How to Pet a Bee

Occurred on August 1, 2013 / BelgiumShow more

Info from Licensor: "I interrupted a bumble bee while it was collecting nectar to show how easy it is to pet and high five a bee. I'd call it more of a high six because of the sixth leg. This is a smaller European drone bumble bee on a nectar gathering task from the queen. I wanted to show how easily it was to attract the interest of a bumblebee using honey. Bumblebees don't make honey but gather pollen for their young and collect nectar for food for themselves. I thought it would be interesting to test whether bumblebees would like bees honey over nectar. I found out they do, but it is not really good for them because of the added enzymes honey bees add to nectar to make honey."