It might be helpful if we could have some genus and species names
here, since these common names are bound to be local, as well as
appropriate only to people who speak English on their native turf.
Anybody care to clear this up?
Susan Nielsen
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>Actually, these are not bumble bees but are carpenter bees, the subject
>of this thread. This is the typical activity of carpenter bees, but
>because they are very large they are often confused with bumble bees.
>Bumble bees nest on or close to the ground, in nests of fibrous
>material, never in holes in wood.
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