Thanks for the pic, looks quite similar to the blackbees we've been seeing around here. We live in the woods surrounded mostly by forest and lakes, where the closest known Beek is 5 or more miles away, She has Italians. In fact all the beeks I know w/in 20 miles have Italians.
I've yet to see one of these black girls at any of my hives, but am looking forward to capturing a swarm of them someday.
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