re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

There’s a bumblebee in the house.
The cats are getting exercise…

Is it a bumblebee or a carpenter bee?

The reason I ask, many times carpenter bees are flying right around a house looking for some open wood they can drill into and make a nest. Sometime when a door or window is open they will find themselves inside.

A bumble bee will usually be out in the open areas a bit more. A little less likely to end up indoors.

Just wondering, since a lot of people aren’t familiar with carpenter bees. They are the same size, fly in the same out-of-control way but instead of being yellow and black they are all dark brown-black. And I think carpenter bees can’t sting, they just buzz you like they can to scare you. Only the queen bee stings, but she only has one stinger then she dies…so very reluctant to sting.