Thread on aiding a lethargic carpenter bee after 95-degree weather:

[990000@mstdn.social]

Thread on aiding a lethargic carpenter bee after 95-degree weather:

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. (@sarahmackattack.bsky.social)

Would you like to hear a story? Let me tell you a story. I was just now walking home from the doctor and I saw a carpenter bee on the middle of the sidewalk not moving. I scooped it up onto a leaf, it was extremely sluggish, could barely move. It was 95 degrees yesterday, is currently 56.

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[davep@infosec.exchange]

@990000 The problem appears to be the precipitous drop in temperature, as warming it up seemed to help.

[990000@mstdn.social]

@davep so fascinating, but I guess also not surprising? I wonder if it's just as bad going in the other direction, if the temperature suddenly spikes.

[anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz]

@990000 I've been doing this with some (bumble and other) bees recently!

we had a slight cold spell in the netherlands after a warm start of spring and I've seen them on the ground in many places, I have some flowers in my garden luckily, but the insects definitely had a poor start of this summer because of it