I found two honey bees that arent flying, what do i do?
Hi sorry for the formatting, im not used to posting on reddit. Im not experienced with any type of bee keeping.
So i found two honey bees i think yesterday or the day before and I kept them inside in my gazebo during the night and ive tried to release them during the day but when i got home from work they were still there when it was dark.
I managed to find one of them and i took her inside to warm her up and give her Manuka honey, please let me know if thats safe to give them because I dont really have access to anything else. I found the other one this morning and took them both inside to warm them up and they ate some of the honey and one of them started walking around/trying to fly i think while buzzing and the other one is just stood still but still alive.
Is there anything I can do to help them? Like i really want them to survive this winter. Would i be able to keep them inside and what type of container could i keep them in and what do i put in there?
Any advice would be very much appreciated
Posted Dec 13, 2025, 10:28 AM UTC