All this bee needs are little cotton pajamas with honey pots on them.
Sender-Inner James T. swatted spotted this one. Sleepy Bee-Best viewed large, originally uploaded by aussiegall.
When “Buzz” Turns to “Zzzz”
October 19, 2008 By
Cute Overload :D
Yes, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Soooo tie-tie. How cute. And what beautiful coloured stripes! I’ve never seen one like that.
So exhaustinks collecting pollen! Don’t blame heem a bit!
Her, Wombats. Drone bees are females which aren’t queens.
Uh oh, I don’t want to put that in my mof. Cute though…
Awww. All she needs now is an eensy-beensy blankie to cover up with!
umm I am pretty sure this is entomopathogenic fungi invading this bees brain and body and he is about to die from it. Those are the signs anyway. Not so cute.
aww now that’s a BUZZkill…
hehe
Aw, look at the fuzzy legs!Teehee punkpie
@punkpie, you beat me to it!
Makes me never want to hurt a bee again. <3
Jenn: I don’t think it’s a Cordyceps infection; in those cases the insects’ heads are almost always pointing up (because they spend their last minutes climbing upward).
I do agree, however, that this bee is not going to wake up.
It’s dead Jim.
Drones are the male bees that die after mating, worker bees are females who aren’t queens. And yes, that bee has moved on to that great beehive in the sky.
It’s kind of unsettling how her little legs are curled up….x_x
I don’t think this is a sleepy bee so much as a dearly departed bee.
It’s a really big global problem.
Um, well, at least he died happy? ;o)
I actually was coming on here to say “not so cute,” because I’m sort of allergic and therefore scared of bees. But, if he’s gone to the giant honeycomb in the sky, I wouldn’t want to speak ill of the dead.
Poor litle BUGger. (Get it?)
all you guys who pointed out to us CO lovers that this bee is dead are probably the same kind of people who told virginia there was NO SUCH THING as santa claus.
good grief. why can’t you just say, what a great shot, she does look like she’s sleeping?
good grief.
Ah fiddle-dee-dum
Ah fiddle-dee-dee
Eric the half-a-bee!
Mr. Praline: ‘E’s not pinin’! ‘E’s passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is metabolic processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s off the twig! ‘E’s kicked the bucket, ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-BEE!!
waitta minnit: how can you tell he’s asleep? maybe unwell, maybe resting? maybe cramming for exam?
wow what an abundance of info about bees! Still sad about the lil one, learned alot tonight!
bees dont have much of a life span, i’m thinkin this ones is over.
but it is a nice photo i guess??? but not so much cute in any way. not so sure about this one.
Do bees have eyelids?
Well, sometimes death can be beautiful in a sunrise/sunset kind of way.
awww, poor little bugger was so pooped from working so hard. Sweet dreams little missy. (Fun Fact: all worker bees are female.)
go check out the IBKC it’ll make ya feel better.
Laurie has “past the bar” . her photography has matured at an astronomical level.
(and she totally rocks)
please also click click click on the avail. sites there, as it helps her with her mission… pleeze.
*I hope ya’all have been VOTING! (if you know what you’re voting about, do not vote if you dont have any clue please!!!!) go out and vote vote vote!!! do EET!
Actually, it looks more like a still from a motion shot because her little legs are not touching the stick, just her face…I deny your reality and substitute my own…Bleh!!
@LadyIslay: Love the Monty Python ref!!
Hm… I did not know there are blue-banded bees.
So not cute. Rather see two faced kittehs
I actually don’t think this bee is dead. I checked out the photographer’s flicker page and he had various pictures of bees resting/ sleeping and even found another blog to back that idea up:
http://medlarcomfits.blogspot.com/2008/03/sleep-of-bees.html
Hey Boomer’s Babysitter, Gail was first with the MP reference, just a slightly more obscure one.
A half a bee, philosophically, must ipso facto half not be.
But half a bee has got to be, vis a vis his entity, d’y'see?
That’s going to be in my head all night now, THANKS GAIL!
Poor lickle bee, hope he’s happy in bee heaven now.
Bzzzzz…. *thunk!*
Zzzzzzzzz…
/honk shu.
*faceplant*
Yeah, the photographer has tons of bee photos and labeled this one “Sleepy Bee.” I’m betting it was observed showing signs of life before/after the photo was taken.
Verdict: Cute!
Here’s another good one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/446068370/in/set-72157600603003569/
Nope, not dead; that’s a Blue Banded Bee, and that’s how they sleep. They are solitary bees, and they roost at night by grabbing a bit of plant with their mandibles — see how its mouthparts are around the stem?
@tavella
Nice to get some nuggets ‘o knowledge here at CO.
/the more you know * * * *
Yay, bee not dead !! just sleepingk. Amazing. (Tho I did laugh at Norwegian Blue reference, thx LadyIslay!)
Leetle B-girl luvs her Comfo-Rest twig!
Such an amazing miracle of miniature living architecture. I never knew there were blue banded bees… so beautiful!
Sleepeebee, I love the idea of the jammies :0)
So, from aussiegirl’s comments on her other flickr pictures, I learned that this is a male bee and it is sleeping. The females sleep in their burrows.
Seems they have very different bees and flowers, way down-under.
Awwww, sleepy widdle bee! I like bees but I’ve never really thought of them as “cute”. Sweet dreams, lil’ fuzzbutt.
@bees on pie: Semi-carnally? No, Cyril Connolly!
dead alive either way that bee is not cute.they sting.great shot though
Bees are your friends, mlw, maybe the best you’ll ever have… If bees disappear from Earth, mankind will follow within 4 years, said Einstein. Crops depend on bees for pollination = no bees, no food. Not the mention all the good things they make for us, besides honey – propolis, wax, royal jelly.
They will only sting as a last resort and will die after that. Yes, bees are cute and they are a blessing.
A neat bit of trivia:
With the weather turning colder, you can often find stranded bees who found themselves cold and out of fuel too far from the hive to get home to their family again.
You can revive them by giving them a little bit of honey to eat.
It’s a really neat trick. Put the tiniest dollop of honey on the end of a spoon, put it in front of the bee, and watch them flutter their wings in excitement, stick their proboscis into it, and eat.
A moment later, the bee will wiggle a little to get their gear in place and fly away home.
It’s magic.
love your bee photos,they are awesome!i use a bee as my logo,even though i’m alergic to bee stings.
didn’t know there were blue dotted and striped bees.
good luck
dabee
wow. it seems they DO sleep like this. She is using her jaws to hold on to her bed.
http://medlarcomfits.blogspot.com/2008/03/sleep-of-bees.html
Those who claim it is a sleeping be are indeed correct: http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Blue-banded-Bee/Amegilla/pulchra.html
The males of this species DO sleep hanging onto a plant stem! So nyah! And this means it’s def. a boy!
@Abigail… that’s neat! Can’t say I’d ever try it (too close for comfort) but I would love to see it done!
Heee! How sweet! I love bumble bees.
As for jammies, here’s a pic of my greyhound wearing BUMBLE BEE JAMMIES!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hope4greys/2801589668/in/photostream/
I do hope he/she is just sleeping, we do need to protect bees, they are our lifeblood. If you find a hive, call bee movers, don’t kill them! Other posters are right, if bees die out, we will all die.
Not a nuff, but I so hate bees. I’m apiphobic. They make me cry and want to run away…so I go look at sweatered buns now! :`(
When my sons were small I wanted to keep a hive of bees. Unfortunately, I never got the chance, but now that the boyzoes are getting older, I still might do it. I love bees for their role in our Earth, and we all need to protect and nurture them. So far the Hive Collapse problem has caused so much trouble, I wouldn’t be surprised if citizens are called upon to take steps to keep and nurture bees. I know I would if asked. Please grow bee-food plants in your gardens.
Bees don’t want to hurt anyone. A bee sting can be painful, but scary? No, not unless you are allergic. Then you take steps to avoid bees. Let’s curb all the nasty mythologizing about bees and see them as the industrious and helpful critters that they are. HEY-CO has just inspired a great idea. I’m going to find a local apiary and sponsor a hive of bees for a year. Think globally, act locally. Sermon over.
GreyhoundMommy-LOVE the greyhound in the jammies- redonk! Have fun on the beach in SC! What a sight that will be-bring some pictures back, please? K.
A tip – the absolute best way to handle a bee sting (unless you’re allergic, of course) is with meat tenderizer! Just mix it with water to form a little paste, and voila! Works wonders.
If bees vanished off the face of the earth, humanity would not die out. We have more than enough science nowadays to replicate what it is bees do. We will never be able to do it as well as they do (at least not in the near future) but no, we would not die out. We would definately lose a lot of food while we tried to replicate it correctly, and yes people would die, but it would not mean the extinction of humanity completely.
@ Katrina: I fully agree that bees are integral to maintaining the natural balance of our planet, and would not be thrilled if they died out. Thing about phobias is that they are illogical fears. I do not know why I have the fear I have, as I have never been stung, nor do I know whether I am allergic, but it’s just that, an illogical fear. Unfortunately I cannot control that fear, and cannot find something I fear so much cute. Integral and necessary, yes…cute, no.
Abigail: I am totally going to start going around with honey in my pocket (not loose honey. Possibly one of those restaurant packets) in hopes of finding a stranded bee. How will I tell that one is stranded?
One more thing: I replied at you, Katrina, because I just hope that you don’t think I am nastily mythologizing about bees. I know my fear is probably unwarranted, but it is what ti is, so that is not the case for me… Sorry if I wasn’t clear.
Good timing, this post. The Secret Life of Bees is out this weekend in theaters. I don’t want to see it, the book is one of my all time favorites. And I did gain a new appreciation for bees as a result. I once saw a bee so laden down with pollen, his little legs were fat with it (them? lol) and he could barely sustain his flight. It was awesome.
But HOW DO YOU KNOW?!!! How do you REALLY know it’s not dead?!
so cute!!! and even cuter is the thought of all of us going out with little packets of honey in our purses from now on!
and, dear Codexia, in such a case it would be better for humans to go extinct.
Dear Rosie A.- I did not mean to offend you, and I sense that that has happened and I am sorry for my action. Now, please, when I say from experience that, as a person with some former big-time phobias I was able to decide, one at a time, to stop limiting my life because of my phobias.
As you go along in life, I wish for you everything that is wonderful, and if in due time, you find that your bee phobia can or even should be mitigated– that it is possible to do! You will have found a very magical personal power! Best wishes from one who has been there, K.
I can totally understand being afraid of bees. I’m even worse – I’m scared of butterflies and dragonflies and ladybugs and all those bugs that are supposed to be beautiful and nice. They’re BUGS. *shudder* Nonetheless, I do have an appreciation for bees. My family kept some hives a few years ago and it was pretty neat to see how they work.
I also loved The Secret Life of Bees, particularly since I’m from South Carolina. I’m going to try to get my mom to go see it with me – hopefully they won’t butcher it too much. Another great book for learning to appreciate bees is Robin McKinley’s newest, Chalice. It’s a fantasy, and deals a lot with bees and honey – not to mention it’s outstanding!
Lickle bee still alive? Just sleepink?
*Elanor cheers up*
@Golden–I hear you. Love the book but the movie does NOT look good.
@Gail– OH!
Cy-ril Con-o-lee…
*whistles merrily*
I’m an exterminator, have a healthy respect for life and am not out to annihilate everything that moves!
Lots of people have very real bug phobias. Most seem to have roots in a bad childhood experience or just plain misinformation.
After I was stung years ago, on top of a ladder, killing a nest of hornets; it took a lot to get myself back out there!
One thing I did that helped: I found a plastic wasp, larger than life, but still realistic, and suction-cupped the bugger on the inside corner of my windshield!
Every time I got in the truck, I would see it in the corner of my eye and my adrenaline would spike!
Eventually I was desensitised to my plastic bug and moved on to the real thing.
BTW.. Got stung again last Fri. pulling vines off my fence at home. It hurt. I lived…
Oh yea. Great pictures!
i am not sure, how anyone can assume this bee is sleeping…it looked dead to me from the first second i saw. sadly.
the arms and legs should be hold tight to the wooden thing if he sleeps and not like this. the whole body is stiff, or at least looks stifff
Peter S — you do understand that this is a photograph, right? The kind that doesn’t move? Even the President looks stiff in photographs.
This poor bee doesn’t look like he’s going to wake up in the morning and that light in the background is not so much a sunset as a camp fire. Who is this photographer fooling?