Have you seen yellow bees around your home? Most of the people have seen these bees but the black bee is different from common yellow bees. If you have not seen these bees then you are just in the right place because it is an alarming post for you.
If you have seen these bees and want to know more about them you just need to stay with me because I am going to discuss in details.
Are you looking for other insects? You have to visit my previous articles because I have discussed a lot about different types of insects like crickets, gnats, flies, termites, mosquitoes, etc.
In this article, I will discuss the black bees, types of black bees, habits of black bees, damages caused by the black bees and the benefit of the black bees. I hope you will find useful information on this website.
Black Bee
Basically, black bees are also known as carpenter bees and they are similar to carpenter ants. The term black bee is not only used for the one type of bee. It indicates the different types or species of bees.
In color, some bees are completely black. Some have shades of black color so these all types of bees are known as black bees. The black bee is more popular bee than other ones because it has specific types of habits, behavior, and appearance. The most parts of their bodies are black that is why they are known as black bees.
Types of Black Bees
There are different types of black bees. Some are carpenter bees and some are non-carpenter bees. The big number of species of carpenter bees are similar but if we look closely, we can find a yellow shade behind the neck of the bee but we cannot identify this yellow color from a distance.
Carpenter Bee
You should know that every carpenter bee is not the black bee but there are some species of carpenter bees that are known as black bees.
The name Carpenter Bee is suggested by the scientists due to the behavior of these bees. They live and make nests in the woods by cutting them so you can understand the theory and ideology behind their name.
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A specific number of carpenter bees is known as the black bee. You can find these bees in California and Arizona. The size of these bees is near about ¾ inches long. There are two genders: male and female. The female bees are black bees due to their metallic reflections.
Can carpenter bee damage?
This is an important question because if you don’t know the reality about these bees, you cannot take any steps to get rid of them. As I told, they cut the wood to make their nests so they can create damages in a structural point of view.
The male bees are not able to make tunnels to live but the female bees have strong stings to cut and make the tunnels in the wooded area.
How can you identify that carpenter bee is a black bee?
Basically, if they are trying to damage the structure, they are black bees. So, you just need to check your wooden area on daily basis to know that either a loss occurred or not. After some time, you will be able to identify them.
Non-Carpenter Bees
There are two types of non-carpenter bees:
- Leaf Cutting Bee
- Mining Bee
There is confusion between leafcutting bees and honey bees in identification. The color of these bees can vary from grey to black. So, you can identify them from their color.
They create their nests in the rooting area of trees and use the leaves to make their nests safe and secure from outer attacks.
On the other side, the mining bees are different from the leafcutting bees. You can find these bees in the ground, garden, side of a house, sandy areas etc. They can be dark in color and medium in size.
Habits of Black Bees
The nature of these bees is the same as the soldiers of an army. They don’t want to live in the form of groups or colonies. They prefer separate nests from near to each other.
Like the ants, the male bees don’t work and don’t have enough strong stings to do work but the female bees have powerful stings and they use these strings to dig holes in the trees even in the dead trees.
The female bee lay 10 eggs at a time in her nest in the wood. They prefer laying deep in the wood for the safety of their eggs. The female bee tries to gather the food in the form of pollen in the wood for her newborn children.
She repeats this process again and again in her life. After laying eggs, she lay the eggs and drill a new nest to lay next time. The newly born bees get a feed from the separate pollens.
Benefits of Black Bees
There are different types of damages they can create but you just need to know the benefits of these bees. The pollination ability of these bees is the most important benefit. As you know that there are different areas where natural pollination does not exist but these bees can provide this facility to farmers.
The black bee has the ability to do hard work for a long time. So, if you want to get the benefit from them, you just need to attract them in your fields in different ways.
Get Rid of Black Bees
If you are not a farmer then you don’t want to keep or attract these bees because they are so dangerous and annoying. So, you just need to get rid of these bees. First of all, you just need to identify these bees. If there are some bees at your home, you just need to use some specific chemicals to eliminate them or call the special teams to eliminate them.
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