Carpenter bees are one of the common pollinators you might see in your backyard along with honeybees, bumblebees, and butterflies. While carpenter bees are unlikely to sting and are actually kind of ...

You can see them out gathering pollen sometimes, on a warm sunny winter day. It helps if you have some nectar and pollen plants. Recently I was at a local nursery and saw a table full of Gaillardia.