What can I do to discourage carpenter bees ?
Jul.31, 2011 in
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I have a wooden deck with a wooden stair case leading to the deck outside my back door. Bees are literally drilling and leaving a mound of saw dust bigger than an ant hill. They are drilling up under the step making perfect holes about the size of a nickel, and the dust is proving this – on the step below the holes. Can they be stopped ??
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July 31st, 2011 at 11:36 pm
WHY DONT YOU SEND THEM A DETENTION SLIP!!!!
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August 1st, 2011 at 1:36 am
yes they can be stopped by putting plastic ;alum; or fiberglass sheeting over the wood which ever you get the easy est for the wood will have to be totally covered and this will stop them;one more thing they have a plastic paint that might work for i never tried it for the kind of job.
leroybrugger
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August 1st, 2011 at 3:37 am
Here’s some links with different way to control the bees. Hope it helps.
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Extension/DiagnosticLab/IDLFS/CarpenterBees/CarpenterBees.html
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC2451.htm
http://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/carpenter_bees.htm
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