Bumble Bee
Nests: in a hive in the ground with a few hundred bees
Social
Only new queens survive the winter as they don’t make honey
European Honey Bee
Nests: in a large wooden hive with thousands of bees
Social
Beekeepers use these bees to make honey.
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Carpenter Bee
Nests: chews holes in wood. Usually a single bee but sometimes 2-3
together
Sometimes Semi-social
Carpenter bees like to pollinate tomatoes
Green Bee
Nests: in a hole in the ground, often near other bees.
Solitary
Green bees sometimes share the same tunnel
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Mason Bee
Nests: each bee makes own nest in a hollow plant stem
Solitary
Mason bees pollinate
apples
Squash Bee
Nests: each bee digs its own hole in the ground near squash
plants
Solitary
Squash bees pollinate
pumpkins
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