Carpenter/wood bee extermination

I think they sell some traps to catch them and I also see no reason why spraying some insecticide on the house wouldn't work....however, that wouldn't be nearly as fun as a tennis racket...

The traps look to be very effective. You can make them yourself.

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I recently saw somewhere where someone made a cheap trap that worked great. I saw it either on here or reddit

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it was probably on both...op should just search youtube for "carpenter bee trap" or something like that...

Spray a product called "Warhawk" around your place. I get it from some of my buddies that sell farm chemicals. It's an insecticide that kills everything short of a Maltese. Wasps, bees, spiders, snakes, feral cats, etc. One spray leaves a residual for about 3 months. Same active chemical the the Orkin man sprays,

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Had the same problem when I moved last year. I went after them with a racket last year and thought I made a good dent in the population. But this year they came back twice as strong. I learned that around every hole there are at least 2 bees. The male bee is the one on the outside defending the hole and the female is inside the hole having babies and making it larger. The racket usually only allows you to get the male and not the females and babies when they hatch. So I went to Chastamt Bros. in Lafayette and got 2 different sprays. The first spray I had to spray in an around the holes the bees have made. This killed all the bees it came into contact with. The next day there were dead bees everywhere and hanging out of the holes. The second spray was a repellent that drives away any bee that wasn't killed. They then recommended caulking the holes, and reapplying the repellent before the start of spring next year

Had a termite guy come by the house for and inspection and treatment and I asked him about the bees This guy is a long time exterminator and an entomologist. Said a little know method is to use WD-40.
Spray it into any holes the bees make to kill the eggs, that’s the issue. The female lays her eggs in that hole and they hatch out, so simply killing the male or female does you little to no good. The WD-40 actually softens the egg shells and they never hatch. Set a couple traps out and spray every hole you see.

WD-40 in every hole, take the red stem and put it as deep as you can in the nest, wait a while bee comes out and dies. then fill hole with spray foam or anything to stop easy access, Tennis racket is fun.

If you purchased this house there should have been a WDIR (wood destroying insect report) as part of your closing documents. Carpenter bees are a wood destroying insect. If there were active insects or evidence of such Not mentioned on the WDIR the company that issued the report is responsible. The document has a 90 day warranty but it has been my experience that they will deal with it even if you are past the warranty period.

My parents house had a bunch in a cypress wood railing when I was a kid...

Dad and I spent hours honing our marksmanship with BB guns