Found this bee inside our laundry hamper alive before I had to kill him. What kind of bee is it?

A local beekeeper placed this box in the backyard last week. Today we finally got a crowd.

I live in WV. Recent numbers show that bumblebees' populations are rapidly declining and that honestly worries me a bit. Is there any way to help support them in my own backyard?

Do piles of brush/pine branches/rock piles also aid in their survival?

I AM starting a native plant garden soon, hopefully that should help too.

Hello I was driving around Florida, USA and this flew into my window! Is it a queen bee? If not does anyone know the species? Thanks!

Was taking a bird house down to clean and a few of these orange-butt guys groggily wandered out. When opened it there was a small one wandering around and possibly several others bundled inside the wood shavings I had put in there for birds (vacant past season). I didn't poke to see numbers because I wanted to be careful and wasn't sure what to do. It's only about 6" x 9" x 8". The was one small yellow one and others covered by shavings. Should I save them, and if so, what do I tell the two finches that have the house reserved in a month! Such bright orange butts!

I'm in the PNW.

My partner and I live in the Pacific Northwest. It is just barely spring and I found a queen bee at my doorstep a few days ago. I noticed this morning she was still here (moved off to the side a bit). It’s kind of chilly now compared to when she first showed up. Is she okay? Is she hibernating?

Hello! ive noticed this bee duo in my yard today since my dog was sniffing them Anybody know what they are doing? idk how to explain to google a small bee riding a bigger bee to find more info. i picked them up on a leaf first to put them deeper in the leaves, but the bigger bee moved and now theye chilling on my finger, most of the time stationary but with small movements here and there

UPDATE just as im writing this, small bee just flew away and after like 3 seconds big bee flew away too, what behvaiour is this?! 🤣

as i got home for work on a day that started out warm and sunny and ended up getting cold and windy i spotted a carpenter bee clinging to the sidewalk almost frozen to death. i reached down and she gladly climbed onto my hand, where she refused to get off. after enough time i took her inside and warmed her up and provided some sugar water, some fresh water and a fresh picked flower although i doubt there was any pollen on it that she could use. ive been changing her water and sugar water, but she barely has the energy to move. its been almost 3 days since i took her in, and the weather is still too cold/rainy to bring her out. can anyone give me advice on how to take care of her and the best way to bring her back outside.

About a week ago, I killed a massive bee in my fireplace that was about the size of my thumb. Not sure if that was the queen bee, but I presume it could have been. I have continued using the fireplace without any problems.

I had a fire all day today. Late this evening, at least three bees entered our living room.

I have since let the fire die out and I am preparing to not use my fireplace again.

We just installed a smoke chamber access door to our chimney and had some creosote removed from the shelf of our fireplace. Our chimney was also just pressure washed.

What should I do to stop this?

The last time I did a rescue, I used a leaf that was a little too small and I got stung. Ingrate.

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San Diego, CA