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  2. Carpenter bee - Wikipedia

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    Carpenter bees can be timber pests, and cause substantial damage to wood if infestations go undetected for several years. [12] Two very different mating systems appear to be common in carpenter bees, and often this can be determined simply by examining specimens of the males of any given species. Species in which the males have large eyes are ...

  3. Ceratina calcarata - Wikipedia

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    Females typically make their nests from small stems and broken twigs; [11] for example, wild carrot, also known as Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) [16] and the multifloral rose (Rosa multiflora). [9] C. calcarata mothers pick both sunny and shady sites to build their nests but typically prefer sunnier areas.

  4. Ceratina cyanea - Wikipedia

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    The blue carpenter bees fly from mid-March to mid-October, [5] collecting pollen at various families of plants, especially knapweed , yellow composites and Lotus . [ 6 ] Females dig the nest extracting the soft tissue that fills the cavities of the vertical or slanted dry plant stems and small branches, [ 7 ] [ 6 ] such as thistles ...

  5. Xylocopa frontalis - Wikipedia

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    X. frontalis is part of a group of solitary bees called carpenter bees. X. frontalis is vital in the pollination of wild and cultivated large flowering plants. [1] X. frontalis choose their nesting places very carefully. A study was done to see how X. frontalis chose their nesting sites. They found that the nesting substrates and nesting sites ...

  6. Ceratina - Wikipedia

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    The cosmopolitan bee genus Ceratina, often referred to as small carpenter bees, [1] is the sole lineage of the tribe Ceratinini, and is not closely related to the more familiar carpenter bees. The genus presently contains over 300 species in 23 subgenera. [ 2 ]

  7. Here’s How To Get Rid of Carpenter Bees Once and for All - AOL

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    How to identify carpenter bees? 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 ...

  8. How to Get Rid of Carpenter Bees the Right Way ... - AOL

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    “The carpenter bee is a solitary insect that makes nests in wood cavities,” says Daniel Baldwin, a board-certified entomologist at Hawx Pest Control. Bumblebees, on the other hand, are a ...

  9. Eastern carpenter bee - Wikipedia

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    When males patrolling the entrance of a nest are confronted with either dead or living Eastern carpenter bees suspended from a thread and dangled within the male's territory, the male does not respond when the bee is suspended and motionless, whether it is living or dead—even though X. virginica are capable of recognizing other individuals of ...