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RD Sage 1965 Xylocopa sp. [[circled page number]] 45 
[[underline]] 14 km SW Liberia, via Hwy 21, Guanacaste, Costa Rica [[/underline]]

[[margin]] 20 August [[/margin]] branch is 35 mm. The 5 bees were in the most basal section of the branch. The two which escaped were from the more distal portion.
[[underline]] Playas del Coco, sea level, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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[[margin]] 20 August [[/margin]] 16:10 Checked the [[underline]]Crotalaria [[/underline]] and found 2 Neoxylocopa visiting them. Plugged the holes 
in the tree I found yesterday at 17:30
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[[margin]] 21 August [[/margin]] 07:45. Cut off the branches of the tree containing the bees nests. Took two pictures of the area. The tree stood 5 ft tall with three three forks: Nest # [[drawing of tree trunk with 2 limbs; one with a forked branch; symbols for S--N, symbols for E--W, and the words Section I, Section II]]
In the main trunk there were no nests. In the smaller one there was one at the top of the branch. It opened in a NW direction. 
[[margin]] Nest a59 [[/margin]]
Contained 2 [[two symbols for females]] [[underlined]] Neoxylocopa [[/underlined]]. NW opening for entrance. Simple [[drawing--thin crooked branch-like]] shaped [[strikethrough]] pu [[/strikethrough]] burrow slanting upward. 80 mm in length. branch had diameter of 120 mm. [[end of page]]