A new study finds that rising temperatures and intensive land use prove detrimental to bees, making them more vulnerable than ...

You might even see small piles of sawdust beneath before you notice the holes themselves. This is because female carpenter bees don’t actually eat the wood they excavate, like termites might. While it ...

As April winds down, get ready to look for the signs of the slow flying bumble bees that are really carpenter bees that will be drilling holes into your deck and wooden structures. Where was the ...

Wildlife officers peered inside a hole to look for creepy critters lurking inside. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southwest Region on X, formerly known as Twitter Construction crews found creepy ...

One UC Master Gardener, thinking it was a weird-looking pest, crushed it. You've probably seen the female Valley carpenter bee buzzing around the garden or drilling holes in unvarnished wood to make ...

Most carpenter bees spend their time around dead wood. They get their name from being able to dig holes into wood, where they lay their eggs after mating. Most holes are about a half an inch in ...

Last week, we told you about carpenter bees, which are one of the most effective pollinators in in the state. Unfortunately, they can also leave behind holes in your deck when they build their nests.

And that's what the original poster did. Virginia Tech's department of entomology explained that it was most likely a male solitary bee — possibly a mining bee — that had mistaken the larger carpenter ...

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drill hole, lay eggs, die. What Can You Do to Protect Your Home From Carpenter Bees? Unfortunately, you don't have a lot of options here. Carpenter bees will drill into any type of dead wood (like ...