Carpenter Bees
Carpenter bees are solitary bees. They look something like a large bumblebee but their abdomens are black and shiny. They build nests just for 
themselves and only to feed their young. They get their name from their ability to drill through wood. Carpenter bee stingers are not barbed so they are able to sting multiple times. Carpenter bees bore through soft woods to lay eggs and protect their larvae as they develop. Female carpenter bees will chew a tunnel into a piece of wood to build a nest gallery. They frequently choose the fascia or siding of homes for their nests, leaving visible pencil-sized holes. The bits of wood chewed and deposited outside the nest are called “frass” and is a telltale sign of either a carpenter ant or carpenter bee infestation. The tunnel openings look shallow, but these bees are capable of building tunnels 10 feet long with several rooms to hold their eggs and food. Carpenter bees, like carpenter ants, are wood-boring insects not wood-consuming insects like termites. Nevertheless, if left untreated they are capable of causing significant damage. Carpenter bees can drill into almost any wood, but prefer bare wood, so painting and staining can sometimes deter them. Their nests can be hard to reach and a pest control professional should be contacted to help
You can read more about us and about our company history. See why you should choose Cowley's. We offer customers help with residential pest control, commercial pest control, residential termite management, and offer other additional services. We help customers exterminate bed bugs, termites, wood destroying insects, beetles, carpenter bees, ants, rodents, ticks, stinkbugs, and offer bird control and nuisance wildlife services.
