The insects you’re seeing are carpenter bees, which are large bees with shiny black tails ... such as carpenter ants, according to Go-Forth Services, a North Carolina-based pest control company.

The bees are effective pollinators, but the holes they leave behind can be a nuisance and can lead to further damage from fungi and attacks by other insects, such as carpenter ants, according to ...

They even switch roles so everyone gets a chance to eat and stay alert. Some ants protect aphids from other bugs. In return, the aphids produce a sugary liquid called honeydew, which the ants eat.

Ants are one of the most common household pests in North Carolina. The insects can be a year-round issue, but you’re more likely to see them inside beginning in the spring, Chris Hayes, a ...

Colonies of co-operating ants are capable of amazingly sophisticated behaviours such as: building efficient trail networks, building living bridges with their bodies, and farming fungi and aphids ...