The female carpenter bee is solid black, while the male is commonly known as the “teddy bear bee” because of its fuzzy orange exterior and gold-green eyes. The male does not sting and is ...

Carpenter bees have the ability to store nectar in a pouch near the stomach known as a crop. They're known to "steal" nectar ...

More than 500 species of carpenter bees exist throughout the world and nearly all of them burrow into dead wood to nest and lay their eggs. They don’t actually eat the wood, but chew it up and ...