We camped in Borrego Springs for Thanksgiving week. While hiking Palm Canyon we observed something strange in those rocks, can you identify?
sanquintinsince73 - 12-7-2011 at 09:53 AM
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Originally posted by tripledigitken
We camped in Borrego Springs for Thanksgiving week. While hiking Palm Canyon we observed something strange in those rocks, can you identify?
Kelp??wessongroup - 12-7-2011 at 10:05 AM
Not much to go on ... how about ... fungi for a guess ... somehow those structures are familiar in some way ...
Thanks for the brain teaser ... get the cobwebs moved around a little this morning ... David K - 12-7-2011 at 10:06 AM
Honey combs from killer bees?tripledigitken - 12-7-2011 at 10:19 AM
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Originally posted by David K
Honey combs from killer bees?
Honey combs yes, what type of bees can't say. Here's a close up view. This is the first hive I've seen in rocks and exposed to the extent this is.
BajaRat - 12-7-2011 at 10:21 AM
Was the cave a southern exposureKaceyJ - 12-7-2011 at 10:31 AM
Did you see any bees flying in and out Ken?
Usually critters and moths make short work of a dead colony which this does not appear to be.tripledigitken - 12-7-2011 at 10:36 AM
Yes, it was a southern exposure. Yes, there were bees around at a distance, but none that I could see at the hives. This hive was about 150' away up
the canyon wall, (photos were taken with a telephoto).
It would have been tasty honey as there was lavender and mesquite very close!
Kenwatizname - 12-7-2011 at 10:39 AM
Look out. I've been told that bees that make their hives in the ground are for sure Africanized.Iflyfish - 12-7-2011 at 11:11 AM
I love postings like this, fascinating! Some of the very best honey I have ever tasted is in the Baja. I stop at those roadside stands each trip and
load up. Honey in the US is mostly diluted now with corn syrup etc. and imported from China. Huge business and hard to track. There is no pollen in
the honey to track its source, hense its purity. This stuff is a real treasure, if you haven't tried it, do yourself a favor!
Iflyfishwessongroup - 12-7-2011 at 03:46 PM
"Comb's" ... knew I'd seen something like that some place... thanks a good one
And Ditto's on the Baja honey ...DianaT - 12-7-2011 at 07:55 PM
