Re: Bee Identification

> Any wooden structures in the area? I have large all-black bees like
> that, they are carpenter bees, and they bore holes in the 4x4s in an
> old shed where they lay their eggs. Just a guess. There are so many
> types of solitary bees and wasps around it's impossible to indentify
> without at least a picture.

That's my take on it too.  Carpenter bees make their nests in what ever 
wood is available.  They also tend to be Lone Rangers sans Tonto, i.e., 
one may be all you see and they are rarely seen in groups.

Dick