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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: wayne on June 02, 2012, 11:39:37 pm
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Worked a bee tree removal today for the County. Dead limb with a 2x4 foot cavity and a hive in it. The bees were common ferals for this area, darker than a common Italian and a bit smaller.
The kicker was a nest we found on the other side of the tree in a hole in the trunk. Hard working little buggers that weren't much bigger than flies. And dead black in color.
Tried to get pics but they are really hard to see. Will try again this week.
Is there a native black bee in the US? If not what strains tend that small and black?
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Sounds interesting! Can't wait to see some photos.
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Might be some carry-over genetics from the apis melifera melifera, German black bees. Could also just be regular ol' black bees :-D
Scott
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Pics please. So they had honey comb, right?
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Here's a pic. Those black dots are the bees. The tree is in the center of a county
road so stopping to get pix is tricky. There is comb in the hole.
I'm going back to try to catch one for a closer look.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/sgtwal/bees/blackbees.jpg)
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... Here's a pic...
Compair your's to these.