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Carpenter Bee

Description:

Bee and a type of bee balm at a Friend's home. Picture 2 is a better picture of the plant the bee is occuping.

Habitat:

Flowers and gardens

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4 Comments

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

Yep, I'm very sure it's a Carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp.)

Nikiterrio
Nikiterrio 13 years ago

What's a beautiful flower!

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 13 years ago

I wonder if this is a carpenter bee instead of a bumblebee. Take a look at this page http://bugguide.net/node/view/3508/bgima... and see what you think.

p.young713
p.young713 13 years ago

Beautiful Photo!

alicelongmartin
Spotted by
alicelongmartin

Sarasota, Florida

Spotted on Jun 18, 2009
Submitted on Apr 18, 2011

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