Kind of funny that black widows are hanging out in the handles of
beehives. I guess it makes lunch easy to find!
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On 10/10/15, 1:07 PM, "olympus on behalf of David Thatcher"
<olympus-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf
of plusphoto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 09:29:46AM -0500, Dean Hansen wrote:
>> Another non-Minnesota critter that was very common down there was the
>> black widow spider. They liked to hide in the hand-holds cut into the
>> sides and ends of the bee boxes, and one had to be, well, kinda careful
>> before picking up a hive body.
>
>Down under, one does not just pick up a bucket, a plant pot, or anything
>with a 'pocket handle' without taking a good look inside first...
>Funnel-webs or redback spiders (close relatives of the BW) just love to
>have their morning tea in these spaces... :)
>
>davidt
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