It was fascinating to watch her squeeze herself in to the seemingly much-too-narrow tube. This guide gives information for identifying 10 major groups of bees commonly observed in Arizona including key characters, sizes (in mm), nesting habits, floral preferences, and distinctive behaviors. I’ve also watched one take over much of the bamboo-tube accommodation provided by a bee-hotel. In a natural habitat they will often choose a fallen tree trunk or a standing tree that has parts beginning to soften with decay.īut they’re happy to utilise the facilities we provide too – a friend had one queen that tunnelled into a wooden door on an outhouse and did quite a bit of damage, although being an old door it may well have been starting to decay beneath the paint, giving her easy access. Each egg will be provided with pollen on which to eat when it hatches. The name ‘carpenter bee’ is due to their tunnelling into dead wood in order to lay their eggs the female uses her mandibles to chew into the wood, creating tunnels into which she will lay up to 15 eggs. Either the insect is equipped with a toxic bite or sting or it will taste particularly. The males pursue females that they wish to mate with and at that time will also chase off other males that may be in competition. Black and yellow stripes on insects often indicate one of two things.
The male does not have the ability to sting, and as is the case with most species of bee, the female will only sting as a means of self-defence. Violet Carpenter Bees take nectar from a wide variety of flower speciesĭespite their size the bees are not aggressive and their mission in life is simply to collect nectar and pollen from flowers.
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