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Found bees

16 years ago

I was wandering in our acre woods across the creek from our home and came upon a deep hole in the ground - opening about the size of a CD disk (5" or so). There were lots of old comb pieces around the opening. I had thought some animal was living there and eating honey. Today I pushed a weed down the hole and lots of bees came out, pronto. What have I found?

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honeyman46408
16 years ago
Sounds like you have found a "yellow jackets" nest that the critters have been diging up
beelover
16 years ago
can you post a picture?
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