Deformed wings on bumble bee.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2018

  It seems there's a virus https://www.boredpanda.com/woman-befriends-wingless-bumblebee-fiona-presly/
  
    
  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Blue Onion Posts: 2,995

  June 2018

  Aww.. poor thing.  

  Utah, USA.

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• Bee witched Posts: 1,295

  June 2018

  Hi Fidgetbones,
  
  This can sometimes be seen on honeybees ... it's known as deformed wing virus, and usually occurs when a hive is overcome with the varroa destructor parasitic mite.
  It seems that this is now also a problem for bumblebees ...
  
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26242960
  
  Such a shame ..
  
  Bee x
  
  
  

  Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  
  
  A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  

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• dont_die_wondering Posts: 20

  June 2018

  I saw a program on YouTube where this lady rescued a bee like that and she kept it in a huge box with loads of foliage, till it died. They only live about 28 days apparently. 
  Bless it though poor bee

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  June 2018

  It was wandering around the clover on what I call a lawn for about a week, but I think it has gone now.
  

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