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Food for a bumble bee?

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    Food for a bumble bee?

    I've got a massive one lurking around my front door, looking a bit slow and sad...

    Any suggestions?
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

    #2
    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    I've got a massive one lurking around my front door, looking a bit slow and sad...

    Any suggestions?
    pollen?
    "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

    Norrahe's blog

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      #3
      Sugar? They eat nectar, I believe.
      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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        #4
        Originally posted by cojak View Post
        I've got a massive one lurking around my front door, looking a bit slow and sad...

        Any suggestions?

        I've got a massive project manager lurking around my desk, looking a bit slow and sad.

        Not what I need on a Monday morning.

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          #5
          They only eat pollen or nectar. It'll get more lively as the temperature goes up.
          Me, me, me...

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            #6
            Yep - sugar water is what to give bumble bees (and butterflies).

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              #7
              Originally posted by moorfield View Post
              I've got a massive project manager lurking around my desk, looking a bit slow and sad.

              Not what I need on a Monday morning.

              Tell it to go make you some tea or that you've noticed some errors in its project plan.
              "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

              Norrahe's blog

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                #8
                Bumble bee first aid

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by k2p2 View Post
                  Done, but now he seems to have disappeared, hope he finds it...
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #10
                    I give them honey, which quickly perks them up.

                    I had a bat fly into my top-floor flat once. Those are quite spooky to see flying around inside - almost silent and almost fly into you before missing. It wasn't interested in any of my food offerings and couldn't find it's way outside, so I left it perched above a door and in the morning it had gone.

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