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 ...

Carpenter bees look a little like bumblebees, but that is where the similarities end. Bumblebees do not create their own nests, so they do not cause structural damage. In contrast, carpenter bees bore ...

Claim to fame: These large insects are commonly seen flying around backyard decks, old lumber piles and wood railings across the Ozarks. Although the human fear factor for these bumblebee look-alikes ...

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 bodies, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wirestock / Getty Images Carpenter bees cause damage to untreated wood by making holes where they live and nest. Use insecticides, ...

This study is a comparative treatment of the behavior and environmental adaptations of two species of carpenter bees, Xylocopa sulcatipes Maa and X. pubescens Spinola, in Israel. Xylocopa sulcatipes ...