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[[top left margin]]RD Sage 1965
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[[top right margin]] 26 [[circled]]
Xylocopa sp
[[underlined]]5.5 km SE. Desamparados, 1260 m. [[?]] San Jose Costa Rica[[/underlined]]
[[left margin]] 2 August
08:30 Arrived at tree containing #21 + #7 No sign of activity
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[[left margin]] 3 August
11:30 Nest #23 Discovered the tree on a N facing slope in [[?]]. Entrance was 210 degrees nest angled upward. Chopped into tree to check another nest and three bees came tumbling out (1 escaped). Entrance was three feet from ground. The whole tree was dead. Lower part ie below nest contained nest of large ants. (pickled some) The upper part of this [[strikethrough]]pran[[/strikethrough]] branch contained other nests which had been broken into by woodpeckers. This nest entrance was in a knot-hole. Base diameter of tree was 41 cm. [[strikethrough Threee w[[/strikethrough]] Tree shaped as follows:
[[image - diagram of tree branches showing nest location]]
While chopping open the nest another bee escaped from a [[strikethrough]]small[/strikethrough]] another passageway at the bottom [[strikethrough]]of the[[/strikethrough]] where I was making my cut.
[[strikethrough]]About 10-15 minutes later a bee returned to the[[/strikethrough]]
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