Another difference between carpenter and bumblebees is their behavior. “The carpenter bee is a solitary insect that makes nests in wood cavities,” says Daniel Baldwin, a board-certified ...

Carpenter bees, like many other backyard pests, don’t like strong scents, so an essential oil spray is an easy way to keep carpenter bees away from your home. To create an essential oil spray ...

Q: When we recently replaced the windows in our 1969 home, we removed the dilapidated wooden shutters. (Bats were roosting ...

Nobody wants wasps hovering over them -- or worse, finding their way into your home. While using salt can kill them, there's ...

The University of Georgia’s Bee Program, located at the UGA horticulture farm, is home to UGA’s Bee Lab and research center.

Do you wonder if you can do pest control yourself? Our experts weigh in on when it's ok to take a DIY approach and when you ...

The carpenter bee, for example, is typically the biggest solitary bee, and it burrows into wood to create nests. Wasps are another common insect that’s easily confused with bees. Both have ...

The artistic assemblage of 43 habitat boxes hosts dozens of species of local pollinating insects, from the carpenter bee and golden soldier beetle to ... Assigned a specific insect as their client, ...

We are doing several things for certain groups of bees, carpenter bees, bumble bees, mining bees, leaf-cutting bees and mason bees," said Virginia Scott, the museum's insect collection manager. A new ...