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[[top left margin]] RD. Sage 1965 [[top right margin]] 5 [[circled]] [[top margin]] Xylocopa sp. [[underlined]] Playa Cocos, sea level, Guanacaste, Costa Rica [[\underlined]] [[left margin]] 8 July 16:15 2 bees on tree. Spotted them only as they left. They don't seem to be as obvious as they were in the morning. 16:30 No bees working the tree [[strikethrough]] [[text?]] [[/strikethrough]] 16:45. No bees working the tree. However I did find one resting on underside of a branch on the NE side of tree. Just after I finished counting a strong wind came up which blew flowers to the ground. 17:00 1 bee working flowers on NE side of tree. Wind is still blowing 17:15 2 bees working in the tree. One on the east & one on the west side. 17:30. 1 bee working the NE. side of the tree. What may have been a smaller brownish xylocopa flew off as I rounded the SW side of the tree. 17:45. No bees on tree. The sun is low on the horizon now but still above the horizon. [[dash]] There were no observed interactions between the bees and the dragonflies which hovered over the tree most of the day. 18:00 No bees on tree. Sun has disappeared below horizon.