There are approximately 25,000 kinds of bees in the World with about 4,000 in North America. Bees, together with many other kinds of insects, are important pollinators. Bumble bees and carpenter bees ...

Carpenter bees sound like industrious creatures, but trust us—you don’t want these “helpers” anywhere near your home. While pollinators are important to the ecosystem, carpenter bees are destructive ...

Carpenter bees have emerged in Alabama, sending property owners into defense mode. These extra-large pollinators may seem intimidating. Unfortunately, they are intimidating because their primary ...

The carpenter bee, pictured here, is sometimes mistaken for a bumble bee. Vicky McMillan Special to The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette Springtime is here and summer is just around the corner.

Many years ago a neighbor approached me with a question about the carpenter bees busily working their way into the trim along his porch. We had never met. He was something of a hermit, but he knew of ...

One of the amusements a garden can provide is watching the birds, bees, butterflies and other critters drawn to it. Most of us have seen honeybees flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar or ...

It's no secret that you can't have a vibrant garden without pollinators, like butterflies and hummingbirds, but that doesn't mean we can't have our qualms about those hole-boring bees in our backyards ...

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UC Davis scientists publish new research that shows gut bacteria of two carpenter bee species are more similar to social bees like honey bees and bumble bees than to solitary bees, even to closely ...

Carpenter bees have emerged for the season across some parts of the U.S. sending property owners into defense mode. These extra-large pollinators may seem intimidating. Unfortunately, they are ...