Mystery "comb"

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Mystery "comb" Jun 13, 2016 18:02:26 GMT daisy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jun 13, 2016 18:02:26 GMT Anybody have any thoughts on what may have made this beauty?

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Mystery "comb" Jun 13, 2016 18:17:01 GMT daisy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Jun 13, 2016 18:17:01 GMT Goodness.....that's unusual!...reminds me of a honeycomb...minus the honey, Perhaps Fractal may have some ideas...?
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daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Mystery "comb" Jun 13, 2016 18:22:56 GMT daisy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jun 13, 2016 18:22:56 GMT It is the narrowness which throws me, Lou.

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	Mystery "comb" Jun 13, 2016 21:22:07 GMT Lou78W, daisy, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Jun 13, 2016 21:22:07 GMT It is indeed the start of a comb made by bees. Looks like they have abandoned it though and moved on.

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Mystery "comb" Jun 13, 2016 21:33:35 GMT daisy likes this

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Post by SueA on Jun 13, 2016 21:33:35 GMT

It is beautiful isn't it, wonder why the bees left it?
We've got bumble bees nesting in our garden at the moment, they've taken up residence in a hole in the ivy 'tree' at the end of the garden which seems to have died off a lot but has some new life at the bottom & another vine growing through it.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Mystery "comb" Jun 14, 2016 3:52:20 GMT Lou78W and SueA like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jun 14, 2016 3:52:20 GMT It's a work of art

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Mystery "comb" Jun 14, 2016 8:29:12 GMT grindle, SueA, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Jun 14, 2016 8:29:12 GMT That IS amazing, daitheplant. As for the missing bees... weeeelll... it IS in Wales, so perhaps its an Apoidean holiday cottage ?
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daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Mystery "comb" Jun 14, 2016 18:23:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jun 14, 2016 18:23:16 GMT Actually, there are 2 active hives about 20ft away.

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Mystery "comb" Jun 14, 2016 20:56:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Jun 14, 2016 20:56:14 GMT Are they recent, or established ?

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Mystery "comb" Jun 15, 2016 16:16:59 GMT

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Post by dianthus on Jun 15, 2016 16:16:59 GMT

Jun 14, 2016 18:23:16 GMT daitheplant said:

Actually, there are 2 active hives about 20ft away.

Could they have started it when they swarmed during our prolonged dry spell, then the recent rains told them it was in a poor location, so they've looked for somewhere drier?

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daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Mystery "comb" Jun 15, 2016 18:04:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jun 15, 2016 18:04:38 GMT Jun 14, 2016 20:56:14 GMT roofgardener said: Are they recent, or established ? They are well established Roofus. Di, apparently some of the bees did swarm but didn`t stay in the garden.

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