Carpenter Bee Wars

[tallyho8]

I have 3 homemade traps using the 4x4 block and bottle method. They work fine. But they do nothing to protect the buildings. They only capture the bee stupid enough to go inside. The other dozen flying around are not affected at all. I'm looking for a deterrent.

Maybe if you cut the bees heads off and stick them on little toothpicks around the barn.

 

[kenmac]

The bees don't like cities. they hate the noise.

I need to sell the farm and move back. Let the bees have it

 

[Raul-02]

Maybe if you cut the bees heads off and stick them on little toothpicks around the barn.

and stick pins in the eyes.

 

[Gem99ultra]

Thanks for posting this...I've read they don't like painted wood and was considering painting the bottoms of my porch beams as added protection.

Ha! I just learned today that one must use oil based paint. Naturally, I used latex.

Danged if I'm going to repaint that entire potting soil table, but I may try to go back over underneath the shelves and table top. That seems to be the carpenter bees' favorite incubator.