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Dealing with carpenter bees
Posted on 4/4/14 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 4/4/14 at 5:48 pm
These guys are chewing the hell out of the rafters on my porch. It is unpainted treated pine. Any remedies?
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Posted on 4/4/14 at 5:49 pm to swampdawg
Fire. Lots of fire
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:00 pm to swampdawg
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:01 pm to swampdawg
Paint. They don't like fresh paint
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:01 pm to swampdawg
Take their tools away
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:02 pm to WPBTiger
That looks dangerous
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:02 pm to swampdawg
I am gonna try spraying wd40 in their holes
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:02 pm to WPBTiger
Badminton racket. Maybe hose it down with some of that hornet spray.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:02 pm to swampdawg
Looking for a solution to this as well.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:04 pm to swampdawg
Leave them alone, you are just lucky they don't sting.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:05 pm to swampdawg
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:07 pm to Lookin4Par
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:08 pm to DawgCountry
They were making holes in my fascia board underneath my gutters. I got a $1.00 squeeze bottle from Wal-Mart, filled it with Sevin powder, duct taped one of those bending straws bent @ 90 degrees on the squeeze bottle tip so I could get the straw in holes behind the gutter. Blasted each hole with the Sevin and killed all of them and their offspring. They have been gone for several years since but appear to be back this spring. Time to get blasting.
This post was edited on 4/4/14 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:11 pm to swampdawg
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:12 pm to swampdawg
Tennis racket and some beers. Have fun
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:14 pm to swampdawg
Spray lots of spray
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:16 pm to swampdawg
I've heard that wood dowels and wood putty over the holes at night can trap them inside the nests. Then they'll typically starve since they won't burrow out.
Also painted wood seems to deter them from making new holes and nests in the painted wood.
Also painted wood seems to deter them from making new holes and nests in the painted wood.
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:20 pm to bbrownso
Air soft gun
Endless amounts of awesome. Takes a minute to figure out your timing/aim but once you do its defcon 5 bee killing
Endless amounts of awesome. Takes a minute to figure out your timing/aim but once you do its defcon 5 bee killing
This post was edited on 4/4/14 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:25 pm to gmrkr5
I have never used an air soft gun. How do they work? Will it shoot a hole in my metal roof?
Posted on 4/4/14 at 6:26 pm to fr33manator
Gotta be a badminton racket, they'll go through tennis rackets. This is actually good stress relief in the afternoons. They always come home to nest right before sunset. You can usually knock them out this way if your dedicated.
This post was edited on 4/4/14 at 6:28 pm
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