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JoesMum

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Ah I see. I lump them together. The only bees I kill and the boring bumble bees that eat up the wood structures around the house.
Interesting, but these "boring bumble bees" are actually endangered worldwide thanks to pesticides.

Your wood borers are a solitary bee species that don't occur in huge numbers but make a valuable part of the pollination of the plants that feed humans. They're too easily ignored as "just bees"

It's a shame about the damage... It makes them harder to tolerate. The same goes over here and for the masonry bees.
 

DE42

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Interesting, but these "boring bumble bees" are actually endangered worldwide thanks to pesticides.

Your wood borers are a solitary bee species that don't occur in huge numbers but make a valuable part of the pollination of the plants that feed humans. They're too easily ignored as "just bees"

It's a shame about the damage... It makes them harder to tolerate. The same goes over here and for the masonry bees.
That's interesting I did not know this. Though they do not seem endangered here. I'll take a look on the state wildlife website.
 
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