Long Island Bee Removal

  Carpenter Bees Xylocopa species Carpenter Bee Carpenter bees, also known as wood bees, bear a resemblance to bumblebees but have a hairless abdomen. These solitary bees are named for their nesting behaviors of tunneling into wood.  Carpenter Bee Habits Long Island, New York Eastern carpenter bees are all black, with yellow hair on their thorax and a smooth, shiny abdomen. Apart from bumblebee queens, they are the largest bees native to the United States. Unlike bumblebees, carpenter bees are solitary insects and do not live in large colonies. Female carpenter bees bore tunnels into wood to construct nesting galleries and deposit the chewed frass outside their burrows. The nesting behavior of carpenter bees weakens and damages wooden structures.  Although solitary, carpenter bees create nests close to each other. Male carpenter bees do not possess a stinger but vigorously guard the nest's entrance, causing alarm in humans residing nearby. Carpenter bees hibernate during the winte

There is a great deal of concern about stinging flying insects in Nassau County, Long Island. Stinging pests commonly build their nests near Long Island dwellings, increasing the human occupant's risk of being stung. Wasps, in particular, pose some serious health concerns as they can be very aggressive and will sting people multiple times, which renders them as dangerous .   WHAT IS A WASP?   A wasp is a flying insect in the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita, neither an ant nor a bee. The majority of wasps species are social insects that live in colonies, an example of which would be the yellow jacket wasps . However, there are many solitary wasps, such as the great black wasps and the cicada killer wasps . These solitary wasps often have parasitic tendencies (parasitoid wasps) and have adapted unique egg-laying techniques and methods of propagating their species. There are numerous types of wasps on Long Island , and like bees, wasps are crucial to the environment. This wid