Bees are fascinating little creatures that provide the world with sweet honey, helps the flowers pollinate and keep them alive, and stings us whenever we manage to irritate them. What is more fascinating is that there are a lot of different kinds and species of bees. Each of which possesses unique functions as well as unique capabilities. One of the most fascinating bees of them all, are known as the wood boring bees or simply known as carpenter bees. These bees are similar to human builders and carpenters since they build one of the most fortified and secure nests and this is because, like human carpenters, these carpenter bees utilizes the same material us humans use like, dead wood, strong bamboo, and even something very hard like timber. Of course, they could not use cement obviously.
These wood boring bees look just like a regular everyday bumblebee and are often mistaken for one. However, they are not and they have their own species. They belong to the subfamily Xylocopinae and within the Xylocopa genus. You can easily distinguish a carpenter bee from a bumblebee simply through the fact that it does not have any stripes at all.
Their big and scary look made the populace that resides on areas with this species of bees often want to get rid of them before anything else as with any other bee. The only thing that these bees do that is a danger for your home, especially if it is made out of wood, they bore through the wood that in time if not prevented may end in a problematic situation that may destroy your home.
Indeed wood boring bees do sting. But only the female bees of its kind have stings. But you’re in luck since they only sting if you somehow disturb them or dare to catch them with your hands. Its very best and important that you avoid getting stung by such bees as their stings are known as one of the most painful stings there are and may cause swelling and other complications.
The wood boring bees are one of nature’s wonders at the same time one of man’s pests. Removing them from your home will protect your home, yourself, and your family. But always keep in mind that they do this just to survive and at least we could do is try to relocate them than kill them.