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Marthe48

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7. The carpenter bees have guard duty

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:01 AM

Apr 29

We've had them around the house and shed. They have never done more than establish their boundary and I haven't got stung. I usually respect them, but sometimes they set a guard by the door I use, or at the front of the shed and I have to pass them.

If there is only one, it is probably a guard. Hope you don't get swarmed.

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I think I have either a hornet or a bumble bee always hovering around my deck and I wonder why? [View all] CTyankee Apr 29 OP

Carpenter bee? bucolic_frolic Apr 29 #1

sounds like it..... getagrip_already Apr 29 #3

Looks like it. Google said to leave citrus fruit peels out because they hate them. CTyankee Apr 29 #5

Type of bee badgolfer Apr 29 #2

It's probably a carpenter bee Metaphorical Apr 29 #4

Will do. The guy who did the deck for us is still around and I can ask him how old it is now. Probably 4 or 5 years. CTyankee Apr 29 #6

The carpenter bees have guard duty Marthe48 Apr 29 #7

OMG, when would that happen? It would probably kill me... CTyankee Apr 29 #8

I didn't mean to scare you! Marthe48 Apr 29 #12

How can you tell it's a male? Emile Apr 29 #9

I can't. Maybe it's a "she." Whatever.... CTyankee Apr 29 #10

Terrific eyesight! Marthe48 Apr 29 #11

You should look for holes in the wood, especially the eaves nuxvomica Apr 29 #13

Never mind Easterncedar Apr 29 #14

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