feral hives in beech trees?

[neillsayers]

Beech trees are prolific in this particular hollow I live in. Many are ancient, hollow giants, still living. In thirty plus years of hunting the Ozarks I come across many feral bee hives but I can't remember one in a beech tree. Has anyone ever found a colony in a beech?

[Dunkel]

Neil, same thing here.  I have only found them in Red or Black Oaks.  Not that I have found that many.

[neillsayers]

Thanks Dunkel,

I have seen them in elm and gum trees also. Maybe the bees make a judgment on the strength of these old snags.

[lazy shooter]

Our bees in West Texas are usually in live oak and post oak trees, especially the post oak trees.  Post oaks tend to have more hollows in them than do most trees.  We don't have beech trees.  I'm not sure what a beech tree looks like.