If you've noticed large bees buzzing around your deck, siding or other wooden parts of your house, you're likely dealing with a carpenter bee infestation. While these bees may look intimidating and ...

Springtime is here and summer is just around the corner. Although we are welcoming warmer weather and sunshine, there are always some unwelcome guests this time of year. Some bite, some slither, but ...

The shiny-black and yellow carpenter bees contemplating my cedar staircase zoom along a little drunkenly, looking oddly uncoordinated, as if they just passed their flight exam — and then only barely.

a carpenter bee has landed on a yellow flower - Frank Hoensch/Getty Images Most anyone who regularly dines outdoors knows how to keep wasps away with a handy citrus hack, but what about carpenter bees ...

A carpenter bee on decking wood is seen in this file photo. If you’re struggling with one or more of the insects, here’s some tips to get rid of them. CB Strickland Getty Images/iStockphoto If you’ve ...

At my brothers cabin deep in the southern Ohio woods, carpenter bees, known there as wood bees, are a big problem. They look for all-the-world like our big bumble bees, but they drill and burrow into ...

A carpenter bee on decking wood is seen in this file photo. Here’s what to do if you’re finding them tunneling into your Kentucky property this spring and summer. CB Strickland Getty ...

Wood-boring bees, also known as carpenter bees, are right on schedule this spring. These bees can be beneficial by serving as pollinators but can also destroy bare, unpainted soft woods, such as ...

The large carpenter bee is back. And that's bad news, despite its pollination benefits.A common, native bee here, the large carpenter bee looks like a bumblebee, but its rear body section is shiny ...

Many years ago a neighbor approached me with a question about the carpenter bees busily working their way into the trim along his porch. We had never met. He was something of a hermit, but he knew of ...