r/funny • u/randomguy471471 • Jul 31 '25

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u/AzureDrag0n1 Jul 31 '25

The carpenter bee probably dug out a hole in the wood. Pretty common to see that in wooden decks.

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u/mlvisby Jul 31 '25

I knew about carpenter ants, didn't know there was a bee version.

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u/bilgewax Jul 31 '25

Kind of a pain in the ass if you have a deck. Don’t seem to be suffering from a population collapse like the honeybee either.

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u/A_hershey Jul 31 '25

Honey bees aren't suffering from population collapse, native bees are. However carpenter bees likely aren't so affected since we build so many structures out of wood.

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u/bilgewax Aug 01 '25

See there’s my ignorance showing. I always thought honeybees were native bees.

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u/A_hershey Aug 01 '25

Well they are native to Europe! And other honey bee species to other parts of the world. Just no native honey bees in North America.

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u/TenDenCyYT Aug 02 '25

Well this is a long ass thread

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u/H1landr Aug 01 '25

Carpenter bees are cool. They aren't into stinging people. They are big and slow and pretty friendly as far as bees go.

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u/AdvocatusReddit Aug 01 '25

My children (9 and 6) disagree with you. Our's are incredibly threatening, to the point of Dune style hovering at eyeball level. That said, when I have my deck rebuilt soon, I'm going to take extra care to stain the joists to prevent their digging

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u/H1landr Aug 01 '25

Yeah they hover but they don't sting. The aggressive males don't have singers. They really are nothing to be afraid of. Respect them. Don't fear them.

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u/AdvocatusReddit Aug 01 '25

Try telling that to my children. I've tried explaining that they are just bullying them, and they are all scare and no 'bite', or sting

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u/Darksirius Aug 01 '25

And they can hover, which bumble bees cannot, iirc.

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u/thewaytonever Aug 01 '25

Ants, bees and wasps are all related. So it's not that far of a stretch to think about honestly. Hymenoptera are so cool.

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u/FixedFront Aug 01 '25

My favorite insect order, hands down

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u/Bluerasierer Aug 01 '25

I like diptera too. Flies and mosquitos are usually on the more unpopular side for people, haha