I have managed to get a couple of pictures of the bee and put them on
my web site.
The resolution is pretty high, and you'll likely have to scroll around
the pages to find it, but the images of the bee are big enough.
http://home.mountaincable.net/~mmisener/bee_1.htm
and
http://home.mountaincable.net/~mmisener/bee_2.htm
Thanks,
Mark.
On May 27, 1:14=A0pm, rdad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Dick Adams) wrote:
> > 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. =A0Carpenter bees make their nests in what
ever
> wood is available. =A0They also tend to be Lone Rangers sans Tonto,
i.e.,
> one may be all you see and they are rarely seen in groups.
>
> Dick


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