Carpenter Bee
Carpenter Bee
Color: black, with a metallic sheen
Size: ¾ – 1 inch
Feeding & Habits: solitary insects that do not form colonies. Male and female carpenter bees over winter as adults within their old nest gallery. Adults emerge in the spring (April and early May) and mate. Females excavate a clean-cut, round nest entrance hole on the lateral surface of wood in exposed or unexposed locations. Feeds on pollen and nectar.
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