To Bee Or To Fly

[Bazile]

Woke up to the sound of a bee/fly in bedroom .
Saw its location to be between the net curtain and the window

Opened the window and Just spent about 10+ minutes
coaxing it to the open window and freedom .

Mission accomplished .
My good deed for the day

[hellywelly4]

Well done. It's a lovely feeling isn't it.

[bookbinder]

That kind of good deed gives you a buzz.

[andy-hughes]

I always like to liberate any crawly in my house if I can, even if I absolutely detest them like spiders, I try not to kill them if it can be avoided.

[Buenchico]

Some years ago, I was in bed during the early hours of the morning when the sound of a bumble bee, trapped inside the glass of my bedroom window, woke me. Unfortunately, the frames of the windows on that side of my bedroom are rotten, so I never open those windows (for fear of the glass falling out). So I couldn't simply open the window where the bee was located. It took me ages to help the bee through a (far more solid) window on the other side of the room.

An hour or two later, I was awoken by more buzzing and had to repeat the whole lengthy performance before going back to bed to try to enjoy a lie in.

A couple of hours later, I was again woken by the sound of buzzing. I got up once again to help a bee on its way but, despite several minutes looking for it, I just couldn't find it at all. It was only then that I looked through my bedroom window, rather than at it, to notice my neighbour strimming his lawn ;-)

[bookbinder]

I agree, andy. They're all part of the life cycle. I do the same whenever possible.

[Bazile]

Indeedy .

Whatever was its intended future , I'm sure it wasn't to be concluded in my house

[bookbinder]

I sometimes feel that insects - and birds - are confused by glass in our windows. They can see the inside of the building, but they can't (obviously) understand why they can't get in (or out), which might explain some of their antics.

[Bazile]

Indeed bookbinder .

My insect was crawling up and down the clear transparent glass , obviously confused as to what was stopping it escaping

[burlyshirley]

That reminds me of a time when I was travelling by train many years ago and a big beautiful bumble bee was trapped inside and buzzing away furiously on the window. I opened the window at the top and gently coaxed it up with my ticket on its 'bum'. It was lovely to see it regain its freedom and fly away and then I heard a clapping sound. The rest of the train, who I was oblivious to during my rescue operation, had been watching me and rewarded me with a round of applause !

[pat2604]

Lovely to see ABers with compassion to trapped insects, spiders etc. It says a lot about you all.

[mallyh]

i let out insects like bees but wasp (allergic to)and flies get the spray

[aelmpvw]

watching late night telly in the bedroom and thought the presenter had a moth in the room with him, then realised it was in my room . . .

[tiggerblue10]

I always try to usher flying things out the window, even blue bottles which I detest. Yuk!

I tried to grab a wasp with a few layers of bog roll but the damn thing still managed to sting me through the tissue. Threw it out the window and it flew away.

[pat2604]

Had 2 very large wood wasps in the bedroom yesterday. Very menacing!!! I got them out with great caution. They are very vicious.n

[DarceyK123]

I always wonder how they manage to get in through the smallest of spaces but can't seem to find their way out even if you 'help' them or open window really wide.