Blue carpenter bee (Xylocopa caerulea)

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[–]In-the-clouds 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's so fuzzy which makes it look cute.

[–]Musky[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My buddy had a infestation of these at his house even though they're supposedly solitary. We had fun shooting them with bb guns till a window got broke. Wasn't just for fun, they were doing damage to the wood.

[–]In-the-clouds 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We have the yellow variety here in Arkansas. I hear them in warmer weather inside wood, like in our old playground behind the house. They buzz so loudly that it almost sounds like a drill boring a hole. It makes sense why they are called carpenter bees.

[–]MagicMike 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So if it went to Northern Europe and was a different color, it’s the same bee. Its intellect would be the same as a bee that stayed in Africa. Separation would NEVER cause genetic drift especially if it’s thousands of miles.

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Every Spring we get out the badminton rackets and kill the shit out of them in mid-air.

[–]geoferdy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Maybe that's the strange sound I've heard in the walls sometimes?

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's probably just the people who live in your walls.