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Wood bees/Carpenter Bees Problem Stephanie S. Cunningham 03-22-2007
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Posted by Stephanie S. Cunningham on March 22, 2007, 10:29 am


Hi I have a Problem with Wood bees/Carpenter Bees, which is my reason
for Posting!

Do you of you have the same problem? and if so How have you got rid of
your Wood bees?

I will be checking back later to see if any of you have ideas for me to
get rid of my Pesty problem!

Stephanie Cunningham
coolcousin@webtv.net


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Posted by Lar on March 22, 2007, 10:47 am


Stephanie S. Cunningham wrote:
> Hi I have a Problem with Wood bees/Carpenter Bees, which is my reason
> for Posting!
>
> Do you of you have the same problem? and if so How have you got rid of
> your Wood bees?
>
> I will be checking back later to see if any of you have ideas for me to
> get rid of my Pesty problem!
>
> Stephanie Cunningham
> coolcousin@webtv.net
>
First determine if they are nesting in the structure or just a large
tree. If they are in the tree, do nothing. The aggressive bees flying
about the yard will be the males but they have no stinger. If they are
nesting in the structure, at night getting any type of insecticide into
the chamber, be it liquid, aerosol or dust will kill them.
Paint/re-paint or varnish exposed wood that they will like to nest in.

Lar

Posted by Don Phillipson on March 22, 2007, 12:42 pm



> Hi I have a Problem with Wood bees/Carpenter Bees, which is my reason
> for Posting!

Most college departments of entomology can find
someone to identify exactly the species of your
problem bees. This info may be helpful if you
plan to remove them yourself.

Some college departments have wild bee specialists
who might be interested in removing the nest
for their own research.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)



Posted by Bert Byfield on March 22, 2007, 1:11 pm


>> Hi I have a Problem with Wood bees/Carpenter Bees, which is my
>> reason for Posting!

> Most college departments of entomology can find
> someone to identify exactly the species of your
> problem bees. This info may be helpful if you
> plan to remove them yourself.

Optionally you can take a tennis raquet and bat the hovering ones out
of the air. Then use regular wasp/bee spray on the areas of wood they
they are interested in. Keeping old wood maintained and painted will
discourage them in the long run.

> Some college departments have wild bee specialists
> who might be interested in removing the nest
> for their own research.

Hopefully they don't remove your facia boards or fences for this
purpose.






Posted by Paul Franklin on March 22, 2007, 7:30 pm


On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:49:41 -0500, coolcousin@webtv.net (Stephanie S.
Cunningham) wrote:

>They are nesting in the wood in my Carport, as I see the Holes in the
>wood

Carpenter bees attack my cedar soffit boards. They seem to like
horizontal boards better than vertical. They are easy to recognize by
the perfectly round 3/8" or so diameter holes they make.

The most effective treatment is to dust the holes with a powdered
insecticide labeled for carpenter bees, like Drione. The bees carry
the dust deep into the burrows where it kills all the bees. After a
few days, plug the holes and then paint. Supposedly a good coat or two
of paint will deter them, but I've not found it completely effective;
they love that cedar.

Here is a place that sells a complete treatment kit; there are many
others online.

http://www.ozarkloghomesupply.com/ozloghosucab.html?gclid=CPjYte3DiYsCFQgTWAode3_8JQ

I plan to replace the soffit boards with PVC, painted to match the
siding. That should be a long term solution.

HTH,

Paul Franklin



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