Notice giant black bees buzzing around your backyard? That could spell trouble for your deck or fence, according to David ...

Carpenter bees are often misidentified as bumble bees because they are both ... Carpenter bees have black heads and smooth abdomens that are black, green, or purple. Each female carpenter bee ...

However, unlike the bumblebee, carpenter bees have a shiny black abdomen in contrast to the bumble bee's yellow, hairy ...

One of these nuisances is the carpenter bee, a species oftentimes confused with the bumblebee ... carpenter bees are usually mainly black and not banded. Bumblebees also tend to have a lot ...

Carpenter bees sometimes are mistaken for bumble bees, which have a similar appearance. A carpenter bee is about ¾ to 1-inch long and nest in excavated tunnels in wood. “An easy way to tell the ...

Carpenter bees have “shiny, iridescent, hairless” abdomens that can reflect blue, black and purple colors ... to ecosystems,” the company says. A bumblebee gathers pollen from lantana ...

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 ...

They look alike but are different in their behavior and appearance. Here's how you can tell: Carpenter bees have shiny, black, hairless abdomens, unlike bumblebees, which have fuzzy abdomens.