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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