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Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution!

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Jiles

03-15-2006 19:36:33




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In this forum I have read, in the past, about problems with these pesky insects. These bees seem to bore in the same board to an extent. I found that if you fill the hole opening with "BONDO" body filler they will go somewhere else. There were about 30 at the entrance of my tractor shed and were having a "field day". I killed about 6 with a tennis racket before I thought of the bondo. It seems that they are looking for a place to bore and when they see other holes they join in. It has been four days and I have not seen a single one. This worked for me and it is cheap. "Bondo" is a very useful product that I have found many uses for. If they return, I will fill their holes.

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BigMarv1085

03-17-2006 11:30:40




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
I mix 10% sevin dust and vaseline together. I put this in a plastic syringe without a needle and squirt in the bumble bee holes. In about 2 weeks, I didn't see a single bumble bee. My neighbor has honey bees so I don't worry about pollination. I was told bumble bees have a 3 year cycle.



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MikeCatthemuseum

03-16-2006 21:58:57




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
Kelly and Soundguy are on the right track. Seven dust is the ticket. Bondoing the holes just means they will enter that apartment complex of tunnels through a new door. They can chew out in a matter of an hour or so. Sevin gets them coming and going.

As for whether the can damage a structure, my Dad's wife's parents had a deck that was literally eaten up by them. It became so weak as to be unsafe and about 2/3 of all teh boards were gone when it was torn down.

I am not really in the mood to kill off good pollinators, but there are lots of old abandoned barns and dead trees around here for them to rent out. They can leave my shop the hell alone.

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Jimmy King

03-16-2006 14:12:11




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
Aren't they the ones you can tell what they are by their hard hats and lunch boxes????



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RandyBee

03-16-2006 08:18:48




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
I spray insect killer in the holes and then plug the holes with a piece of 7/16 dowell with wood glue and they do not come back.



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Joe MD

03-16-2006 08:10:25




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
I have been told they will not bore into painted wood. They do seem to bore into pressure treated wood at our place.

You don't have a real problem until a woodpecker finds an active hole. Then that hole will become a larger mess to fix.



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souNdguy

03-16-2006 06:58:19




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
We had an old outside air compressor with a tin roof and a 2x4 framed up building to house it.. those boreing bees loved it.. i used to bondo the holes up to see them pop out somewhere else. I started shooting a little seven or permethrin/permectrin dust inthe hole with a big bore syringe with no needle.. then covering with bondo.. .. always worked..

Soundguy



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Kelly Campbell

03-16-2006 05:46:28




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
The only thing that I've ever found to be able to kill them is seven dust. Works really good, then cork the holes. They tore up my barn last year and won't be this year.

Kelly



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salser

03-16-2006 04:25:39




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
The confusion about whether carbenter bees are good pollinaters or bad wood borers is because there are two types. The carpenter bees which are small (about 6mm in length) are stem borers. They dig the pith out of the stems of shrubs and lay their eggs in those. These carpenter bees are beneficial in terms of pollinating and not causing damage. They, along with mason bees are sold to use for backyard pollination. In contrast the large carpenter bees (about 25mm in length) that look like bumblebees do cause serious damage to wood. Here is a pretty good link with information about the life cycle and control measures.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2074.html

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Midwest redneck

03-16-2006 02:32:38




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
Last year I bought a substance called Tempo SC, liquid. I sprayed it around my house and the carpenter ants are all gone. I will spray again this year, 3 times last year. The Bees will die from chemicals if done right.



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Dell (WA)

03-15-2006 23:42:23




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Jiles, 03-15-2006 19:36:33  
You KILL? carpenter bees? And I go out the local greenhouse store and buy'em by the "tube". They even sell carpenter bee houses (4x4's with 5/16" holes all neatly drilled in rows) Carpenter bees are NOT AGGRESSIVE and are real pollinators. They are black with yellow thorax. Since I started my "house", my pear, apple, cherry, plum trees are fruiting. Give'm a designated "house" up under the shadey barn eve and they'll leave yer barndoor frame alone..... ....Dell

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van robinson

03-16-2006 01:33:36




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to Dell (WA), 03-15-2006 23:42:23  
I cant keep the bees out of my barn. they are destroying the rafters. Finally sprayed rafters with diesel. That stopped them. I knew honey bees were beneficial for a garden, but not carpenter bees.



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led

03-16-2006 19:58:42




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 Re: Carpenter Bees???? Possible Solution! in reply to van robinson, 03-16-2006 01:33:36  
Carpenter bees are good pollinaters!! I rarely see a honey bee anymore (mite problem). Never seen a barn brought down by bee damage. Most barn are built with heavy timber, yet people will drill 1" 2" or 3" holes to run plumbing thru a 2x6, and you worry about 9/16th holes. I guess we could kill non aggresive bees and mother nature will send killer bees to eat pollin.
Led



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