carpenter bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:45:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 carpenter bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Identifying Different Types of Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:41:18 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=5173 With over 4,000 species of native bees in North America, many people understandably have trouble identifying one from the other. What’s more, curious naturalists often mistake other types of pollinators for bees. It’s easy to confuse a fly or a wasp with a bee because they all share similar coloring and markings. So, how can […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/feed/ 0 Nature’s Way of Overwintering Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/natures-way-of-overwintering-bees-zbwz1809zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/natures-way-of-overwintering-bees-zbwz1809zsau/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:26:25 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4099 The garden is starting to dwindle. The other morning I woke as the sun was coming up and, I couldn’t tell for sure, but it looked as though we had a bit of frost on the north side of the lawn. The tomato plants are turning black and there are dots of gold and red […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/natures-way-of-overwintering-bees-zbwz1809zsau/feed/ 4 Carpenter Bees: The Harmless Garden Pollinators https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/carpenter-bees-the-harmless-garden-pollinators-zbwz1802zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/carpenter-bees-the-harmless-garden-pollinators-zbwz1802zsau/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2018 07:32:09 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3792 Bees are one of the most important insects to us. Not only are they great garden pollinators, they maintain biological balance and recycle soil nutrients. Learn all about bees — from their appearance to the many unknown North American Species in Bees, Wasps, and Ants (Timber Press, 2010) by Eric Grissell. The following excerpt was taken from […]

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