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  2. Here’s How To Get Rid of Carpenter Bees Once and for All - AOL

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    How to identify carpenter bees? Carpenter bees sometimes are mistaken for bumble bees, which have a similar appearance. A carpenter bee is about ¾ to 1-inch long and nest in excavated tunnels in ...

  3. Carpenter bee - Wikipedia

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    Carpenter bees are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae.The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera. [1] The common name "carpenter bee" derives from their nesting behavior; nearly all species burrow into hard plant material such as dead wood or bamboo.

  4. Eastern carpenter bee - Wikipedia

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    The primary difference in the appearances of a bumblebee and X. virginica is the conspicuously shining black abdomen.. X. virginica belongs to the genus Xylocopa, which consists of over 400 species worldwide, [7] in the subgenus Xylocopoides, which contains only five New World species, including Xylocopa californica, which also occurs in the U.S.

  5. Bumblebee - Wikipedia

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    A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini , though a few extinct related genera (e.g., Calyptapis ) are known from fossils .

  6. Bombus pensylvanicus - Wikipedia

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    The bee lives for about two weeks before dying. The fly then pupates and spends the winter inside the bee, fully developed, before it emerges the following year. Bombus pensylvanicus is host to one "cuckoo" bumble bee species, B. variabilis. [7] Hibernating queen bumble bees are parasitized by a nematode worm, Sphaerularia bombi. This parasite ...

  7. Characteristics of common wasps and bees - Wikipedia

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    Barbed. Kills bee; [g] continues pumping. Smooth; can repeat. Retracts. Sting Pain [3] 2 2 1.5–3 depending on species 2 (Vespula pensylvanica) 2 2.x 4.0+ [4] [failed verification] Lights Not attracted to lights at night unless nest is disturbed, or light is placed near hive, or bee is sick. [5] Attracted to lights at night [6] [7] Lives in

  8. File:Carpenterbee.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. Bumblebee fish - Wikipedia

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    The bumblebee fish (Brachygobius xanthozonus) is a species of fresh and brackish water goby native to Thailand and Indonesia. This species can reach a length of 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in) SL [ 2 ] and is found in lower parts of rivers, coastal areas, mangroves and highly vegetated areas.