What is a black bee?

Male carpenter bees are solid black and they cannot sting. ... The Identification of carpenter bees are sometimes mistaken as bumblebees however carpenter bees are shiny, with fewer colors, and less fuzzy or less hair. Like the bumblebee, Carpenter bees average one inch in length. read more

A black carpenter bee will most likely nest within the wood of your home while a bumble bee will go underground. If the suspicious bee does in fact go into a wood portion of your home, our Best Bee Trap will help you safely and easily remove the carpenter bees and prevent damage to the wood. read more

Solitary bees tend to be gregarious and often several nests of solitary bees are near each other. In solitary nesting, the founding bee forages, builds cells, lays the eggs, and guards. Normally, only one generation of bees live in the nest. Xylocopa pubescens is one carpenter bee species that can have both social and solitary nests. read more

The European dark bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) is a subspecies of honey bee whose original European range stretched from western Russia through Northern Europe and probably down to the Iberian Peninsula. read more

Social and Solitary Bee species guide. Size, habitat, and regional information on Honeybees, Carpenter bees, Bumble bees, and Stingless bees. read more