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Woman nurses one-winged bumblebee back to full health after taking it to her home

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Updated 01:55 1 Sep 2023 GMT+1Published 01:56 1 Sep 2023 GMT+1

Woman nurses one-winged bumblebee back to full health after taking it to her home

She gave the struggling insect some flowers and a new home to recover.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

A woman has helped nurse a bumblebee back to full health after seeing it in distress.

Katha posted a video to her TikTok account that has since gone viral around the world with more than 42 million views.

In the clip, she explained how the chunky flying insect was walking along the ground and came up to her.

While some people might be terrified of bees and would try to shoo it away, this woman allowed it to climb over her foot.

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Katha believed the bumblebee was hungry and was desperately trying to search for some flowers.

To make matters worse, the poor little thing only had one wing.

So, she did what some people might never even consider: she adopted it.

She made sure to give the bee some flowers as well as some sugar water, however the latter should only be used as a last resort.

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The Bumblebee Conservation Trust says flowers are a much better source of nutrients for the bees, however if there are none around then a 50/50 split of sugar and water can help them recover.

The woman took the bee home and made a perfect little haven for it.

That included a little cave for the bumblebee to chill out in and they also gave fresh flowers so the bee could snack on the pollen until its heart was content.

People were blown away by the beautiful act of kindness.

One user said: "She is going to make you the MOST GORGEOUS GARDEN one day at rainbow bridge. A beautiful addition to your soul family."

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Another added: "It’s like she chosen you, isn’t it? Lucky bumblebee for having your help. Thank you."

A third wrote: "If only more people cared about people like you care for Ms Bumblebee, this world would be so much better."

Katha's TikTok account is now full of content showing the bee living its best life in her garden.

She said to her followers: "All the nice comments have made me so happy, and I'm glad that I could also draw attention to the little creatures among us. They deserve so much love too."

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Bumblebees are in desperate need of human help as their numbers continue to decline around the world.

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust says large-scale changes in the way the countryside is managed is being blamed for the drop in bee numbers.

"As bumblebees only feed on flowers, they need far more plants than equivalent species which are able to also eat leaves or roots," the Trust says.

"They also, because of their colony-based lifestyle, need to have enough flowers available to sustain 40-400 sterile worker bees for the lifespan of the colony (potentially several months March-October) in order to produce the new reproductive individuals – males and queens – at the end of the colony lifecycle."

So Katha has done the Lord's work in rescuing this adorable little bee back to health.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/kathaaleksi

Topics: Animals

Stewart Perrie
Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie is a Senior Journalist at LADbible. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign. He is in charge of the LADbible Australia editorial content and social presence.

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