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In terms of human safety, carpenter bees are not usually aggressive. Only the female has a stinger and she will only sting if provoked or threatened. The males have no stinger and while they might buzz around and look scary sometimes, they are of no threat to you. In terms of your property, the bees are usually not a problem if they don’t hang around for long. However, their natural nesting habit is to drill into dead wood and unfortunately, they’re not bothered with whether that wood is out in nature or nicely embedded in your house. Since carpenter bees tunnel into wood (both hardwood and softwood), they can cause damage over time if many of them continue tunneling in the same area, as the tunnels will eventually weaken wooden beams, walls, etc. In this case, if you see carpenter bees doing their carpentering in your house, it is essential to get them away from the built structure and back into their natural environment.