pic of bee. need ID!

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rubeehaven2

May 21, 2013, 06:07:32 PM
This bee is drilling a hole in the foam insulation on the side of my top bar hive.  Only a foot away from the entrance.  Is it a Bumble bee?  Mason bee?  I guess I need to work on my bee id skills!

Thanks, Rich




Highlander

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May 21, 2013, 06:47:33 PM
Carpenter bee



Cruachan!

Highlander   

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Joe D

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May 21, 2013, 07:28:45 PM
Yeap, I would agree with Highlander.




Joe

dfizer

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May 21, 2013, 10:01:35 PM
Carpenter bee - destructive as hell.  Kill everyone you see!

hardwood

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May 21, 2013, 11:02:20 PM
Build them a nesting site...they're great pollinators!

Scott
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Robo

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May 23, 2013, 03:32:47 PM
Quote from: hardwood on May 21, 2013, 11:02:20 PM
Build them a nesting site...they're great pollinators!

Scott

Entertaining too!
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JWChesnut

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May 23, 2013, 07:04:39 PM
Nice article on using Carpenter Bees for very specialized pollination services.
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2010/927463/

I know these are sometimes hived in "bee Boards" for orchard pollination, much like mason bees and the alfalfa leafcutter bees. 

Get them to nest in a movable material (place your board over where they are already started).  They are very loyal to a location, and the nest slowly expands as a mother/daughter colony.  Drones are foragers too.
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