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What Are Carpenter Bees?

Are Carpenter Bees Dangerous?

Carpenter Bee Damage

Does Killing Carpenter Bees Stop Them?

Carpenter Bee Benefits

How to Ward Off Carpenter Bees

How to Kill Carpenter Bees

If you're finding yourself dodging dive-bombing bees on your way to the back shed, or noticing little round holes dotting your fence or deck, then there's a chance you've got an infestation of carpenter bees.

Unlike honeybees and bumble bees, which live in large colonies, carpenter bees are solitary insects, that mostly live in a small nest of one male, one female, and a few eggs. Unfortunately, those nests are carved into old wood—which sometimes means wood rail

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