Even professional apiarists confuse carpenter bees and bumblebees. Nevertheless, there are clues novice bee enthusiasts can ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

Here are the most dangerous bees in the world: the Africanised honey bee · European hornet · Bald-faced hornet · Paper wasp · ...

A bumble bee circles overhead, then quickly drops altitude and zooms headfirst into a foxglove beardtongue, jubilantly buzz ...

Although pest control companies offer lethal solutions such as carpenter bee traps or chemical treatments, the best way to ...

A common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens ... scientists hope we can help give bees a fighting chance. A carpenter bee covered in pollen of a viburnum. Planting native flowers such as ...

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 ...

These nymphs are black with white spots and could ... They are the largest bee native to the U.S. along with bumble bee queens. Male carpenter bees can be most alarming due to their erratic ...

Carpenter bees resemble bumble bees, but the upper surface of their abdomen is bare and shiny black; bumble bees have a hairy abdomen with at least some yellow markings. Despite their similar ...

From personal observation and talking with others, it seems to be a good year for carpenter bees, as there are plenty of them. Usually when I get asked about them it’s how to get rid of them.

You see them on flowers. You see them on your soda can. You feared them when you saw them in your classroom as a child. They're bees, and every spring you see them everywhere. Here's what you ...

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 ...