Beautiful iridescence in the sunshine

Some clarification, I’m not talking about in real life — unfortunately there aren’t nearly enough bees in my area for me to come across a hive — I really enjoy watching those hive relocation videos, and I want to get better at spotting queen bees in large clusters so I can see them myself without having to have someone point it out for me!
I know that every queen will look different, but are there any general differences or characteristics i should look for when trying to spot one?

How do you all feel about the bee hive inside the house? I feel as if it would be safer for all parties to have it outside, but that's just me

Spotted these two little beauties in the garden earlier. Both were quite lively, walking around, and then disappeared.

I've seen quite a few around. I don't know anything about bees but guessing them being around isn't normal in November, especially after a frost last night.

Any tips on what I can do to help them along when I see them, please?

South England, UK

Hi i don't know anything about bees and this little one came at night.. What should i do? as i'm scared it might sting me!!!!

Has been here around my house since last night. I was scared it might start a nest under my car, that’s where I first saw it. We have a small garden near the cars but now she’s on my balcony.

Edit: it’s about 2cm in length and 1cm wide. A pretty large boi

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Bumblebee Feeding on a Mexican Sunflower

I found this bee struggling outside my apartment, does anyone know what is latching onto him?

Continuous feeding is one of the secrets to high productivity in bees!

The Three Pillars of High Productivity in Bees!

We found this on some annual flowers when we brought it in. We have a green house in the basement that we keep some flowers and succulents thru the winter. If it's a male or worker we were thinking it could live the rest of the days in there, if a queen we will put back outside.

Thank you

I finally got a clear shot of this fella after 2.5 months of trying!

my ma trapped a bee in a jar this morning because she thought it was a spider and didn't want our dog to get bitten. she called me to check if it was dangerous, and i quickly identified it as a large bee, possibly a wasp but i think it's a bee (not an expert in any way shape or form).

we left it out of the dog's reach for about five minutes, but it didn't fly away. on closer inspection its wings look kind of orangey and small, so im wondering if it could be old or injured?

i gave it a teaspoon of water with some sugar dissolved in it and it didn't drink it, just walked into it and i feel terrible.

i would greatly appreciate advice on what to do because i don't want the poor thing to die in our hands!

update: it started buzzing in the jar so i left the window open and it jumped out onto the window sill.

I found bees in my back yard and I want to keep them and raise my own little beehive.What are the first few steps I should do. And Are they here permanently or migrating?

There are a bunch of bees (I think) hanging out around the light on my back porch, slowly dying. There are several dead ones on the ground too.

What is happening?

A friend of mine has a farm and the bees are causing problems at the BMW dealer next door. They say the bees are swarming the brighter color vehicles and allegedly stung several customers and employees. He needs them for pollination in a couple months and he’s storing them till then. Dealer says bees are pooping on all the cars.

Location California Central Coast.

BMW says they are going to sue him.

Is there really any liability here?

Any solutions?

He wants to be a good neighbor. There’s a small part of me that thinks this is a little funny.

I only have 3 hives myself and I’m a total noob so I have no idea.