Carpenter Bees?? Help

[Code54]

We had them real bad last year so I called a local exterminator and he came out and sprayed the entire house (I mean the entire house - used a truck mounted sprayer and hit our 20 foot high eve's no problem). Cost $125 for the first visit and mega spraying. Now I pay $30 a month all summer ( does not need sprayed in the winter and he does not charge if he does not spray) and he sprays inside and out, drops some glue traps and even sprays my out building for me - no bugs at all and NO bee's - got rid of every one of them. No sure what he used but it is supposed to be pet safe and it works GREAT. May want to look into it. Good luck

 

[smstonypoint]

A similar topic came up in another forum, I think Breaktime, some time ago.

One of the posters claimed that he shot carpenter bees with a 22. I was tempted to call BS, but refrained.


I have read and observed that the bees are less likely to try nesting in painted wood.

 

[rekees4300]

One of the posters claimed that he shot carpenter bees with a 22. I was tempted to call BS, but refrained.

True - As a kid many decades ago I shot them with a BB gun as they hovered...great challenge and fun.

 

[smstonypoint]

True - As a kid many decades ago I shot them with a BB gun as they hovered...great challenge and fun.

Don't you know that you could put your eye out.

 

[jbooth]

I'll buy into the shooting with a .22. Had a friend who would wait till he had an audience and then go get his .22. He used the bird shot. Of course he wouldn't tell anybody about the birdshot unless he got busted. He had a great time of it. Called it "sporting bees". We call the critters wood bees here. I guess if you are into tennis or badmitton that would be fun also.

 

[ragkar]

No problem at all. buy some contact poison dust like ant killer. Make sure that the brand that you buy has a straw. Spray the dust in each hole and then mark the hole with chalk.
Leave everything alone for a day in case they happen to not be at home. then come back the next day with half inch wood plugs and wood glue. The plugs fit perfectly in the holes.
I did that one year to fourteen holes. A few minutes later I heard a plop and a bee had fallen out of it's hole. My shoe put an end to its misery. In the next ten minutes eleven bees had fallen out.

 

[techwrtr2]

We have a huge problem with them here. Exterminator can deter them for a while but eventually they are back destroying the barn and trim on the house. Tomorrow will be spent on a lift repairing trim.

A favored pasttime of mine is using CRC Brake cleaner... They don't last long when hit with the stuff and you can shoot them out of the air. Spray it in the hole and everything inside dies with the quickness.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I agree, NASTY BUGGERS....

I found that wasp and hornet spray will kill them. They have been boring into my tractor shed and getting thier "sawdust" on my tractor! (Gasp!) Something had to be done. I plugged their holes with tin roofing screws. (The ones with a rubber washer.) Listened to them get really buzzing then. After a weekend of my torture to them, they have left. Now when I see one, its the wasp and hornet spray that knocks them out. Before I started killing them, all you could here was their constant buzzing. It was quite annoying. They also call them "wood bees" down/over here...

Best Luck in ridding yourself of these pests..

Wood bees here too.

 

[Uncle Doug]

We used the tennis racket method, paid the grandkids a bounty of $1 each bee. It kept the kids busy for a few hours and got rid of a few bee's. Of course I was $20 lighter by the end of the day.

 

[Richard]

Of course I was $20 lighter by the end of the day.

Money well spent!