31st July this year 2018 in my garden.

I spotted my dog Drummer watching this carder bee wandering with difficulty along the ground and showing signs of being 'low on fuel' so with something I remembered a Flickr pal Tom Lee having done faced with a similar situation I assisted the little fella (or lady) with some watered down golden syrup to give it that extra 'oomph' to hopefully see it safely home.
After a short time sucking up the liquid the bee had a quick clean up and performed a pre flight check of its flying gear then set off.

Mission accomplished !
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Habitat
My garden
Location
North Devon UK
Date taken
31st July 2018
Scientific name
Bombus pascuorum
Equipment used
Canon 1DMkIV with Canon 100mm f2.8L series macro lens
Stanley Jones
Supporter
So a pure soul John. I wished we had more like you! Brilliant job and an amazing picture! TFS!
 
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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OMG!!!! What a great idea lad.... and very well done saving this little life.

... and the pay-back was, you got a great macro image of him too.

Excellent work here John, thanks for sharing the experience with us.
 
C
KC , Stanley and Delia my thanks and appreciation go to you all.

I get so much pleasure from watching and photographing these insects that sometimes its nice just to be able to give a little something in return I reckon.
BW
John
 
Kits
An amazing close up, John, and well done on providing him with a much needed meal.
 

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