I saw this when I was out walking my dog, she spotted it first, I have never seen anything like it, poor thing was barely alive. What is it?

It looks like some kind of bee that's had better days.

I agree Frenchy, the night before we had a hard freeze. Thanks, it's unlike any bee I've ever seen

??

Pretty sure it's not a...

Sqwibber,it didn't look like either of your pics, it was much bigger than the bumblebee, bumblebees are pretty, this was ugly .your second pic was a nasty looking bee😝 Thank You 🐝

The legs seem bee-like, although there are plenty of bee mimics in the insect world ("you don't want to bother me, I could sting you!"). I found a brief page detailing some of them by googling "bee mimics."

https://beespotter.org/topics/...

Check out Bug Guide's bee page. https://bugguide.net/node/view...

I'm not claiming an ID here at all, just to suggest your ugly bug could be a bee... look at this photo of one of the "cellophane bees." https://bugguide.net/node/view... It's probably not big enough to be the one you saw, but maybe a mining bee?

I think I found it, Eastern Carpenter Bee🐝🐝
Thank You 🤩

Christine said:I think I found it, Eastern Carpenter Bee🐝🐝
Thank You 🤩

That's what the 2nd pic was, a carpenter Bee.
Pretty intimidating critters.

Yes,they are 🐝

I get one or two every year. I just make sure there is a nice wooden object on the deck that they enjoy drilling into. One of my unpainted birdhouses was really well ventilated!