Carpenter bees are roughly a similar size to bumblebees ... using their mandibles, or mouth parts. With the male guarding the hole, the female makes multiple trips to provision the end of a ...

Carpenter bees spend the winter as adults within their old nest tunnels. After emerging in spring, adults mate, and females begin excavating a gallery with their mandibles (mouthparts) at the rate ...

Carpenter bees spend the winter as adults within their old nest tunnels. After emerging in spring, adults mate and females begin excavating a gallery with their mandibles (mouthparts) at the rate ...

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 ...

Description: A large, stout, noisy insect, the carpenter bee spooks most people when they see one. It should not spook any reader of this column, though: the bees are mostly harmless. In fact ...

There is a tiny species of carpenter bees known as the spurred ceratina (Ceratina calcarata) that behaves unlike any other known species of bee. With their elongated and shiny bluish-black ...

A carpenter bee on decking wood is seen in this file photo. Here’s what to do if you’re finding them tunneling into your Kentucky property this spring and summer. CB Strickland Getty Images ...