A swarm that got away
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tonybloke
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variety of tree?
variety of tree?
Do you mean is that a wooden tree, a polytree, or a plastic tree?
Regards, RAB
Do you mean is that a wooden tree, a polytree, or a plastic tree?
Regards, RAB
tonybloke
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looks like a wooden type of tree, possibly ash, as wood-peckers like to nest in them, looks like the bees have occupied a former wood-pecker cavity, but a wider shot of the tree wood be handy!!
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The twigs in the foreground are certainly ash.
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If their cavity volume is limited in there which I suspect it might be, they are candidates for swarming again as soon as they build up. I would be putting bait boxes someplace nearby!
