> Now I am really confused.  It was my understanding that the difference
> between bees and wasps was that bees were adapted to use pollen as their
> protein source (vegetarian :) and wasps used insects (carnivorous :).
> But you have just described a carpenter BEE with WASPLIKE behaviour.
>
 
Stan,
 
I stand corrected.  The Carpenter Bee does use pollen and nectar for
its young.  The main difference that people need to note is that the
Bumble Bee is a social insect and lives in colonies and the Carpenter
Bee is a solitary insect and each bee makes an individial hole not
shared with other bees.
 
Charlie
 
 
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