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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59942164

I thought it might have died in there, since I watched it for a good two minutes with no movement. It turns out that "passing out" in flowers is a thing that bees do sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They also groom themselves something like cats do. Bees are the cutest!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

was too greedy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh she buzzin' hard, fam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

usually when they die, they are usually not foraging, they die close to the hive, or the bees remove them from as far as possible to limit the spread of parasites and infections.