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Searching the soil, we finally find a small pile of dirt with a 1 cm diameter hole in the middle - the entrance and the dirt newly excavated in construction of cells. Sitting patiently by the hole before dawn, too dark to see, a loud buzz announces the arrival of the owner, here just to the right of the entrance hole.
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