Carpenter bees can cause structural damage to your home. Learn how to get rid of them and prevent their return.

Carpenter bees rarely sting and are important pollinators, but not everyone will be happy to find a carpenter bee nest in your yard. If you have a deck, porch, or other wooden structure, you may not ...

A carpenter bee below a nest hole in a wooden wall - Kanur Ismail/Getty Images Homeowners' reactions to carpenter bees might seem puzzling at first. While a carpenter bee might occasionally take a run ...

Seeing carpenter bees buzzing around your wooden deck is a frightening sight. Though these bees are helpful pollinators, they can do some serious damage to your property, eating away at and drilling ...

If carpenter bees have taken up residence on your deck or near your home, it's best to deal with them quickly. These bees get their name from the tiny holes they drill into raw wood; they burrow into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carpenter bee sticking out of a hole on a wooden fence - David O'brien/Getty Images When there's an influx of pollinating insects ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. close up of carpenter bee on wood - Elha Wulansari/Getty Images When you discover carpenter bees tunneling into your wooden deck ...

Carpenter bees look a little like bumblebees, but that is where the similarities end. Bumblebees do not create their own nests, so they do not cause structural damage. In contrast, carpenter bees bore ...

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