How do I exterminate bumble bees that are in the base-concrete meets wood-area of my home?
Have a bee keeper come out and move the hive. If they ARE bumble (honey) bees they will want them and will come out for free in this area. Bumble Bee or Carpenter Bee? When encountering black, almost round bees buzzing around their home most people do not know the difference between the bumble bee and carpenter bee. There are two basic things to note that should quickly let you know which bee you are seeing: location and activity of bee and certain physical characteristics of the bee. Carpenter bees are most often noticed while they are building and tending to their nests which are simple, round openings in wood structures. If you see a bee that is boring out a perfectly round hole in wood, it is a carpenter bee. Bumble bees have a fuzzy abdomen and the Carpenter Bee has a shiny abdomen.
