00:00She looked totally depleted.
00:03The dodo reached out to me about this bee that I saved,
00:07and I want to tell you guys this story.
00:09I was walking through the barn aisle carrying a massive load of hay on my shoulders
00:13and almost stepping on this big black thing.
00:17I didn't know what it was right away.
00:19Come here, buddy.
00:20I looked at the bee up close, and the bee was struggling.
00:24Are you okay?
00:25It looked like she really needed nectar.
00:28I brought her over to my porch right here.
00:31I went inside, and I got an orange, and I cut it up into pieces.
00:35She just right away was on top of that orange, eating as much as she could.
00:41I can see your tongue.
00:43I didn't know if it was the cold or lack of food that was making her unable to fly around,
00:49but we were out of the wind.
00:50It was a little bit warmer.
00:52I watched her get stronger and stronger.
00:54She started cleaning her legs, and I know that that's a sign.
00:57She's not dying.
00:58She's actively living.
01:00We sat on the porch together for a while, and then at one point, it looked like she
01:05kind of went into a little bit of a food coma.
01:09Oh!
01:11Here, grab my arm.
01:12Grab my finger.
01:14I have a ring camera so I could watch her from inside, so I decided to take that horse feed
01:19bucket, put it on the deck.
01:21It felt like she just needed time, and I didn't want her getting too warm inside and waking
01:27up in the middle of the night and then somehow getting lost in my house.
01:31Good morning.
01:34I cut up new oranges for breakfast, and when I came back, you guys, she was gone.
01:40She's gone.
01:42She flew away.
01:45And then I heard her.
01:46Look at you, buddy.
01:49Look at you.
01:50She was sucking on the flowers of that herb.
01:54Feeling good.
01:57Oh my god, I love you.
01:59I felt my heart explode.
02:01To watch such a delicate, beautiful creature go from needing a human's help the way she did
02:07to receiving that help and then being able to really take off and be on her flower journey
02:13again, it was one of the best 30-hour chunks of my life.
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