Bees

BHpony · Jun 4, 2018

carpenters bees make a mess on my tractors & doing my shed no favors. Are their solutions. Thanks

Crazy Horse · Jun 4, 2018

There are a lot of solutions to the problem, some are commercial sprays etc and some are home-type remedies. Here's just one of many links that you can find on a Google search .....
Carpenter Bees .....

kcm.MN · Jun 4, 2018

You could try spraying the wood with a water/borax solution, though I have no idea if that would work.

I see lots of videos on Youtube about people putting out traps to eliminate Carpenter bees. Far too many. They are very beneficial, and they accomplish pollination that honey bees cannot do. On the other hand, by their very nature, they are causing damage.

ohiojim · Jun 4, 2018

if you can get to the wood they are working just fill a oil can with gas, couple squirts in the hole and plug with half a cotton ball. I've gotten rid of all of mine that way.

gregww · Jun 4, 2018

You may not believe this, but trust, me it worked for me. My daughter had a problem with bees in her carport. I was over there one day and I saw a paper bag stuffed with paper hanging from the ceiling. She told me it was to get rid of the bees. Apparently the bees see it as a hornets nest. I wasn't to sure about this, but I had a problem with wasps at the back of my garage. They like to build nests under the eaves. I hung a stuffed paper bag on the east side of my garage this spring. No wasps have been there this year at all. It may sound silly, but it works. A paper bag is cheap, and doesn't kill anything.

jacksun65 · Jun 4, 2018

We have had a problem with them in years past. Made some traps and they are almost all gone now.

Bob Harvey · Jun 4, 2018

Easy-peezy. Just take away their little tool belts !

Texasmark1 · Jun 4, 2018

I have a 4 gallon sprayer mounted on my "mini gator" (old JD 110 with the deck removed) for spraying fire aunt mounds. Just tweak the nozzle for a finer mist and that's that. It has taken awhile for the evolution of the dead, if you will, but finally they are getting to be non-existent.

First time I encountered them I thought they were Bumble Bees. Glad they weren't....sorta.

jeffcat · Jun 4, 2018

Get some 7 and a little puffer aplicator. Puff into the hole and leave them open for a couple of days. Should nail them. A tennis racket is more fun. They make a nice Pang! when you hit the right.

Jeff NWOH · Jun 4, 2018

We've had quite a few of those little buggers this spring. We redid our house a couple years ago. They were boring into the wood ceiling on our porch and also the treated wood framing. Needless to say, I was not too pleased. We've killed them in the past with a flyswatter, but obviously I cant dedicate all day to hunting them.

I found instructions online about how to build this trap. It seems almost too simple, but it works. I dumped a dozen bees out the other day and there are 2 more in it. There are no fresh holes since it's been up. It took all of 15 minutes to make it.

Texasmark1 · Jun 6, 2018

Welllllllllllll you are keeping us in suspense.....what is it? Grin

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