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| Keywords: uncw #uncweteal uncweteal ecology bio366 summer2016 bees image1 outdoor This picture was taken in Richlands, North Carolina and in it you can see an Eastern Carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) dining on some white clover (Trifolium repens). The Eastern Carpenter Bee can be found all over the east coast of the United States and extending into the middle of the country. The females use their strong jaws to drill holes into wood to provide a safe place to lay their eggs. Once they have tunneled far enough into the wood they collect pollen to serve as a food source for their larva. Then they lay an egg next to the pollen ball and use the wood from the hole to create a partition to do it again until the tunnel is full. The males are often seen buzzing around the established nest to keep unwanted visitors like other insects away. While they can seem like pest when they are trying to make their home out of your home they are beneficial in respect to being a pollinator. This picture was taken in Richlands, North Carolina and in it you can see an Eastern Carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) dining on some white clover (Trifolium repens). The Eastern Carpenter Bee can be found all over the east coast of the United States and extending into the middle of the country. The females use their strong jaws to drill holes into wood to provide a safe place to lay their eggs. Once they have tunneled far enough into the wood they collect pollen to serve as a food source for their larva. Then they lay an egg next to the pollen ball and use the wood from the hole to create a partition to do it again until the tunnel is full. The males are often seen buzzing around the established nest to keep unwanted visitors like other insects away. While they can seem like pest when they are trying to make their home out of your home they are beneficial in respect to being a pollinator. | ||||
