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[[left margin]] RD Sage
1965
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xylocopa sp.
[[underline]] 5.5 km SE Desamparados, 1260km, San Jose, Costa Rica[[/underline]]
from the others I have seen lately in that it 
opens to a [[strikethrough]]westerly[[strikethrough]] easterly direction (120 degrees). The hillside
at this point has a slope of about 50 degrees-50 degrees. The nest hole is 56 in off the ground. 10:27 
bee came down to the entrance of the hole. Returned back up to the burrow as I came near. It appears to be
[[underline]]Neoxylacopa[[/underline]]/ 10:50. bee returned to opening of nest. Did not stick its head out of the opening. 11:00 Bee came out
entrance. At same time collected a male [[underline]] Neoxylacopa[[/underline]] [[strikethrough]](Nest 39)[[strikethrough]] flying about low to the ground. Bee  [[strikethrough]]at[[/strikethrough]] in nest stuck antennae out for 10 seconds then
disappeared back up the burrow. Male was taken
5 ft from nest. I did not see or hear a bee leave
the nest previously. 11:09. Another male [[underline]]Neoxylacopa[[/underline]] flew
by me at a height of 20". It first stopped at a 
small stump lying 5ft 5 of base of nest tree #5.
It then flew up with 2ft of my face then flew
west to base of tree 5ft from nest tree 6 & landed for only a second. Then flew SW. towards a fallen tree. I lost sight of it then. It flew fairly slow & did appear to be disturbed. I thought it looked as if it were looking for something.
[[image-sketched local map: fallen tree, standing tree, dead stump, nest tree 6]]