Violet carpenter bee
Go tlhabaThe violet carpenter bee is one of the largest bees in Europe. It is also found across parts of Asia. It nests in dead wood, which is where the name 'carpenter bee' comes from.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- One of the largest bees in Europe1
- Makes its nest in dead wood1
- Adults emerge from hibernation in spring, usually around April or May1
- In late spring or early summer, adults are seen searching for mates and nesting sites1
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: In India, several all-black Xylocopa species are called 'bhanvra' (or 'bhomora' in Assamese). Sightings of these are often wrongly blamed on this species. This species is found only in the northern regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Most sightings refer to other black carpenter bees, such as X. nasalis, X. tenuiscapa or X. tranquebarorum.1
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka lemao le le tlhabang.
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: Kotsi e nnyeJaaka go tlhabiwa ke notshe kgotsa go le kwa tlase. Ga e na kotsi go batho.It is not particularly aggressive and will attack only if forced to.1
E dira eng fa e tshogile?
It will sting only if forced to.1
Fa e tlhaba
- Ntsha lemao la notshe ka go le kgwaratla, mme o tsidifatse lefelo leo.
- Fa motho a hema ka bothata, sefatlhego kgotsa mometso o ruruga, kgotsa a ikutlwa a tla idibala, ke tshoganyetso ya aletshi: leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso mme o dirise pene ya gagwe ya adrenaline fa a na le yone.
Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha
Nna o babalesegile
- O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
- E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
- Fa e nngwe e go tlhaba: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.
Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
e ka nna boleele jo bo lekanang le jwa kelipi ya pampiri
e ka fofa go kgabaganya lebala lotlhe la kgwele ya dinao ka metsotswana e le 13Violet carpenter bee e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E bonako go le kae?
Dintlha
It was found breeding in England for the first time in 2007, in Leicestershire.1
Its range has expanded north in France, Germany and the Channel Islands.1
Adults hibernate over winter in old nest tunnels.1
Like most carpenter bees, it nests in dead wood rather than in hives.1
The female creates her nest alone, as other solitary bees do.1
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Every all-black carpenter bee in India is a violet carpenter bee, called 'bhanvra'.
Nnete: This species is found only in the northern regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Most black carpenter bees called bhanvra belong to other Xylocopa species.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Xylocopa violacea
- Setlhopha
- Dinotshe, diwasepe le dihonete
- Lelapa
- Apidae2
- Lekoko
- Hymenoptera
- Dikontinente
- Yuropa, Asia
- Masea
- The female builds the nest alone. She lays eggs in a series of small cells, each supplied with a pollen ball for the larva to feed on. Adults emerge in late summer and then hibernate until the following year.1
- Kotsi go batho
- 1 / 5: Kotsi e nnye3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Xylocopa violacea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Xylocopa violacea (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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