Bumble Bees

[Grumpy]

If I may ...

Got a picture. @NextJen, @RoseRed, @spr1975wshs. Tried many times. Found out phones just don't focus too well, fast.

Here's a fresh coming out. Hasn't flown yet. Actually he's upside down, I just flipped for ya.
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He's a flying. Must have been a bee-zy morning. He was a zigging and a zagging. Wouldn't stay in one spot long enough many times.


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Did you know?...white faced bumble bees can't sting you..

 

[PrchJrkr]

We used to have exposed wooden fascia and those things would bore through latex paint and tunnel into the board. I worked a deal with my buddy for my '65 Impala. I got some $$ and vinyl siding/soffit and aluminum wrapped fascia out of it. Take that Mr. Bee!

 

[Ken King]

If I may ...

Nope!

They are actually nesting in old unused wood. Kinda like a bumble bee sanctuary. I keep a old wood around for this purpose, so they are around to pollinate for me.

Maybe you have bumble bees but the ones out here are carpenter bees, different critters. Easiest way to tell is the smooth shiny belly (CB). What you call nesting I call destruction as they bore in to any exposed wood to drop off their eggs. As the eggs become larvae they chew their way out calling birds to come around looking for a meal. So not only do you have the CB problem but bird crap too!

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Nope!

Maybe you have bumble bees but the ones out here are carpenter bees, different critters. Easiest way to tell is the smooth shiny belly (CB). What you call nesting I call destruction as they bore in to any exposed wood to drop off their eggs. As the eggs become larvae they chew their way out calling birds to come around looking for a meal. So not only do you have the CB problem but bird crap too!

Don't forget woodpeckers making holes to eat the larva.

 

[1stGenSMIB]

My cousin up in Balmer said he fills the holes with Liquid Nails. I am all over as many pollinators as we can get, but not boring into my house!!

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

Nope!

Maybe you have bumble bees but the ones out here are carpenter bees, different critters. Easiest way to tell is the smooth shiny belly (CB). What you call nesting I call destruction as they bore in to any exposed wood to drop off their eggs. As the eggs become larvae they chew their way out calling birds to come around looking for a meal. So not only do you have the CB problem but bird crap too!

I call them bumble bees, because they bumble about chasing each other so much, but they are carpenter bees. My house's wood, soffits, fascia, etc., is completely covered and flashed. They ain't getting any meals off my house. And birds? I have feeders everywhere.