Four of the honeycombs in the cavity, which was accessed (after the Africanized bees were exterminated, sorry) by cutting a hole in the interior wall of the garage.
Closer view of stacked honeycombs once removed from the cavity: dark spots are pollen, golden spots are honey, lighter spots are empty cells, and white masses at broken edges are bee larvae.
Closer view of honeycomb with pollen and honey (and a couple doomed bees). Billie kept a large honeycomb to show her class, and my daughters each took a part of the empty honeycomb to share in school, as well.
A bee removal specialist holds a honey-saturated honeycomb from our garage wall.
Taking a closer look at the honeycombs once removed from the cavity. On the floor behind the bag is the cavity-side of the piece of drywall cut to access the colony.
Measuring the cavity's dimensions once all the honeycombs and dead bees have been removed. There is a small gap at the lower left corner of the diagonal piece of wood. That's where the bees came in.
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