Female Valley carpenter bees are a dark, iridescent blue, while the males are covered with golden brown fur. These "large and robust insects" may resemble bumblebees but they're much bigger, ...

Female Valley carpenter bees are a dark, iridescent blue, while the males are covered with golden brown fur. These “large and robust insects” may resemble bumblebees but they’re much bigger, ...

Later this summer I’ll check my tomato and eggplant flowers to see if my resident carpenter bees are busy ensuring a good crop. We live in a beautiful place called The Last Green Valley where every ...

While the carpenter and bumble bees were the most obvious visitors to the lupines, a closer look revealed a host of activity ...

Female Valley carpenter bees are a dark, iridescent blue, while the males are covered with golden brown fur. These "large and robust insects" may resemble bumblebees but they're much bigger, ...

DEAR JOAN: Your recent column about male golden carpenter bees interested me as I believe I have them around my garden. However, I only see them flying around in February and March, and then they ...

She posted the portrait to the list, and agreement was fast this time: She was hosting a male valley carpenter bee. He looks like a flying teddy bear. BOB's at the edge of his range here, it seems.

DEAR JOAN: Last year you answered a reader’s question about bees that were the size of black carpenter bees, but were a brilliant yellow-orange color. I just saw a few today and would love a ...

Like all busy bees, this huge female Valley carpenter bee is always on the go. But she has a secret life of crime. As she forages, she splatters pollen across her cheeks and forehead.

You would be fortunate to encounter the valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta), known as the “teddy bear bee,” a nonaggressive species of carpenter bee that is rarely found in Sonoma County.

Parker Ranch will present the 61st Annual July 4th Rodeo and Horse Races on Friday... A judge has ordered the forfeiture of a ...

Female Valley carpenter bees are a dark, iridescent blue, while the males are covered with golden brown fur. These “large and robust insects” may resemble bumblebees but they’re much bigger, ...