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Western Honey Bee Hive

Apis mellifera

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Field Notes

Description:

Several rows of large, yellow-brown, hexagonal cells of wax. This was about 5 meters high in the tree.

Habitat:

Hollowed out portion of Oak tree at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve

Reference Links:

Western honey bee

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Comments (2)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Thanks Ava. I found this while hiking through poison oak to get a photo of a mushroom :) I like lucky spottings!
Ava T-B
This is wonderful, Cindy!

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Southern California Wildlife
Mission
Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
Mission
Save Our Oaks - San Diego

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PublishedMarch 5, 2012

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