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Beekeeping => Other Pollinators => Topic started by: Gypsi on July 05, 2016, 03:43:38 pm

Title: urgent: bee block saved from carpenter ants and opened
Post by: Gypsi on July 05, 2016, 03:43:38 pm
It is July in Texas, what do I do with these babies?
(https://s32.postimg.cc/hiie1e6kx/WP_20160705_14_34_15_Pro.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/hiie1e6kx/)
Title: Re: urgent: bee block saved from carpenter ants and opened
Post by: Perry on July 05, 2016, 04:37:49 pm
Not too sure what I'm looking at? ???
Is it some type of mason bee block that splits in two?
Title: Re: urgent: bee block saved from carpenter ants and opened
Post by: Gypsi on July 06, 2016, 07:34:38 pm
that is a mason bee block that is in slices, I bought it from Crown Bees a couple of years ago.  got better after this photo, found more ant action, opened the wrong layer and found mason bee larva. I did get the ants out, get the little larva lined up between their pollen stores, closed it up and put it in a clear breadbox on my kitchen table where there are no ants, with a damp sponge on top for humidity.  Too hit in the garage, too cold in the fridge