"Just like other bees, carpenter bees forage for pollen and plant nectar ... shiny abdomens, primarily black with some yellow ...

The female carpenter bee is solid black, while the male is commonly known ... She provisions each cell with a ball of bee bread, consisting of pollen and nectar. She will lay her eggs in the ...

I often observe shiny inch-long black carpenter bees with beautiful transparent ... wearing long sleeves and not running around shoeless. Squash bees collect pollen from the Cucurbitaceae family ...