an invasive yellowjacket species.

The Eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica, builds nests in wood, bamboo culms, agave stalks, and other similar materials. When digging the nests, they use the wood shavings scraped from the wall to create partitions within the tunnels. The nest tunnels have about 1-4 branches, each with multiple brood cells. Because they will excavate nests in lumber used by humans in construction, their nesting behavior can weaken wood in manmade structures.

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