Here’s how to discourage carpenter bees from making their homes in yours. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Gardeners know pollinators are essential, especially those industrious bees buzzing ...

The insects you’re seeing are carpenter bees, which are large bees with shiny black tails, according to the NC State Extension. They have powerful jaws that they use to burrow i ...

These large black bees hover around the outside of homes, buildings, sheds, barns, and decks. They are searching for mates and favorable sites to construct their nests.