DO I HAVE A HONEY BEE PROBLEM?
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
SHINY, LONG & THIN
FAT & FUZZY
HONEY BEE
HORNET
COLOR:
COLOR:
• Golden yellow
• Darker colors
SOURCE OF FOOD:
SOURCE OF FOOD:
• Flowers
• Carnivorous
• Carry pollen on their legs
• Sweets/garbage
STING FREQUENCY:
STING FREQUENCY:
• Only sting once
• Sting multiple times
• Only stings for self
• Aggressive
defense
LIVING CONDITIONS:
LIVING CONDITIONS:
• Above ground
• Cavity dwellers / hollow
• Paper or mud enclosed
trees
nests
HIVE QUANTITY:
• Hanging from trees
• Thousands to a colony
HIVE QUANTITY: • Hundreds
WASP / YELLOW JACKET
OTHER BEES BUMBLE BEE
COLOR:
• Big and fuzzy
• Darker colors
LIVING CONDITIONS:
SOURCE OF FOOD:
• Underground nests
• Carnivorous
HIVE QUANTITY:
• Sweets/garbage
• Dozens to a colony
STING FREQUENCY: • Sting multiple times
MASON BEE
CARPENTER BEE
• Aggressive
• Very small and fuzzy
• Big and fuzzy abdomen
LIVING CONDITIONS:
LIVING CONDITIONS:
• Green/green irredescent
• Above ground
butt
• Mud & masonry
HIVE QUANTITY: • Solitary
• Paper or mud nests
LIVING CONDITIONS:
• Cavity dwellers
• Burrow into hard wood
HIVE QUANTITY:
HIVE QUANTITY:
• Dozens
• Dozens to a colony
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