Carpenter bees

Understanding carpenter bees

Understanding carpenter bees

Carpenter bees are large, black, and somewhat fuzzy bees usually hanging around your home. They are justly named because they drill holes in wood to have a place for their eggs. What are carpenter bees? Carpenter bees are large, shiny, black, and yellow bees. You will...

When is bee season?

When is bee season?

Bee season begins when nature sends a friendly greeting with warmer temperatures and blooming flowers and bushes. After a long winter hibernation, the pollination process begins. Some bees are more active in the spring, preferring abundant flowering plants. Bees play...

Is that a bee drilling a hole in my fence post?

Is that a bee drilling a hole in my fence post?

If you see precisely created round holes and bees buzzing about, then you have carpenter bees. Why are they called carpenter bees? This species is called carpenter bees because of how they quarry precision sized holes into softer, dead but not decaying wood. They...

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