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CAD random question of the day - what to do about carpenter bees?

Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:30 am
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77947 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:30 am
they are swarming all around my house this year and while its fun to take them out with a baseball bat, i'm on the losing end of this.

before i buy some bug spray that may or may not work, is there a go-to solution for these pests?

worse thing is sitting on your back porch after sunset and you can hear the damn things munching the soffits but you can't actually find any of them.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
38942 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:31 am to
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75149 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:32 am to
quote:

while its fun to take them out with a baseball bat,




Posted by SUB
Member since Jan 2001
Member since Jan 2009
20761 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:32 am to
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
25852 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:32 am to
I got this great aerosol product that eliminated my problem but it’s sold exclusively through Amazon.
Posted by stickly
Asheville, NC
Member since Nov 2012
2338 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:32 am to
Airsoft pistol. Took out 15 of them yesterday around some blooming flowers. Hate those house eating bastards.
Posted by Open Dore Policy
The Commodore State
Member since Oct 2012
4472 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:32 am to
Just leave them alone. They ain't hurting you.
Posted by Perrydawg
Middle Ga Area
Member since Jan 2014
4769 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:33 am to
I find that a badminton racquet tends to get you a little more surface area to take them out but they do drag a bit. I have become very proficient and hitting them with my sons little tykes t ball bat
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77947 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:33 am to
quote:

Paul Allen


youve never done this? very satisfying.
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
37811 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:34 am to
quote:

what to do about carpenter bees?


Play Hive and Seek?
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77947 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:34 am to
quote:

bees
quote:

Slagathor
checks out
Posted by Coater
Madison, MS
Member since Jun 2005
33058 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:35 am to
wd-40 and spray into the hole
Posted by Rhino5
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2014
28897 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:35 am to
Buy the $20 wood trap off amazaon. I've caught probably 20 bees the last month. Or build one, simple design.
Posted by OneMoreTime
Florida Gulf Coast Fan
Member since Dec 2008
61834 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:35 am to
Catch em, put em in the freezer, and tie them to strings
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113896 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:36 am to
A friend of mine recently had bees build a nest in his utility room. He found someone on LSU's website that comes out and removes them. If this is what you need and you are in the BR area, I can get the number for you.
Posted by tke857
Member since Jan 2012
12195 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:37 am to
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
37811 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:37 am to
quote:

CAD703X


Staaaahp

I'm gonna enjoy it when you start having memory issues
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65617 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:39 am to
Open up a small check cashing store that has Western Union next door. When they all show up tomorrow, just lock the tiny lock and burn the place down.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77947 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:44 am to
quote:

Staaaahp

I'm gonna enjoy it when you start having memory issues


what has been seen cannot be unseen
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79117 posts
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:44 am to
Killed a couple yesterday and then moved their carcasses under one of their little holes so the others know what's coming
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