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re: Best Way to get Rid of Carpenter Bees

Posted on 3/23/14 at 6:27 pm to
Posted by wickowick
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Posted on 3/23/14 at 6:27 pm to
I just picked up an electric racket...
Posted by Nascar Fan
Columbia La.
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Posted on 3/23/14 at 6:28 pm to
Just need some beer now
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/23/14 at 7:11 pm to
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Besides the tennis racket I've been using?


You have to admit that is a lot of fun. I used to think only I did that, then found it's more common than lacrosse or hockey.
Posted by CootKilla
In a beer can/All dog's nightmares
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 3/24/14 at 6:41 pm to
Im making a bee trap like on the first page. Can anyone tell me what size hole they are drilling. The trap is for my camp.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 3/30/14 at 10:51 pm to
So the other day I ordered a couple of badminton rackets from Amazon for cheap and today little wick and I headed out to kill some bees. I killed 3 at the house and he had not killed any so we headed down the dock to a neighbor's dock cover that had a ton of bees the other day. I wanted to put him in a place where he could practice swatting bees. Well swatting is what we did when everything was said and done I killed 100 bees today at the neighbor's and little wick killed around 20. I think he is hooked and we put a hell of a dent in their population today.
Posted by CajunAlum Tiger Fan
The Great State of Louisiana
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Posted on 3/30/14 at 11:10 pm to
I just broke my last badminton racquet today on a bee killing session. Time to find another set.



Posted by gmrkr5
NC
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 8:27 am to
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Airsoft is fun

They explode when you hit them


I need to thank you for this unbelievably awesome tip. I was knocking capenter bees out of the sky with an airsoft gun all weekend. decimated the population in 2 days
This post was edited on 3/31/14 at 8:27 am
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 2:21 pm to
The likking has been brutal, my son and I are pushing 200 bees in the last couple of days. As territorial as these bees are, anyone ever set up a decoy? Thinking something black hanging from a cane pole...
Posted by AlxTgr
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 2:26 pm to
Doesn't Mojo already make one?
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 2:27 pm to
I watched a live bee attack a dead one on the concrete yesterday. I bet a hanging bee would be money...
Posted by AlxTgr
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 2:31 pm to
I bet there is a bee shaped/colored lure at Acad or Bass pro.
Posted by wickowick
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 2:35 pm to
I bet so also, I will need to look, a fly would work even better because it would move in the wind or some painted syrofoam. Little wick might have a new project.
This post was edited on 4/1/14 at 2:37 pm
Posted by AlxTgr
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 2:40 pm to
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
46139 posts
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:53 pm to
Swatted a bee today and made a decoy, no luck with it this afternoon, but I have knocked the population down pretty good. I will give it another try...




Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
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Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:54 pm to
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
46139 posts
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:23 pm to
So I have been doing paperwork at the house today and set the decoy out and have had multiple bees come in to the decoy. I have killed two and many others come and leave before I can walk out to swat them. I had 2 attacking a few minutes ago.
Posted by arcalades
USA
Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 4/4/14 at 9:54 pm to
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Can anyone tell me what size hole they are drilling.
1/2" worked for mine.
Posted by bulldog95
North Louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
21047 posts
Posted on 4/5/14 at 12:44 am to



I know a man who used to kill them and spiders with a butane torch but he eventually had to stop doing it this way.


This post was edited on 4/5/14 at 12:48 am
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