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Carpenter Bee problem
Posted on 6/23/12 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 6/23/12 at 8:26 pm
I just added an expensive patio on to my house. It is all stained cypress. Well, when deciding what I wanted, I didn't think about the threat of carpenter bees onto exposed wood. They've bored about 4 holes in my 15' x 35' patio.
i was wondering of there was a preventive action that I could take to avoid the carpenter bee holes, besides painting the cypress. Is there an insecticide?
i was wondering of there was a preventive action that I could take to avoid the carpenter bee holes, besides painting the cypress. Is there an insecticide?
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Posted on 6/23/12 at 8:37 pm to will1883
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Posted on 6/23/12 at 8:52 pm to will1883
Google carpenter bee trap.
Get it.
Get it.
Posted on 6/23/12 at 9:01 pm to will1883
I bought some of that spray glue for the carpet on my old boat. Would drink beer all evening spraying glue at those bastards 
Posted on 6/23/12 at 9:19 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Pretty snazzy
Those stupid bees started fighting each other at 0:15. My mom has been having this problem on her cedar fence at home. I am gonna try it out
Those stupid bees started fighting each other at 0:15. My mom has been having this problem on her cedar fence at home. I am gonna try it out
Posted on 6/23/12 at 9:22 pm to will1883
Judge. /thread.
Seriously though, those things are destructive. They get in my porch every year. I had a little fun similar to what Wickowick posted...but my Benjamin Nitro NP .22 this afternoon. Killed 4 or 5.
Seriously though, those things are destructive. They get in my porch every year. I had a little fun similar to what Wickowick posted...but my Benjamin Nitro NP .22 this afternoon. Killed 4 or 5.
Posted on 6/23/12 at 10:35 pm to will1883
If you catch one going into a hole, kill it with a stick and leave it there, the rest will stop coming (dont know why, but ut works). Also spray a strong concentration of permethrin on the exposed wood in the area. Worked for me.
Posted on 6/23/12 at 11:00 pm to will1883
Wait, carpenter bee=bumble bee?
I'm really asking. In the video that looks like a bumble bee. Never heard of them called carpenter bees.
I'm really asking. In the video that looks like a bumble bee. Never heard of them called carpenter bees.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 12:54 am to la_birdman
No carpenter bees have black asses, females have stingers but won't sting unless you really frick with them.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 1:10 am to lighter345
Ahhhh ok. Thanks for the info!
Learn something new everyday.
Learn something new everyday.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 7:43 am to will1883
Bora-Care
Posted on 6/24/12 at 7:50 am to will1883
A tennis racquet can be great fun. My daughter used to have this little pistol that would fire off plastic pellets. I once shot and killed one out of mid air with that pistol. My greatest achievement ever.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 7:57 am to will1883
We had problems at our camp. Made 3 of the carpenter bee traps. They look like bird houses but has two coke bottles inside each other for the actual trap. Haven't had a problem. Will get pictures when I get home
Posted on 6/24/12 at 8:06 am to SaDaTayMoses
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Will get pictures when I get home
Please do. I have flocks of those things, and am not at my camp enough to use the badminton racquet solution (clearly the most fun)
Posted on 6/24/12 at 8:29 am to will1883
How to make a trap.
This is the mobile website I read it on. If the link doesn't work, it's on instructables.com.
This is the mobile website I read it on. If the link doesn't work, it's on instructables.com.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 8:33 am to CaptainsWafer
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CaptainsWafer
Finally a use for the birdhouses the boys made in school that even a wren would find cozy.
Posted on 6/24/12 at 9:06 am to will1883
I just spray Malathion on the exposed wood in late spring/early summer. It deters them for the entire season.
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