These nuisance bees are important pollinators.

While bumble bees are a great addition to gardens, carpenter bees are uninvited intruders that can cause some real damage, so handle them quickly with this tip.

Carpenter bees are pollinators that can cause structural damage by boring into untreated or weathered wood on a home's exterior. Homeowners can deter carpenter bees by painting or staining exposed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring temperatures may be drawing you outside, bringing you face-to-face with buzzing creatures. Carpenter bees are known for ...

You’ll know you have carpenter bees from the seemingly perfect ½-inch holes dotting your decking or porch along with small piles of sawdust nearby. The females chew the wood to form tunnels for laying ...

Gardeners know pollinators are essential, especially those industrious bees buzzing tirelessly in and out of squash blossoms and trumpet vines. But one kind of bee may wear your patience thin if ...

Notice giant black bees buzzing around your backyard? That could spell trouble for your deck or fence, according to David Headrick, Cal Poly professor emeritus of entomology and pest management. Those ...

Spring is here, which means those giant bees buzzing around are back — and that could spell trouble for your porch or deck. The insects you’re seeing are carpenter bees, which are large bees with ...