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Carpenter Bees are very large bees with shiny black bottoms. These bees burrow into woodwork making tunnels (known as “galleries”), which form the nest. The bees lay eggs in the tunnels, coming and going from the nest, as they collect pollen to feed to the developing larva. Carpenter Bees damage the trim and siding of your homes as they build. Carpenter Bees are a prime food source for Woodpeckers and other birds that chip at wood for insects. After these animals locate a nest they begin digging into the wood to eat the bees, causing even more damage. Most people will notice Carpenter Bees hanging around sections of their home in the spring – particularly males. The males which have a yellow face (Fig1) will buzz bomb you though they are harmless and have no stinger. The males naturally die off by June. They can be annoying but are easily dispatched with a tennis racquet. Although they are not aggressive, it is important to distinguish females from male bees by their black face, because they do sting.

These are the bees we all know, that make the honey we love.

It is difficult to provide a clear way to identify these bees, they are non-descript and resemble other insects including some flies. In general they have a round bottom, they’re bald, and are generally just shy of ½ inch in length. We at Ecotech Pest Control, do not service for Honey Bees. There are two reasons for this. First, honey bees are dangerous, very dangerous when provoked, and need a specialized bee keeper to remove the nest without damaging it. Honey bees are a valued resource, they pollinate everything we eat, and most plants and trees we grow. They need to be preserved. If you have an established nest on your property then please call us and we will put you in contact with a bee keeper, whose job it will be to remove and relocate the nest, to give it a new home.