END OF A DYNASTY

The Queen bee that originally selected this owl nesting box to start a new hive placed her colony in a stressful environment: the enclosure is too small for a thriving colony*.
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Pictured a few months ago in the top photo, and yesterday in the next two photos (judging from the lack of comb, I suspect wax moths and resulting hive death)
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Brownbird - October 19th
*My opinion, not the Queen's