All you need is a common household item to protect your wood.

Here’s how to discourage carpenter bees from making their homes in yours.

The fat bees are back, as are the tiny holes they love to drill in decks and porches. Carpenter bees (not to be confused with bumblebees or honeybees) are large bees with shiny, black tail sections.

Carpenter bees are more active right now than at any other time of the year because they are in the peak of mating season. You can distinguish carpenter bees from bumblebees in a couple of different ...

Carpenter bees look a little like bumblebees, but that is where the similarities end. Bumblebees do not create their own nests, so they do not cause structural damage. In contrast, carpenter bees bore ...

Ever hear of the Law of Unintended Consequences? It expresses the thought that sometimes an action taken to make something better ends up making something worse. And that’s certainly the case when it ...

Here’s why carpenter bees are staring you down this spring ...

The carpenter bee, pictured here, is sometimes mistaken for a bumble bee. Vicky McMillan Special to The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette Springtime is here and summer is just around the corner.

Q. We have seen more carpenter bees this spring than ever before. My barn and all my animal sheds are built with pressure-treated wood, but these sky beavers are eating up the rafters. Do you know any ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fat bees are back, as are the tiny holes they love to drill in decks and porches. Carpenter bees (not to be confused with ...