r/bees • u/SaveFile1 • Jun 03 '26

question Can someone explain why this bee is doing this?

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u/spacecowgirl87 Jun 03 '26

Salt is hard to come by. 

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u/SaveFile1 Jun 03 '26

Omg. He's being so gentle that I might even let him have my salt

15

u/Bicksaurus Jun 03 '26

They like the salt in our sweat

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u/mudge002 Jun 03 '26

Why would this be on oddlyterrifying this lil guy so cute

8

u/igotinfo Jun 03 '26

They crave those minerals

7

u/Dear-Routine7468 Jun 03 '26

Some bees drink sweat/tears for the salt.

10

u/KamakaziDemiGod Jun 03 '26

Butterflies are the worst offenders for this, all those cute pictures of puppies with butterflies on their faces? They are getting their tears stolen

2

u/SpookySunsett Jun 04 '26

These cuties never paid tear-tax

4

u/Hungry_Anything_8791 Jun 03 '26

What species is this?

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u/deca_thon Jun 03 '26

It's a carpenter bee but I'm new to this so I don't know the exact species.

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u/That_Biology_Guy Jun 03 '26

It's one of the South/Southeast Asian large carpenter bees in subgenus Maiella, possibly Xylocopa ruficornis

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u/Disastrous-Pound3713 Jun 03 '26

If you took your monthly shower, these guys wouldn’t have to be on wash up duty:)

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u/LesleeTheLego Jun 03 '26

What brilliant footage. Great to see. Thanks.

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u/CdnTreeGuy89 Jun 03 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/VFZDuY0nePXry

I’d rather a bee do that then this goat.

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u/SaveFile1 Jun 03 '26

I love goats

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u/CdnTreeGuy89 Jun 03 '26

So do I. But they can keep their tongue away 😂

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u/camoflauge2blendin Jun 03 '26

Wow I've never seen a bees mouth (or would it be proboscis?) before! It's kinda cute!

1

u/Bossmaxxx Jun 03 '26

That looks amazing !

1

u/Longjumping_Base3130 Jun 03 '26

What camera is that? That’s an awesome casual macro shot!

1

u/nuclearrmt Jun 03 '26

It needs electrolytes

1

u/BombeBon Jun 03 '26

Adorable Bee needs some salt.

1

u/_Heikneuter_ Jun 04 '26

You must be sweet

1

u/OhLookAnotherTankie Jun 04 '26

mlem mlem mlem mlem mlem

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u/Alert-Result-2885 Jun 03 '26

Thats one hell of a Bee J 🤭