After a short period of activity during the late summer, the bees return to shelter in their nest until the following spring when the life cycle starts over again. A carpenter bee sting is about ...

The issue with carpenter bees is that they like to build nests in dry wood, and if your house is made of wood, it’s attractive to female bees looking for a place to start a nest. Once the female ...

Description: A large, stout, noisy insect, the carpenter bee spooks most ... Each egg is huge, so as to give the young bee the best possible start in life. The plump larvae are cared for by ...

It’s a jungle out there. Paul and Nancy Svenson Fremont DEAR PAUL AND NANCY: This isn’t the expected life cycle of carpenter bees. I suspect someone in your area has been using a strong pesticide.