European honey bees do not nest only above ground. In our study of
feral colonies on Santa Cruz Island, about 15% of them were in the ground
--- many in the bole under scrub oak trees and some in clay banks.
Adrian
Adrian M. Wenner (805) 963-8508 (home phone)
967 Garcia Road (805) 893-8062 (UCSB FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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* "When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory,
* we must accept that fact and abandon the theory, even when
* the theory is supported by great names and generally
* accepted."
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* Claude Bernard --- 1865
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