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Blue Carpenter Bee 

12/19/2014

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Photo credits:  ©folicallychalled 
The Blue Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa caerulea (Hymenoptera - Apidae) is one of the most striking among the carpenter bees. It is a large bee, close to an inch in length, with a hairy blue thorax, black abdomen, and long black eyes.

These Asian bees are non-aggressive. They nest in wood, and are semi-solitary, it is that they don’t have hives like honey bees do, but sometimes several queens will share a common entry hole to their nest. Since carpenter bees nest in dead wood, they sometimes do damage to the leaves of old houses, and can be pests. However, they are important pollinators of both native and agricultural plants, which more than makes up for the occasional damage they do to already-rotten wood. 


Source: libutron
La Abeja carpintera azul, Xylocopa caerulea (Hymenoptera - Apidae) es uno de los más llamativos entre las abejas carpinteras. Es una abeja grande, cerca de una pulgada de largo, con un tórax velludo azul, abdomen negro, y ojos negros.

Estas abejas asiáticas no son agresivas, anidan en madera, y son semi-solitarias, es que ellos no tienen colmenas como las abejas lo hacen, pero a veces varias reinas compartirán un orificio de entrada común a su nido. Las abejas carpinteras anidan en madera muerta, a veces pueden dañar a las hojas de las casas antiguas, y pueden ser plagas. Sin embargo, son importantes polinizadores de las plantas nativas y agrícolas, que más que compensa por los daños ocasionales que hacen a la madera podrida. 

Fuente: libutron
3 Comments
Nilvia R. Moncada link
12/19/2014 09:02:39 pm

Thanks for the educational information, these bees are making an feast out of my back-porch. they have several holes and live there. I love your site Thanks for sharing , from Maryland USA.

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Sofía M. Villalpando
12/20/2014 06:16:51 am

Thank you :)

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Des-Marie
12/8/2021 08:59:14 am

I LOVE them! They’re so cute! I have a preserved one (ethically obtained, as in, it was dead when it was found) in a case on my wall. They’re beautiful! Bees are so important.

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