Eastern Carpenter Bee - (Xylocopa virginica)

Though is looks like a Bumble Bee, the Carpenter Bee does not have a fuzzy abdomen.

Females bore into wood, like a carpenter, making holes as large as their bodies and deposit their eggs and a food supply inside.

They can be found in parks, garden and woods. They feed on flower nectar, sometimes eating through stems to get it.They hibernate during the winter.