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Lost Cutout
« on: July 22, 2015, 02:23:03 pm »
Rcvd a call about a limb on the side of the road.  I was told there were bees and you could see the comb inside.  So I got my head and headed out.  The limb had fell from about 50 feet a few days ago.  So the result was dead bees and damaged comb from the rain.  It appears to have been a very old give based on the pictures and size.  There were still bees there, either survivors and or foragers.  What line of bees are the ones with black bottoms?  Thought I would share.

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Re: Lost Cutout
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Re: Lost Cutout
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2015, 02:54:57 pm »
Good pics. No idea what type of bees they are. Did you manage to snag anything out of the trip?
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Re: Lost Cutout
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2015, 04:10:57 pm »
Nothing salvaged, just a good chat with the homeowner and some pictures.  All there was was some foragers.

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Re: Lost Cutout
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2015, 09:44:45 pm »
From my experience, bees with dark abdomens like that were ones that were covered in honey & are stressed. That's some old dark comb!

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