Today, we're going back to June 2015, when I showed the difference between bumble bees and carpenter bees. I have since also learned that the carpenter bees usually show up earlier in the season than bumble bees, and they like the wooden bench on the front porch. Some day, the bench is going to fall down with all of the holes in it. As soon as we plug up one hole, a new one is drilled.
So, here's the throwback to June 18, 2015, which BTW was also on a Thursday.
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I have explained before that I don't have much knowledge about bees or wasps, but I'm very slowly learning. This week, I was finally able to document one of the differences between carpenter bees and bumble bees. Before this year, big, yellow, and black striped bees were all bumble bees to me. As it turns out, I learned that carpenter bees look similar to bumble bees; however, carpenter bees are larger and have smoother abdomens, while bumble bees have furry abdomens. And from my experience, bumble bees move a lot faster and more often from bloom to bloom. So for a few weeks now, I thought I had been seeing bumble bees instead of carpenter bees, but they wouldn't hold still long enough to know for sure. Yesterday, I finally got a picture that confirmed my suspicions.
So my knowledge is slowly increasing. Who knows? Maybe soon I will be able to reliably tell a bee from a wasp at first sight. Or maybe not. :)
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| Notice the fuzzy abdomen of the bumblebee on the left and the smooth abdomen of the carpenter bee on the right. |
So my knowledge is slowly increasing. Who knows? Maybe soon I will be able to reliably tell a bee from a wasp at first sight. Or maybe not. :)
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Until next time...
