Bumble Bees on Porch: Trapping for Relocation

Large bees hovering at kitchen door—likely carpenter bees (see 6776), but if confirmed bumble bees (fuzzy abdomen, ground nesters), use a bee trap.

Bee Trap

Cylindrical trap with sugar water/honey bait. Bees enter, can't escape. Release away from house. No poison. Check daily.

Garden centers, home improvement stores, online (e.g., Improvements Catalog). Inexpensive.

Bumble bees are valuable pollinators. If they're not nesting in the structure, tolerate them. Carpenter bees damage wood; bumble bees don't.

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