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If you see holes in your deck, you can take a closer look to see if carpenter bees were behind them — but don’t get too close ...
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 are ...
Spring is here, which means those giant bees buzzing around are back — and that could spell trouble for your porch or deck. The insects you’re seeing are carpenter bees, which are large bees ...
Spring is here, which means those giant bees buzzing around are back — and that could spell trouble for your porch or deck. The bees are effective pollinators, but the holes they leave behind ...
These large black bees hover around the outside of homes, buildings, sheds, barns, and decks. They are searching for mates and favorable sites to construct their nests.
Carpenter bees are indeed different from their cousins, the honeybee and bumblebee. They are, of course, the only bee with an affinity for wood, there are some other key differences as well. Nesting: ...
Quite a number of folks have called me during the last week or two about large black bees (that resemble bumblebees) hovering ...
Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...