Front porch entrances have big cedar logs, or wood cedar on the side of the house,” said Lee, when asked where carpenter bees ...

It clambers in and disappears inside. It’s a female tawny mining bee, a kind of solitary bee. These make up 90 per cent of our bee species. Unlike honeybees and bumblebees, they forage and nest alone.

Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen.