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Help with carpenter bee apocalypse
Posted on 2/28/17 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 2/28/17 at 7:40 pm
Who has figured out how to eradicate these wood boring bastards? I made some of the traps with the glass jar and they arnt working. They are at my grandparents old house My dad and I have killed 100s with tennis rackets. Last count was over 400 just this year. Last year was around 600 all together, it doesn't seem like we have put a dent in them at all. We have sprayed all kinds of shite to no avail. Thanks for the help.
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 7:59 pm to WPsportsman
No experience with them, but I have seen traps for them. Try this maybe.
Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:30 pm to WPsportsman
I'd like to hear the replys too. Seems like they are real bad this year.
Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:35 pm to WPsportsman
Spray the wood with Timbor
Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:45 pm to WPsportsman
Now my experience I had them building in my backporch, and found out if you fill their holes with automotive silicone they will kill thier self trying to eat through, caulk or home silicone didn't work, they dug it back out
Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:49 pm to WPsportsman
Came to post boat paddle with holes drilled in it to make it aerodynamic, but sounds like you got that covered.
Posted on 2/28/17 at 8:59 pm to WPsportsman
I bought a can of that spray glue for carpet. I'd sit under my carport and barn and drink beer spraying them. That glue guys them and they are done. If one lands on a hole you can put him in his tomb. So much fun
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:25 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Dawn and water is the best wasp spray there is. I'm not sure if this will work with carpenter bees but it is an inexpensive fix if you can figure out a way to make it work. I throw a bucket full at the nest and keep a spray bottle for the individuals.
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:54 pm to WPsportsman
I put a blasting cap in a carpenter bee hole once. Once. 
Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:23 pm to WPsportsman
Silicon worked for me as well, but I had the typical tube from home depot.
Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:49 pm to MillerMan
Suspend also works but it has to be reapplied every 3 or 4 months (use the correct concentration). Becomes a PITA maintenance item which I don't always remember to do.
Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:50 pm to WPsportsman
Brake parts cleaner and a zippo.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 5:56 am to WPsportsman
Badminton racquets instead of tennis racquets, less weight and more maneuverable.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 6:23 am to Barneyrb
shot shell 22LR is fun, but really solve much besides reducing stress. 
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:24 am to WPsportsman
We got swarmed every spring for years. They were mainly in a wood fence.
I started spraying Talstar for mosquitoes last year, and that seems to have done in the carpenter bees as well.
You can buy it pretty cheap on Amazon. Mix 1 oz. per gallon and spray.
I started spraying Talstar for mosquitoes last year, and that seems to have done in the carpenter bees as well.
You can buy it pretty cheap on Amazon. Mix 1 oz. per gallon and spray.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 10:41 am to WPsportsman
Spray all wood with Taurus SC. It's expensive but it'll keep all bees and wasps from nesting for months.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 12:12 pm to Alleman
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Suspend also works but it has to be reapplied every 3 or 4 months (use the correct concentration
What's the correct concentration?
I used 1.5 oz. per gallon in my pump sprayer, and I'm not saying it didn't work, but i doused one particular spider and it took a looong time to die. I was hoping for more instaneous results.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 12:44 pm to WPsportsman
We always just used Bengal Roach Spray in the holes, and then paint over the holes after a day or two. You have to re-apply every so often, but it's pretty inexpensive.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 1:14 pm to WPsportsman
My in-laws' neighbor at their camp on the bayou made these traps that consist of a small wooden box with a clear 20oz coke bottle screwed into the bottom and a 1/2" or so hole drilled into the side at an angle into the box. The bees go in through the hole and then go down toward the light/bottle. Once in they are trapped and die. He has about a half dozen of them hanging around his camp and has just about wiped them out around it.
Like this
Carpenter Bee Trap Build Guide
Like this
Carpenter Bee Trap Build Guide
This post was edited on 3/1/17 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 3/1/17 at 1:37 pm to Marlo Stanfield
I can second these traps. We have several hanging on the porch of our cabin and they fill up quickly.
They don't repel the bees, but at least it keeps them from drilling into your timbers.
They don't repel the bees, but at least it keeps them from drilling into your timbers.
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