How to get rid of them Saturday, June 21, 2025 12:05 am The Valley carpenter bee is the most common kind of carpenter bee. (Renée C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee/TNS) ...

A female carpenter bee can chew a hole measuring up to three-quarters of an inch in diameter and 10 inches deep, Headrick said, and each hole can lead to a veritable warren of interconnected ...

Like carpenter bees, bumblebees are effective pollinators. Here’s what they come out in NC and how to tell them apart from each other and whether they sting.

A determined carpenter bee can still burrow into painted, stained, and even pressure-treated wood under certain conditions, so you may want to try other preventive measures alongside them.

Like carpenter bees, bumblebees are effective pollinators. Here’s what they come out in NC and how to tell them apart from each other and whether they sting.

These tunnels can be found in trees, picnic tables, decks or even on your porch. Pollen clings to a Carpenter Bee on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Raleigh. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com ...

Bee Trap You can purchase a carpenter bee trap—a wooden box with 1/2-inch holes with a glass bottle attached to the bottom. The trap should be hung near a spot where you see activity.

The carpenter bee is native to the United States, said Raymond Cloyd, Ph.D. and an entomology professor at Kansas State University, and the adults usually come out in the months of April and May.

A female carpenter bee can chew a hole measuring up to three-quarters of an inch in diameter and 10 inches deep, Headrick said, and each hole can lead to a veritable warren of interconnected ...

These tunnels can be found in trees, picnic tables, decks or even on your porch. Pollen clings to a Carpenter Bee on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Raleigh. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com ...