I have what is referred to as carpenter bees

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joy112854 Crestview, FL Aug 08, 2011

I first noticed these things a few years back, they looked like huge bumble bees; but I was told they were wood eating bees and they are eating my deck off my double wide mobile home. I've been told not to bother them as they are good pollinators for my garden; but at the expense of eating my deck and possily my house????
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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 08, 2011

Carpenter bees do not eat wood. They are nectar and pollen eaters. They can do a little damage with the holes they bore into your house but not much, I don't think.

Is this your bee? One of them, anyway?

http://bugguide.net/node/view/3508


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joy112854 Crestview, FL Aug 13, 2011

Yep, it's a big fat one and fuzzy and you can see the holes it's put on my deck; but, I knew they were good pollinators so left them alone.
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