Tip - How to Find a Carpenter Bee Nest | eHow

Carpenter bees do not live in hives, but rather they are solitary insects. The female bores holes into rough, unfinished wood to lay her eggs. Holes can be as shallow as six inches and as deep as four feet. It is easiest to look for carpenter bee holes around the wood of your house in the late summer when the bee nests have matured. Female bees...