> My uncle owns a boathouse around where I live in Michigan, and just
> recently...he found an unusual type of bee swarming around a tree nearby.
>  Could you help us find out what type of bee it is?  It would help us out
> a
> lot.
>
> Here is what I was told it looked like:
>
> a little bit larger than a yellowjacket either dark black or dark brown
> colored body & (i don't know the proper termilogy on bees, so im going to
> have to pinch hit) it had a white spot on its head and another one on its
> tail
>
> If you could help us out, we would really appreciate it, if not thank you
> for
> your time anyway.
 
Sounds to me like this person is talking about a common bald-faced
hornet.
 
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA