feral hive worth saving?

[steph333]

I have just finished raising the conopy on a willow and have come across bees in a hollow branch.Can anyone tell me if it is viable for my new hive (new to this).Have only seen about a dozen bees on the wing but then again it has been raining.Pics attached.

Thanks
Stephen

 

[nematode]

Looks like a wasp in that first picture and not a bee.

 

[Lois]

I don't have any idea but I'm sure someone much more experienced than me will be along shortly to answer.

 

[oliver90owner]

Looks like a wasp in that first picture and not a bee.



Might even have been a hornet?

RAB

 

[steph333]

Told you i was new opps thanks

 

[Bee-Key-Pur]

I think they could be "apis mellifera veryshy".

If you can find them I would get them, they are very rare!!!

Just joking.

Brian.

 

[steph333]

ok we have all had a good laugh including me

 

[PaleoPerson]

It looks like a trunk that has been attacked by some wood boring insect (possibly goat moth by the size) and the trunk is now rotting.

In the first picture, I think it is a wasp and they are probably chewing the soft wood for construction of their own nests.

Just a possibility.