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re: My 4yo found a carpenter bee at the bottom of the pool when I was cleaning it
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:03 pm to tiganation337
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:03 pm to tiganation337
I Bee Leave that's a Bumble Bee, not a Carpenter Bee.
A long torch and 5 gallon propane tank will do wonders on one of those bastards nests in the ground. Get that flame 2 feet long and roaring and point it down the hole. Point that flame at them when they fly at you and they go down in flames. What a wonderful sport!
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Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:03 pm to slackster
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CAD orders knockoff Dixie paper plates by the thousands from eBay.
Why doesn’t he order them off amazon
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:04 pm to Nawlens Gator
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I Bee Leave that's a Bumble Bee, not a Carpenter Bee.
they look very similar.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:06 pm to CAD703X
Why was your four year old at the bottom of your pool? Sounds like sketchy parenting.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:06 pm to Skillet
I didn't think carpenter bees stung.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:09 pm to CAD703X
I haven't read the whole thread, but if it has a white face, it doesn't have a stinger. As a kid in the country, we used to catch them and tie kite string to them and try to get them to fly.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:21 pm to CAD703X
What is that bee, 1/2 alive? Maybe?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:22 pm to CAD703X
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CAD703X
Aren't you 50?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:25 pm to VABuckeye
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Aren't you 50?
and? my wife is 35 and i have a 4yo son.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:26 pm to BlackAdam
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carpenter bees dont have stingers.
Male carpenter bees don't have stingers, but the females do. Males are more active, and are the ones that are commonly seen flying around their borrow, so it's a pretty safe bet that if you see one it is male. But females do have stingers (although you'd have to manhandle one in order to get stung by one.
This post was edited on 4/10/19 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:38 pm to CAD703X
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Wasps don't breathe, they have a system of tubes and holes called, spiracles, trachea, and tracheoles that supply oxygen to every cell directly. Their blood doesn't carry oxygen just nutrients and waste.
Insects can open and close their spiracles block water/retain moisture/let air in again. If they kept them open all the time they'd dry out.
They can also have very fine hydrophobic hairs that repel water covering the spiracles. Not very well familiar with wasp anatomy specifically but when resting insects don't need much oxygen.
I'd imagine they're able to just close their spiracles and hold out without fresh oxygen long enough to survive. So yes they can effectively hold their breath longer than humans because they need less oxygen.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:40 pm to CAD703X
So,..it was neosporin that starts it all.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:40 pm to Nawlens Gator
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Bumble Bee, not a Carpenter Bee
Carpenter
Color isn't right for a bumblebee
Posted on 4/10/19 at 2:46 pm to CAD703X
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My 4yo thinks he can 'fix the dead' now with neosporone
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:10 pm to CAD703X
Your kid is Jesus Version Savior 2.0. Congrats.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:16 pm to Chuker
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while not aggressive, they hurt worse than a wasp if prompted to sting.
The males can not sting and you almost never see a female unless you are digging around in the hole she bored.
They can be mistaken for bumble bees but they have "fur".
My dog will chase and catch the males all spring.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:19 pm to CAD703X
zombie bees 
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:22 pm to Winston Cup
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hopefully the bee stings your kid. will be an important life lesson.
Not likely. Male carpenter bees dont have a sting. Females do but are pretty passive and have to feel threatened
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:23 pm to Nawlens Gator
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I Bee Leave that's a Bumble Bee, not a Carpenter Bee.
100% it is a male Carpenter bee, Bumble bees have a fuzzy abdomen the Carpenter bee has a smooth slick abdomen like in the OP's pic.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 3:40 pm to deltaland
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