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All things green, outdoors, and nature-y. Whether it's animals in their natural habitat, hiking trails and mountains, or planting a little garden for yourself (and everything in between), you can talk about it here.

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My garden is full of bees! So many Osmia, Andrena and Bombus individuals everywhere ♥ (beehaw.org)

submitted 7 months ago by flora_explora@beehaw.org to c/greenspace@beehaw.org

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(Description: Image of Osmia bicornis (I think) chilling on a leaf and cleaning itself.)

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bees will typically leave you bee (ha) if you leave them alone.

It's wasps that are assholes.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

I got stung by 3 of them once and it hurt bad. I'd learned from my late mother to wash an insects bite/sting right away so it doesn't swell(I think it relates to washing off whatever chemicals they release onto the skin when they sting you). So I immediately washed their stings and they didn't swell. It was painful, though.