Clay Bolt / Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) male on dandelion, Mt Ranier, Maryland, USA, April.

John Abbott / Southern carpenter bee (Xylocopa micans) female flying, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. July

John Abbott / Southern carpenter bee (Xylocopa micans) female flying, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. July

Fabrice Cahez / Violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) feeding, Vosges, France, April.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sulphur butterfly (Phoebis sennae marcellina) feeding from Opuntia (Opuntia sp) cactus flower with endemic Carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwinii) Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuado...

Tui De Roy / Carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) male feeding on Scalesia flower, Itabaca Channel, Baltra Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

John Abbott / Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex) - male. California, USA, June.

John Abbott / California Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica) Antelope Springs, Inyo County, California, USA, June.

Agustin Esmoris / Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa augusti) entering nest in tree, Buenos Aires, Argentina

MYN / Clay Bolt / Carpenter bee (Xylocopa aeneipennis) Rupununi, Dadanawa, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Carpenter bee (Xylocopa aeneipennis) Rupununi, Dadanawa, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Clay Bolt / Eastern Carpenter Bee ( Xylocopa virginica) with Varrow mite and covered in dew, Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, USA, August.