Medhat asked me to post this for him -- allen
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The way bumble bee with eaten thorax most likely is done by shrew. Shrews are carnivores feed on bugs. They only feed on flight muscles in the thorax. I have seen similar symptoms occurred to honey bees. In this case thoacies look like empty peanut shells.
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