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[[top left margin]] RD. Sage 1965
[[top right margin]] 11 [[circled]]
[[top margin]] Xylocopa sp
[[underlined]] Playa Cocos, sea level, Guanacaste, Costa Rica [[/underlined]]
[[left margin]] 11 July.
16:00 6 bees working the yellow legumes. Possibly one Schoenherria but couldn't be certain.
16:20 No bees on blue flower.
16:30 9 bees working yellow legume.
17:00 6 bees working yellow legumes.
17:20 No bees active on blue flowers.
17:35 4 bees working flowers. All of the flowers are now in the shade.
18:05 No bees on yellow legume. No bees on blue flower. Sun had disappeared. Yellow legume flower was still open.
[[left margin]] 12 July
04:50 Checked out the flamboyant [[?]] tree for Xylocopa. Stood under the trees in the poor light but was unable to here any bees. Returned to the Schoenherria site of the blue flowers at 04:55 I couldn't see any at that time.
05:30 Looked around from where the blue flowers were and discovered a few feet away a bush of white flowers upon which the Schoernherria were abundant. I checked out the surrounding brush patch and found 7-8 of these plants in varying degrees of flower. There were 7 Schoernherria on these plants