Dave, I can assure you and the others who question my entomological acumen that these are honey bees and not yellow jackets. And, despite the fact that no bees are visible, they are still there; it's relatively cold here today and they're staying inside. Every few seconds one can be seen flying into the top of the cavity.
Some of you suggested a "patent gum", as my dad used to call them. As I said, I'd like for the bees to stay and flourish in my woods without my having to put forth much effort. I don't want the honey. A previous colony of these bees had set up housekeeping in a hollow, small dead (rotted) tree. A storm blew the tree down and the colony had to make an emergency relocation. I'm just trying to help them make better choices about where to live.
As for yellow jackets, I'm quite familiar with them. In fact, in the first photo there's a large tree about 75 feet in the background, first large tree to the right of the bee tree. about two months ago I was clearing brush at its base when I "discovered" a yellow jacket nest in the ground there. Ten of those little devils got me before I could get away. I'm old and fat with bad knees, and I'd been thinking I couldn't run anymore. Wrong!
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