Eastern carpenter bee
The eastern carpenter bee is a large bee that lives across eastern North America, from the eastern United States into southern Canada. It digs its nests into wood, often in buildings and furniture, so people can come across it close to home. Its nests are social, with groups of females sharing one entrance.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- Similar in size to a bumblebee1
- Glossy, mostly black body with a slight metallic purple tint1
- Males have a longer body and a white spot on the face1
- Females have a wider head1
Kitera okutabulwa ne: It is similar in size to bumblebees, so size alone is not enough to tell them apart.1
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Males guard territories near the nest entrance and chase fast-flying intruders.1
Bwe kibojja
- Kalakata oggyemu eriggwa ly'enjuki era onyogoze ekifo.
- Omuntu bw'aba nga tassa bulungi, ng'azimbye mu maaso oba mu mumiro, oba ng'awulira ng'agenda kuzirika, buno bubenje bwa alergy obw'amangu: kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze era kozesa empiso ye eya adrenaline (adrenaline pen) bw'aba nga agirina.
Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi
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- Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
- Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
- Bw'emu ekubojja: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.
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Ebituufu
Mating happens only once a year, in the spring, and often includes a bobbing dance by a group of males.1
The bees can recognise each other and show more aggression toward bees from other nests than toward their own nestmates.1
Young bees are white when newly emerged and their wings darken over several days, first to brown and then to a bluish black.1
Dominant females do almost all the work in a nest, including reproduction, foraging and building, while subordinate bees mostly guard the nest.1
Old bees die by early August, around the time that new young bees emerge, so there is little overlap between generations.1
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Ebituufu we biva
- Eastern carpenter bee (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Xylocopa virginica (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.
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