Ok, I know this isn't a bee or a wasp, but as I'm unsure what it is, you get the picture anyhows!
Perhaps it just got too cold for this sweet little honey bee. But it took one look at itself in my mirror and promptly rolled over and stuck its legs up in the air!
Perhaps its dying wish was to be famous!
Well, here you go, photos of the dying honey bee as promised and warned about!
This honey bee came from a swarm of honey bees kept high up on a Bulgarian hilltop. Earlier this season, the man who is owned by the bees, gave me some of the natural honeycomb, the hexagonal wax cells created by the honey bees. I didn't realise at the time, you are not supposed to eat the hardened honeycomb and I found that quite chewy!
There are many bees kept in Bulgaria and the honey they produce is absolutely fantastic!
Also the Bulgarians suggest using natural honey on cuts grazes and when a local dog had a poorly eye, a local Bulgarian spread some honey on the dogs infected eye. Within a day or so, the infection had healed, although the poor mutt had a honey gammy eye for a while!
Honey obviously has great healing properties!
