Article 786EJ ‘I could watch her for hours’: the woman who rescued a bee and created a buzz

‘I could watch her for hours’: the woman who rescued a bee and created a buzz

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Amelia Hill
from World news | The Guardian on (#786EJ)

After bringing injured queen Phoebee home in July, Gilly McArthur expected her soon to die, but she's bumbling on

Fifty-two days ago, Phoebee was lying by the side of a road in the blistering sun with a broken wing. Today, she's clambering up the arm of Gilly McArthur, around the nape of her neck and disappearing into her hair.

I couldn't leave her by the roadside," McArthur says. So I bought her home and made her a bed of flowers. I thought she'd be dead in a day or so."

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