As we were climbing back out of the Gulch, we spotted this lizard which had been bleeding from a wound on its head. It seemed a little dazed. Just 25' above us under an overhanging shelf on the cliff face, we had also just noticed a killer bee nest - fortunately abandoned. Several wax combs were still hanging out in the open under the shelf, and a couple of others were lying on the gravel at the base of the cliff. As far as I know, the habit of hanging combs out in the open is characteristic of Africanized honey bees. We were glad the hive was no longer active.

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