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Bus Driver

05-01-2001 16:03:32




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Lots of posts during the winter about the buildings we use for our tools and "stuff". Here in the South we have Carpenter Bees which bore holes in the wood for their nests. My NRA membership does not impress the bees as it does the 2 legged varmits. By now it is clear that I do not like it when my "stuff" is messed with. For the carpenter bees, I use a tennis racket in my predominate hand and a pump sprayer with WD-40 in the other hand. Smack them with the racket. If they hit the building off the racket, the sound of the secondary collision is most satisfying. Even this rarely kills them. A quick stomp with the foot works if they land in accessible area. If not, quickly wetting them with WD-40 does the rest. They come in to the hole about dark each evening. Perhaps some can tell me that these are beneficial insects. I stand ready to be educated. What good do they do? I know of no way to simply convince them to move elsewhere.

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VaTom

05-02-2001 15:07:03




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 Re: Workshop/shed in reply to Bus Driver, 05-01-2001 16:03:32  
I tried caulk in the carpenter bee holes. Latex doesn't work but silicon seems to solve the problem. Too much vigilance for my taste. I've taken to using copper for sheathing. A little shiny for awhile but for $1.40/sq ft, it suits me just fine. No maintenance and all the problems go away, forever. Just make sure you don't leave an opportunity for any standing water to rot out the structure behind the copper.

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Milton

05-02-2001 08:40:21




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 Re: Workshop/shed in reply to Bus Driver, 05-01-2001 16:03:32  
The male carpenter bees hang around like sentries waiting for some action. Although they are aggressive, the males cannot sting. The females bore into the wood and lay eggs for their young (females can sting). To eliminate carpenter bees, you must treat the nest (just killing the males that hover outside the nests will not do it -- the tennis racket targets). The most effective pesticide application for existing, active Carpenter Bee galleries is dust. There are several products on the market for this pest. The best are non repellent products such as bendiocarb (Ficam D - available, but no longer in production), carbaryl (Sevin) dust and boric acid (Borid Turbo Aerosol). These are put into the nest hole, and then after 2-3 days, the hole is corked. The female will carry the dust and infect the eggs/larvae. You can find info by doing a search for "carpenter bees" on the internet. The young will return and expand the infestation unless dealt with.

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Doc

05-01-2001 21:36:07




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 Re: Workshop/shed in reply to Bus Driver, 05-01-2001 16:03:32  
There are times it is nice living here in the cold of Minnesota. We freeze out such critters, along with a whole bunch of others. We will gladly ship you some cold. Seriously, not real familiar with the bees you are talking about, but I use a product called Beefreeze to get rid of nests. There are similiar products under different names. A lawn and garden store will have something similar. This will not be a long term solution, a new batch could move in, but it is effective in the short term. Here it clears an area for the season. Hope this gives you some help. Doc

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Mark Kw

05-01-2001 16:38:16




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 Re: Workshop/shed in reply to Bus Driver, 05-01-2001 16:03:32  
I don't know much about these bees but white wash will keep them off your wood but is a pain in the butt no matter how you do it. What works on a short term basis, about 1 month depending on how much rain you get, is to mix a quart of any pine smelling cleaner in 2 gallons of water and spraying everything with this using a tree sprayer (pump can). People tell me wetting the wood with a solution of saltwater works too but I have not tried it myself.

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Robert(AL)

05-01-2001 20:10:59




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 Re: Re: Workshop/shed in reply to Mark Kw, 05-01-2001 16:38:16  
Here in Alabama, they are called carpenter bees. They bore a perfect 1/2" hole for their nest. I have a western cedar home ,and they love it. A tennis racket works well!!



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