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dorsata) at mid-to-high elevations may be due to habitat suitability rather than elevation effects because these bees require a forested habitat with high trees, whereas blue
carpenter bees tend to be abundant in cool environments.
Large
carpenter bees (Xylocopa) excavate their nest tunnels in soft wood such as redwood arbors or fences, and small
carpenter bees (Ceratina) use pithy stems such as elderberry or old sunflower stalks.
Mr Else said there had been sightings of
carpenter bees in southern England and he was sure the bees are capable of flying across the English Channel.
Carpenter bees (Xylocopini) of the right size are found in many of the countries in which Passiflora is cultivated (Mardan et al., 1991; Macfarlane, 1995b).
Temperature regulation of
carpenter bees (Xylocopa californica) foraging in the Colorado Desert of southern California.
As you might know, my dear wife has offered her solution to the
carpenter bee problem.
Other beneficial insects commonly found in the landscape include all bee-type insects that pollinate flowers, including the aggressive-but-harmless
carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica).
If you spot a large bee buzzing around your home that looks like a shiny bumblebee without its fuzz, it's probably a
carpenter bee. These are some of the largest bee species and have a blue-black, green or purple metallic sheen.
Richardson, of the University of Arizona in Tucson, monitored visitors to the showy white blooms and found that a plump
carpenter bee quickly turns to robbery.
"One bee we're studying for pollinating tomato plants is an Arizona native called a giant
carpenter bee. It performs buzz pollination by curling its body around the pollen-beating anthers," Buchmann says.
Nesting biology of an Oriental
carpenter bee, Xylocopa [Biluna) nasalis Westwood, 1838, in Thailand (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae).