The small photo right is a view of the lower part of the slit in the tree above where countless honey bees were doing their thing--naturally; creating a honeycomb full of that marvelous, yummy, product that will sustain the hive during the winter ahead.
We had just found a geocache hidden in another tree immediately adjacent to this hive when lots of flying bee activity directed my attention to the swarm's location.
We paid the activity careful attention while we signed the geocache's log and returned it to its hide, did a wee bit of photo work then left the bees to their honey-making/storing activity.
Meanwhile, we noticed the white slab seemingly appended to the lower left of the hive tree. That evidently was the top of a tombstone which the tree had grown around, moving the top portion of the grave marker upward with the tree's growth.
We did not examine the stone's remainder closely in wise deference to the bee activity which, through that point, was tolerant of our presence.
This cemetery was in Union County, northwest of Columbus.
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