A human???????

Winnie the Pooh?

Acutally, I might guess raccoons, but it's just a guess.

Sally

Not a human... in my garden very near my home...

Raccoons - do they eat beehives honey and all? Or maybe take the hive somewhere to feast on it?

Got shrews? PJ

Here is a link that might be useful: shrew

sure hope not! would be nice to have more wildlife here in the yard

Skunks, coon, oppossum, people. If the frames are gone, its people.

Daylily, I sorry, but it's not clear to me and I am curious. When you say you had a 'bee hive' do you mean you had one of those white box type of hives that people keep for their bees, or that a bee swarm started a hive of their own making on a tree or in a wall or something, with folds of honey comb, etc.

Of course if it was a box type bee hive it would take humans who knew what they were doing to take it. The entrance to the box would have to be blocked to keep the bees inside. This is usually done at night by bee keepers wanting to move the hive with as many bees inside as possible. Or if moved in the day time the bees would have to be smoked or they would sting anyone attempting to move the box.

If it was a 'wild' bee hive made by a swarm you would think if an animal ate it you would find some residue like honey, larva and pieces of comb.

Most likely a human critter....looking for some pollinators.

PJ and Carol.
Tally HO!

A large wild bee hive - there was nothing more then a little bit of honeycomb left on the branch.

Might have been a human.. they would of had to really want it they would have had to seeing they would of crossed the cactus garden to get it . . that is why I think that it had to be a furry friend.

Well, that certainly is a mystery alright! Did perhaps part of the comb fall down among the cactus unnoticed? Let us know if you figure out what happened.

I have checked and checked again.. still no bees in my yard again...

When we figure it out I will post.

Could the bee man have come & gotten them without telling you he was there?

No it was befor I called him to set up a time... I might call again over there and see just to be sure. It is the most logical move at least.

Are you by chance referring to a large swarm that settled on the limb and built a bit of comb? If so, they moved on by themselves. A swarm will cluster on a convenient limb while the scouts locate a suitable cavity for a hive. Then they may fly another mile or just a few feet to that new hive location. A swarm will usually alight for a few hours to a few days, but then they find a hive and move in.

This was there for two seasons... might they have moved on their own? My son was getting older and playing in the area now... I sure miss them I have to tell you they where the best things in the world for my garden. Everybloom set and seeds galore..

Oh, Daylily! Could it be the mysterious bee problem? How sad to lose them!