SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -While honey bees nest in trees and bumble bees nest in the ground, carpenter bees nest in wood. Most carpenter bees spend their time around dead wood. They get their name ...

You can identify a carpenter bee’s nest by the sawdust around or below it. [Related: City gardens are abuzz with imperiled native bees] The bees themselves are generally larger than bumblebees, ...

Carpenter Bee Nests and Potential Damage The issue with carpenter bees is that they like to build nests in dry wood, and if your house is made of wood, it’s attractive to female bees looking for ...

Carpenter bees are good pollinators, and naturally nest in dead trees and wood piles. However, they live in close proximity to humans and can cause extensive damage to wood structures.

If you’ve discovered that carpenter bees have made themselves at home in your home, you may want to encourage them to nest elsewhere—without harming them, and, in turn, the local ecosystem ...

Carpenter bees are also different from bumble bees in that they nest in trees and wooden structures instead of in the ground. That's what makes them a nuisance.

Xyloxop micans Lepeletier, as the large carpenter bee is known scientifically, is one of more than 500 species worldwide. Almost all members of this genus build their nests by burrowing into dead wood ...

Carpenter bees are buzzing busily this time of year in North Carolina, coming out of their nests to mate and pollinate — and drill holes in our porches and decks to make next year’s habitat.

Carpenter bees closely resemble bumble bees but have bare, shiny black abdomens. Bumble bees have hairy abdomens with at least some yellow markings. Bumble bees nest in the ground, while ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -While honey bees nest in trees and bumble bees nest in the ground, carpenter bees nest in wood. Most carpenter bees spend their time around dead wood.

Carpenter bees bore round holes into wood siding and rails. Here's how to identify them and keep them from doing serious damage. It’s easy to confuse carpenter bees with bumblebees, since both ...