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Date: | Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:46:50 -0500 |
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A bear raided my one hive at Ellijay, GA last week. Ellijay is about 80
mi N of Atlanta, GA in SE USA. The hive was a modified Tanzanian top bar
hive, so there were no frames smashed. The bear ate all of the honey and
brood, leaving only about a gallon of wax scraps. A neighbor called to
tell me were the bees had clustered.
I went up, probably 3 days after the bear made the raid, and hived the
bear-generated swarm which I subsequently merged with another colony.
The bees had clustered on a small pine tree which made it easy to get to
them. They had already started to build comb and deposit honey. It was
cool, and the bees were a bit fussy, but everything went well.
What if didn't expect was this: As the bees were crawling into the five-
frame nuc box I was using as the temporary hive, I noticed two hornets
that appeared to have been in the cluster. These were what we commonly
call the "baldface hornet"...larger than a honeybee, black and white in
color pattern.
Have others of you out there in BEE-L land ever encountered other species
clustered with swarms?? It's the first time I've seen this.
I enjoy reading all of the commentaries on BEE-L. I've gathered a lot of
useful information from you all. Many thanks!
Cordially yours,
Jim
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| James D.Satterfield | [log in to unmask] or |
| P.O. Box 2243 | [log in to unmask] |
| Decatur, GA 30031 USA | Telephone 404 378-8917 |
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