Sanctuary for a growler bee

Yay, it worked out with Picasa pictures, so there is illustration for my little sequin today; Some days ago my youngest daugher (9 years old) and I went for a walk. On the local camping ground she suddenly saw a big bee, called a growler, and wanted to hold it, since it looks so soft. She absolutely loves animals and is the kind of girl, who saves even a rain-worm, if she sees one at the pavement :-) Well, she immidiately spotted, that this growler could only use two of its legs, so she was concerned that a car might come and run over it..! At first I thought she might get a sting, but she told me, it wouldn´t harm her. So she lifted it up, and wanted to place it in a safe spot. However, the bee wouldn´t leave the warmth of her hand, so she decided to let it stay and carried it home to our own tiny garden. And on the photos you can see the magical "home" she gave it in an old iron pot in the garden - wouldn´t you want to go on a retreat there, if you were a bee? :-) She was so pleased to see, that it was drinking the nectar from the flowers, and even wanted to bring it inside the house over night. But we explained to her it would be better off outside in the garden. Next morning she rushed out to see, if it was okay, and it was gone! So hopefully her loving care and fresh flowers had given it strength to fly again. Anyway - it really moved me, and shined a light into the day, and still does :-))