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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 353023, member: 5833"]The bee trap I imagine uses sugar water to attract & drown them (flies too) & then you pour them out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once had a weird episode when a big fat bumblebee got in, really cannot fathom how, & was thrashing around in the bathtub when I got home one night. It was struggling because there were a couple of inches of water in the tub (what was it doing there?), home to Wilhelmina, a western painted turtle, who saw a meal, if she could only catch it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn't find anything ready to hand suitable for fishing the poor thing out. Not knowing how long bees can tread water, nor wanting bee & turtle to tangle, did not want to take the time to go to the kitchen for something better, so worked with what I could grab. Took several attempts; it kept startling me by buzzing & vibrating furiously every time I began to lift it out & I would drop it again. Third time I knew what to expect & got it into the sink, where it could work at warming up & drying out while I did get something to use to put it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Afraid it did not survive. It had no doubt found its way in because the autumn nights were becoming chilly, but wanted to give it a chance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 353023, member: 5833"]The bee trap I imagine uses sugar water to attract & drown them (flies too) & then you pour them out. Once had a weird episode when a big fat bumblebee got in, really cannot fathom how, & was thrashing around in the bathtub when I got home one night. It was struggling because there were a couple of inches of water in the tub (what was it doing there?), home to Wilhelmina, a western painted turtle, who saw a meal, if she could only catch it. I couldn't find anything ready to hand suitable for fishing the poor thing out. Not knowing how long bees can tread water, nor wanting bee & turtle to tangle, did not want to take the time to go to the kitchen for something better, so worked with what I could grab. Took several attempts; it kept startling me by buzzing & vibrating furiously every time I began to lift it out & I would drop it again. Third time I knew what to expect & got it into the sink, where it could work at warming up & drying out while I did get something to use to put it out. Afraid it did not survive. It had no doubt found its way in because the autumn nights were becoming chilly, but wanted to give it a chance.[/QUOTE]
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