It will soon be time for the bumble bees to come out of hibernation, I expect some people have already seen them, I will be watching out for them like I do every Spring, on cold wet Spring days you will often find them cold and wet on pavements and car parks, or just on the lawn.
I pick these bumbles up and take them home, they are kept in a warm box with a sugar drink until they recover and are ready to fly off.
Posting a pick of one I found on the road last year, she seemed fine when I got her home, but noticed her foot was missing, she was drinking her sugar drink, but she still could nt fly and sadly died a week later, her foot may have got infected or something, she is the only bumble I have lost this way, most will recover in a day or two.
Posting pic of her showing her foot missing. Pauline.
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ar...Bumble_Bee.jpg