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PhntoKraph by Grover Mobley 

 A RUNAWAY SWARM BUILT THIS HONEYCOMB SKYSCRAPER 



If a beekeeper isn't on hand to capture a swarm as it issues, the whole group, after clustering, 

 may make a "bee line" for a hollow tree, a vacated woodpecker nest, or even a rocky cavity in the 

 earth (see illustration, page 406, and text, page 412). This colony chose the space between the inner 

 and outer walls of a building in Garden City, Kansas, which they occupied until ejected by the State 

 Bee Inspector, who stands at the right. 



