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Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: Mac McAtee] #7274124
05/27/21 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mac McAtee
Paint the wood. They only go for raw wood surfaces. Then get a can of carpenter bee spray from your big box store, stick the tube up in the hole and foam it up. When it drys then get a tube of some kine of caulk and squirt it in the hole to seal it off.

When you paint treated wood it take something like Kills for it to stick to the wood and the green crap not to bleed through. Ask the paint dept at your big box what to use to paint treated wood.


You can purchase insecticide paint additives. Basically permethrin formulated to mix well with paint.


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Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274125
05/27/21 11:57 PM
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I got the same thing happening. They are boring into pressure treated wood. They are swarming out of my neighbor's attic. I told them about it last year but they haven't done anything about it. Can only imagine what their rafters look like.

I got rid of the ones boring into my treated wood with foaming bee spray, but I have also used Seven Dust in the past to get rid of wasp nests, so I'm sure that works great too.

Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274189
05/28/21 06:23 AM
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Seems like there was a thread on this last year with some home made traps just for these guys. I have them terrible this year. They aren't aggressive but they sure are hard on decks.

Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274247
05/28/21 07:53 AM
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They are real bad this year in the shed where I park my trapping vechile. Read about this. Tie a bundle of shopping bags to rafters. Carpenter bees think that it is large wasp or hornet nests, and stay away. Only had this up about 2 weeks, but I don't think there are as many shavings on my vechile, and I haven't heard the buzzing.


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Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274275
05/28/21 08:49 AM
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X3 on 22 bird/rat shot. A lot of fun. Put some sunglasses on and let her rip.

Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274281
05/28/21 08:56 AM
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This trap has been out about a week.. Seems to bee working.
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Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274304
05/28/21 09:09 AM
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I’m getting ready to make me a bunch of them ol dad.


Eh...wot?

Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274319
05/28/21 09:19 AM
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ol dad, I like your trap, will be making some.


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Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: ol' dad] #7274463
05/28/21 12:20 PM
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That's what I was looking for. Any details on making one?

Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274467
05/28/21 12:28 PM
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You can look up designs on the web Page. The ones I will be building are designed slightly different than the one ol dad has. My wife has a good collection of peanut jars with the labels cleaned off that I will be using for the bottom part.


Eh...wot?

Re: Carpenter Bees [Re: EdP] #7274796
05/28/21 08:30 PM
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I have read where spraying wd-40 inside the holes works.

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