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Be Like A Bee Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

OReviewer: As there's been no cache to find for a long time, I'm archiving it to keep it from showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

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Hidden : 8/23/2005
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Unlike geocachers who carry an expensive electronic gadget, the simple honeybee has an elegant system to find a cache (of flowers that is!). To find this cache, you'll have to research the honeybee's complex mode of communication.

Barbara is a busy Bee. She lives in the hive at the posted coordinates. Early in the morning, I tempted her with some sugar water placed next to the cache container. At noon she came back to the hive with a full belly. I asked her where the cache was and this is what she told me:

Barbara The Bee's Waggle Dance - AVI Format, 7.1MB
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Counting her waggles with a millisecond stopwatch is a little hard to do from a web-based video so I'll have to tell you that the cache is about 240 meters from the hive.

It is a full size ammo can hidden inside a standing but rotting tree. It is covered with bark. Please recover it well as it is fairly close to the path.

About the Park

Harriton House, its gardens and paths are owned by Lower Merion Township. Maintenance of the property is performed by The Harriton Association, a non-profit community organization.

Until 1927 the house was a private residence. The adjoining lands held an active dairy which distributed milk throughout Philadelphia and the Main Line.

A tour of the house and structures is available Saturday through Wednesday between 10am and 4pm for $3.00. Use of the grounds is permitted from dawn to dusk.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

orr syrkvoyr jvgu lbhe thrffgvzngrf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)