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[[upper left corner]] R.D. Sage 1965
[[upper right corner]] 18 [circled]
Xylocopa sp
[[underlined]] 4.5 mi ESE. San Isidro de General, 1900 ft., San Jose, Costa Rica
[[left margin]] 22 July.
patch. Could find no Schoernherria there. Left the
[[left margin]] 26 July 1965
08:30 Returned to take that nest of the supposed xylocopa that I watched on the 22nd. As I was loosening the tacks which hold the wire to the post a xylocopa fell out on the ground.  It had come from a different hole than the one I had been looking at.  I collected it & determined that it came from a very obscure hole whose entrance was in a crack running along the log. The entrance was on the east side of the post approximately 2 ft above ground level. The fence enclosed an open field to the east. There were small shrubs in the field but for the most part it was bare. The purple flowers we took large bees on was 100 yds. farther east but down the slope 50 ft in elevation. I cut out the nest and took the larvae which were in it.  This is nest #2.  The nest post was a mixture of rotten and solid wood on the inside. Ants had a nest in other parts.  The tunnel of the bees nest angled upwards so that the chambers were above the entrance on the post.
Arrived at the flowers at 09:08 there were no xylocopa in evidence although Bombus