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Wolf wrote:

Amos Nomore wrote:
I found this otherwise healthy-looking California Carpenter Bee quite
dead in my garden today. I am troubled about what may have killed it
and the feeling that there seems to be nothing I can do about it. A
dead bee wouldn't have warranted much of my concern a few years ago, but
these days you've just got to wonder.

I love these bees. They are basically friendly and nice to look at.
They can get pretty large.

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What's the life span of a carpenter bee? Bees have rather short life
spans, so finding a dead one shouldn't be unusual. A honey bee lives 3
to 6 weeks, for example.

HTH

Thanks. I hope it was old age, but the bee was just lying on its back
amongst the flowers and looked so young and healthy and freshly dead.

I was out in the yard a little while ago and saw two really big
carpenter bees, a few honey bees, and a bunch of bumblebees looking very
happy, so I am reassured that the sky isn't falling.
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