Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I thought this insect was a bumblebee, but I was wrong. Bumblebees have fuzzy abdomens. This insect has a smooth abdomen. Large bees with smooth abdomens are an entirely different species called carpenter bees. In this video, we learn the differences between bumblebees and carpenter bees and how to tell them apart visually. This video answers the following questions:
What is the difference between bumblebees and carpenter bees?
What does a bumblebee look like?
What does a carpenter bee look like?
How to tell the difference between a bumblebee and a carpenter bee?
How to identify a bumblebee?
How to identify a carpenter bee?
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Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
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I thought this insect was a bumblebee, but I was wrong. Bumblebees have fuzzy abdomens. This insect has a smooth abdomen. Large bees with smooth abdomens are an entirely different species called carpenter bees. In this video, we learn the differences between bumblebees and carpenter bees and how to tell them apart visually. This video answers the following questions:
What is the difference between bumblebees and carpenter bees?
What does a bumblebee look like?
What does a carpenter bee look like?
How to tell the difference between a bumblebee and a carpenter bee?
How to identify a bumblebee?
How to identify a carpenter bee?
#shorts
Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
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youtube.com/channel/UCSz8X-JAmenxLH-uXlgVaCg/join
