I spend a lot of time in the pool because I am an over-privileged white male with all the blah blah blah that that entails.
It's good for low impact exercise of broken knees.
Unfortunately pools are a magnet for creatures great and small to fall into. I have installed a ramp for most to escape without intervention. Others I assist out whether assistance is welcome or not. Some would rater swim away but the chlorination will eventually seep through their skins and kill them, so they are escorted out, like it or not, but that is a parable for another time.
Today we focus on the honeybee a favorite rescue for all the good that they do through pollination and their reputation for industriousness.
I have rescued many honeybees while in the pool. The problem being that they will seek higher ground to dry their wings before flying off. The highest point when cast onto the sidewalk it the edge of the pool cap-block. So, over and over again the bee will climb to the edge of the cap and fall into the water once more. Rescue, fall, lather, rinse repeat. Finally I discovered the better course is to cast them into the tall grass. It is somewhat less save as there are always lizards and such about looking for a quick meal but most are able to climb to the top of a high blade of grass and sun their wings dry enough to fly off and rejoin their hive.
I have come to find the same of the cage. I can offer assistance and comfort over and over but now find the best course of action is to cast you into the high grass and hope for the best.
You will be missed