Eastern Carpenter Bee
Characteristics: Though is looks like a Bumble Bee, the Carpenter Bee does not have a fuzzy abdomen.
Females bore into wood, like a carpenter, making holes as large as their bodies and deposit their eggs and a food supply inside.
They can be found in parks, garden and woods.
They feed on flower nectar, sometimes eating through stems to get it.
They hibernate during the winter.
General Adult Size (Length):
20mm to 25mm
(0.79in to 0.98in)
Identifying Colors: black; yellow
North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska
Category: Bee, Ant, Wasp and Similar
Common Name: Eastern Carpenter Bee
Scientific Name: (Xylocopa virginica)
 Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Xylocopa
Species: virginica
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