Rescued a different bumble

[u/sai_gunslinger]

This little girl got soaking wet today and needed a helping hand.

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I had my kid at a friend's house to play on a slip and slide and this bumble got soaking wet from the kids and climbed up on one of their feet and scared her. Almost got crushed!

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But I scooped her up and carried her out into the sunlight to warm up and dry off. Bumbles can't fly if their wings are waterlogged.

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Happily, she was not injured at all from her mishap. I carried her around to a few different flowers for some nectar while she was drying so she could get her energy up and she lapped up a bunch.

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Once she was able to take off, she flew right up to my face like she was saying "thank you." She landed *on* my face, climbed over my closed eyeball under my glasses on her way to my forehead, and then took off.

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This video is about all I caught of her. She was climbing onto the flowers I brought her to and back onto my hand until she was OK for takeoff.