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JasonAller — 2008-09-28 09:24:41

link fix

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- * One colony about 100 yards south of the ["Explorit Science Center"] on the east side of the greenbelt. This colony has been around since 2003. A stunning 3meg high resolution picture of part of the colony is available from ["GrumpyoldGeek"] upon request. It should be noted that He doesn't respond to requests as I've tried. --["Users/StevenDaubert"]	+ * One colony about 100 yards south of the ["Explorit Science Center"] on the east side of the greenbelt. This colony has been around since 2003. A stunning 3meg high resolution picture of part of the colony is available from ["Users/GrumpyoldGeek"] upon request. It should be noted that He doesn't respond to requests as I've tried. --["Users/StevenDaubert"]

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KevinChin — 2007-08-14 15:08:56

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- * 1 colony on ["Olive Tree Lane"]. ["/2006]" Established 2006]	+ * 1 colony on ["Olive Tree Lane"]. ["/2006" Established 2006]

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StevenDaubert — 2007-08-14 10:22:05

='( grumpy old geek

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- * One colony about 100 yards south of the ["Explorit Science Center"] on the east side of the greenbelt. This colony has been around since 2003. A stunning 3meg high resolution picture of part of the colony is available from ["GrumpyoldGeek"] upon request.	+ * One colony about 100 yards south of the ["Explorit Science Center"] on the east side of the greenbelt. This colony has been around since 2003. A stunning 3meg high resolution picture of part of the colony is available from ["GrumpyoldGeek"] upon request. It should be noted that He doesn't respond to requests as I've tried. --["Users/StevenDaubert"]

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KarlMogel — 2007-04-24 13:17:50

delating dead colony entries, request for confirmation of 3 living colonies

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- - The European honeybee prefers to live in cavities. These can be holes in the sides of trees and stumps, cracks in rock outcroppings, inside of apartment walls, attics, and of course, hive boxes built for them by beekeepers. Some kinds of trees are more likely to provide suitable homes than others, for example, old olive trees tend to have gaps and holes at the base of the trunk, and walnuts can have cavities that develop inside of split trunks and places where branches have broken off.	+ [[Image(apis.jpg, "Hive in front of ["Mrak Hall"], Observed in ["/2006" 2006], Gone as of January 2007", thumbnail, 300, right)]] + The European honeybee prefers to live in cavities. These can be holes in the sides of trees and stumps, cracks in rock outcroppings, inside of apartment walls, attics, and of course, hive boxes built for them by beekeepers. Some kinds of trees are more likely to provide suitable homes than others, for example, old olive trees tend to have gaps and holes at the base of the trunk, and walnuts can have cavities that develop inside of split trunks and places where branches have broken off. Some bee swarms that don't find a suitable cavity may build a free-hanging nest high up in a tree.
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- Also, when you add a colony to the list, check the archive pages below to see if that hive was populated in previous years. Add {{{["/2006]" Established 2006]}}} (or other appropriate year) to read: ["/2006" Established 2006]. This should help everyone understand how long the colony has existed.	+ Also, when you add a colony to the list, check the archive pages below to see if that hive was populated in previous years. Add {{{["/2006" Established 2006]}}} (or other appropriate year) to read: ["/2006" Established 2006]. This should help everyone understand how long the colony has existed.
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- == Feral Bee colonies (17 known) ==	+ == Feral Bee colonies (3 confirmed) ==
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- [[Image(apis.jpg, "Hive in front of ["Mrak Hall"]", thumbnail, right)]] [[Image(BeesMediumRes.jpg, "Hive near ["Explorit Science Center"]", thumbnail, right)]]	+ * F street near 4th, in front of World Savings Bank and the ["Silver Dragon"] restaurant, crack in walnut tree. Was a ["mystery picture"] that was guessed quickly. Small colony. ["/2006" Established 2006] + * 1 colony on ["Olive Tree Lane"]. ["/2006]" Established 2006] + * One colony 2 meters off the ground in a Sycamore tree on C street between 2nd and 3rd. ["/2006" Established 2006]
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- * F street near 4th, in front of World Savings Bank and the ["Silver Dragon"] restaurant, crack in walnut tree. Was a mystery picture that was guessed quickly. Small colony. - * 3rd street between G and H, on the Ace Hardware side, branch hole in tall walnut tree. Very weak colony. - * 6 colonies on ["Olive Tree Lane"], details and pictures to be added later. - * 2 colonies across Hutchison from Hopkins Road, in a row of olive trees, moderate strength. - * 1 colony on Hopkins Road off Hutchison, very strong colony. - * Up in the ["Cork Trees" cork oak] tree that is in Mrak Hall Drive circle. May 2006. (Gone as of Jan 2007). - * One small colony inside of a branch stump of an olive tree on Olive Drive, near the storage unit rental. - * One colony 2 meters off the ground in a Sycamore tree on C street between 2nd and 3rd. - * One colony on ["Russell Blvd."] slightly past ["Oeste Drive"] inside of the base of a tree on the sidewalk (''may be another across the street by the bike circle'') - * One colony about 100 yards south of the ["Explorit Science Center"] on the east side of the greenbelt. This colony has been around for at least 3 years and was badly damaged by vandals last year. It seems to be recovering nicely. A stunning 3meg high resolution picture of part of the colony is available from ["GrumpyoldGeek"] upon request.	+ ==== Unknown status - someone please check on these ==== + [[Image(BeesMediumRes.jpg, "Hive near ["Explorit Science Center"], current status unknown", thumbnail, 300, right)]] + * One colony about 100 yards south of the ["Explorit Science Center"] on the east side of the greenbelt. This colony has been around since 2003. A stunning 3meg high resolution picture of part of the colony is available from ["GrumpyoldGeek"] upon request.

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KarlMogel — 2007-04-24 12:52:43

setting up for archive page

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- Many people in and around Davis keep ["Honeybees"] for crop pollination, honey and wax production, and/or teaching purposes. However, you can find colonies of honeybees trying to make a living on their own out in the wild. Although European honeybees are semi-domesticated and there are several diseases and pests that plague their colonies, they can still survive on their own. Thus, feral colonies of bees can be used to gauge the health of bees and the evolution of resistance to those diseases. Feral bees tend to have weaker colonies than those kept by beekeepers, for a variety of environmental reasons. In Davis, the spring of 2006 has been very good for ["swarms" swarming] bees and feral colonies, and this page will catalogue the feral bee colonies in town.	+ Many people in and around Davis keep ["Honeybees"] for crop pollination, honey and wax production, and/or teaching purposes. However, you can find colonies of honeybees trying to make a living on their own out in the wild. Although European honeybees are semi-domesticated and there are several diseases and pests that plague their colonies, they can still survive on their own. Thus, feral colonies of bees can be used to gauge the health of bees and the evolution of resistance to those diseases. Feral bees tend to have weaker colonies than those kept by beekeepers, for a variety of environmental reasons. In Davis, the spring of 2006 was very good for ["swarms" swarming] bees and feral colonies, which led to the founding of this page to catalogue them. Records such as these may help people make long-term estimates of bee population health, which may be crucial considering the recently discovered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder Colony Collapse Disorder].
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	+ + Also, when you add a colony to the list, check the archive pages below to see if that hive was populated in previous years. Add {{{["/2006]" Established 2006]}}} (or other appropriate year) to read: ["/2006" Established 2006]. This should help everyone understand how long the colony has existed.
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	+ + === Previous years === + Year to year, feral colonies will wax and wane. Sometimes they swarm and spread to new places, or abscond and abandon their nests for bigger cavities. They may also dwindle and die, or get mistakenly sprayed by a human. Because of this, each year we move information about feral colonies found in Davis to archive pages. + + * ["/2006" Feral colonies in 2006]

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MattJurach — 2007-01-05 11:54:24

Hive by Mrak is now gone.

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- * Up in the ["Cork Trees" cork oak] tree that is in Mrak Hall Drive circle. May, 2006.	+ * Up in the ["Cork Trees" cork oak] tree that is in Mrak Hall Drive circle. May 2006. (Gone as of Jan 2007).

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MatthewTom — 2006-10-22 07:55:37

pests like the small hive beetle, and varroa mite are harmful to ferals too

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- Many people in and around Davis keep ["Honeybees"] for crop pollination, honey and wax production, and/or teaching purposes. However, you can find colonies of honeybees trying to make a living on their own out in the wild. Although European honeybees are semi-domesticated and there are several diseases that plague their colonies, they can still survive on their own. Thus, feral colonies of bees can be used to gauge the health of bees and the evolution of resistance to those diseases. Feral bees tend to have weaker colonies than those kept by beekeepers, for a variety of environmental reasons. In Davis, the spring of 2006 has been very good for ["swarms" swarming] bees and feral colonies, and this page will catalogue the feral bee colonies in town.	+ Many people in and around Davis keep ["Honeybees"] for crop pollination, honey and wax production, and/or teaching purposes. However, you can find colonies of honeybees trying to make a living on their own out in the wild. Although European honeybees are semi-domesticated and there are several diseases and pests that plague their colonies, they can still survive on their own. Thus, feral colonies of bees can be used to gauge the health of bees and the evolution of resistance to those diseases. Feral bees tend to have weaker colonies than those kept by beekeepers, for a variety of environmental reasons. In Davis, the spring of 2006 has been very good for ["swarms" swarming] bees and feral colonies, and this page will catalogue the feral bee colonies in town.

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EliSarnat — 2006-10-03 16:43:18

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- Come back here and tell everyone about it, how to find it, and if you can, take a picture. If you can't, someone with a camera will probably go check it out. You can also call the ["City of Davis"], the ["Fire Department"], or the nearest [http://sacramentomidtown.com/sacbeekeeping/sacbeekeeping.shtml beekeeping supply store] and a beekeeper might come out to try to transfer the colony to a hive box. This process is difficult, so not every beekeeper spends the time to do it, although it is recommended that all beekeepers try at least once.	+ Come back here and tell everyone about it, how to find it, and if you can, take a picture. If you can't, someone with a camera will probably go check it out. You can also call the ["Davis Bee Collective"], the ["City of Davis"], the ["Fire Department"], or the nearest [http://sacramentomidtown.com/sacbeekeeping/sacbeekeeping.shtml beekeeping supply store] and a beekeeper might come out to try to transfer the colony to a hive box. This process is difficult, so not every beekeeper spends the time to do it, although it is recommended that all beekeepers try at least once.

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