"Carpenter Bees"

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26 November 2025

Carpenter bees (Genus Xylocopa) collect nectar and pollen from mustard flowers in a mustard field on the outskirts of Ajmer, India, on November 26, 2025.

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26 November 2025

Carpenter bees (Genus Xylocopa) collect nectar and pollen from mustard flowers in a mustard field on the outskirts of Ajmer, India, on November 26, 2025.

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26 September 2023

Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) collects pollen from a flowering goldenrod plant in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 03, 2023.

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26 September 2023

Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) collects pollen from a flowering goldenrod plant in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 03, 2023.

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26 September 2023

Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) collects pollen from a flowering goldenrod plant in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 03, 2023.

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26 September 2023

Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) collects pollen from a flowering goldenrod plant in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 03, 2023.

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19 September 2023

Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) collects pollen from a flowering goldenrod plant in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 03, 2023.

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5 September 2023

The tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. It is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in colour with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in the sunlight. The tropical carpenter bee is probably the largest Xylocopa known and among the largest bees in the world. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles, and the like, but is not found in living trees. It has a loud and distinctive, low-pitched buzzing that can be heard as it flies between flowers or perches. It is relatively unaggressive and rarely stings. In Urban areas, these bees can become attached to certain perches, returning to them day after day, even after several generations. An injured tropical carpenter bee sits on the road at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on september 05, 2023.

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5 September 2023

The tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. It is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in colour with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in the sunlight. The tropical carpenter bee is probably the largest Xylocopa known and among the largest bees in the world. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles, and the like, but is not found in living trees. It has a loud and distinctive, low-pitched buzzing that can be heard as it flies between flowers or perches. It is relatively unaggressive and rarely stings. In Urban areas, these bees can become attached to certain perches, returning to them day after day, even after several generations. An injured tropical carpenter bee sits on the road at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on september 05, 2023.

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5 September 2023

The tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. It is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in colour with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in the sunlight. The tropical carpenter bee is probably the largest Xylocopa known and among the largest bees in the world. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles, and the like, but is not found in living trees. It has a loud and distinctive, low-pitched buzzing that can be heard as it flies between flowers or perches. It is relatively unaggressive and rarely stings. In Urban areas, these bees can become attached to certain perches, returning to them day after day, even after several generations. An injured tropical carpenter bee sits on the road at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on september 05, 2023.

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5 September 2023

The tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. It is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in colour with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in the sunlight. The tropical carpenter bee is probably the largest Xylocopa known and among the largest bees in the world. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles, and the like, but is not found in living trees. It has a loud and distinctive, low-pitched buzzing that can be heard as it flies between flowers or perches. It is relatively unaggressive and rarely stings. In Urban areas, these bees can become attached to certain perches, returning to them day after day, even after several generations. An injured tropical carpenter bee sits on the road at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on september 05, 2023.

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5 September 2023

The tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. It is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in colour with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in the sunlight. The tropical carpenter bee is probably the largest Xylocopa known and among the largest bees in the world. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles, and the like, but is not found in living trees. It has a loud and distinctive, low-pitched buzzing that can be heard as it flies between flowers or perches. It is relatively unaggressive and rarely stings. In Urban areas, these bees can become attached to certain perches, returning to them day after day, even after several generations. An injured tropical carpenter bee sits on the road at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on september 05, 2023.

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5 September 2023

The tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. It is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in colour with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in the sunlight. The tropical carpenter bee is probably the largest Xylocopa known and among the largest bees in the world. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles, and the like, but is not found in living trees. It has a loud and distinctive, low-pitched buzzing that can be heard as it flies between flowers or perches. It is relatively unaggressive and rarely stings. In Urban areas, these bees can become attached to certain perches, returning to them day after day, even after several generations. An injured tropical carpenter bee sits on the road at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on september 05, 2023.

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5 September 2023

The tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. It is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in colour with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in the sunlight. The tropical carpenter bee is probably the largest Xylocopa known and among the largest bees in the world. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles, and the like, but is not found in living trees. It has a loud and distinctive, low-pitched buzzing that can be heard as it flies between flowers or perches. It is relatively unaggressive and rarely stings. In Urban areas, these bees can become attached to certain perches, returning to them day after day, even after several generations. An injured tropical carpenter bee sits on the road at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on september 05, 2023.

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5 September 2023

The tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes) is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. It is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in colour with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in the sunlight. The tropical carpenter bee is probably the largest Xylocopa known and among the largest bees in the world. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles, and the like, but is not found in living trees. It has a loud and distinctive, low-pitched buzzing that can be heard as it flies between flowers or perches. It is relatively unaggressive and rarely stings. In Urban areas, these bees can become attached to certain perches, returning to them day after day, even after several generations. An injured tropical carpenter bee sits on the road at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on september 05, 2023.

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23 June 2023

Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis) is a deciduous tall, soft-wooded tree, tree in the flowering plant family Lecythidaceae. It is native to the tropical forests of Central and South America, and now it is cultivated in many tropical areas throughout the world because of its beautiful, fragrant flowers and large, interesting fruits. The showy flowers, borne in racemes 60-90 cm (2-3 feet) long, grow straight from the trunk and have concave petals about 5 cm (2 inches) long. It has been used to treat hypertension, tumors, pain, and inflammation, the common cold, stomachache, skin conditions and wounds, malaria, and toothache, although data on its efficacy are lacking. The tree has cultural and religious significance in India. Although the flowers lack nectar, they are very attractive to bees, which come for the pollen. After cannonball tree introduction to the In Sri Lanka island by the British in 1881, and has been included as a common item in Buddhist temples as a result. A Carpenter bee (Xylocopa) extracted nectar from the beautiful colorful Cannonball blooms at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi at Beldanga, West Bengal; India on 22/6/2023

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