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I Have Declared WAR

Started by WDH, March 23, 2014, 08:20:31 PM

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WDH

Against carpenter bees.  They are a real problem in the South, boring holes in your roof joists, facia boards, and eaves.  So, I tried some traps.  Built six.  We will see how they work.



 
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Andy White

Danny,
After working on the kiln, and sawing walnut this weekend, I noticed a few buzzing around my kiln and drying shed. If you see that those traps are working, let me know, cause I'll need about 100 of them. The bees ate all the rough cedar facias on the house in Orange, and that will not happen here too!!!    Andy :rifle: :rifle: :rifle:
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wildbill

PB blaster drops them out of the sky.  i dont know how or why it works but my dad turns in to a 9 year old boy who just got a BB gun when he has that can of pb blaster.  also you can spray it into their hole and they will back out fall and die.

for the traps, i dont remember seeing any of those bees in his traps but plenty of wasps and flys. 

good luck
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SwampDonkey

Darn pests. If it ain't one thing it's another.

Need any snow to slow them down some? You could load some on your no snow load roof. ;D
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Magicman

Yes, the traps work.  I thought that I had pictures, but apparently not.  :-\
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gfadvm

Danny, I built several of those and hung em under the rafters where they were active and never caught a single one. I called Bowtie (I copied his traps) to report my lack of success and his reply was that Oklahoma wood bees must be smarter than Alabama wood bees!

Peter Drouin

I wish you luck. I see your pallets, I make them too for my wood, But I nail a sticking to them to get the wood off the pallet. Every 2' and stick the lumber right above them. :)
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thecfarm

Take your pick,
The Glaciered North,
or carpenter bees.
Can't have both.
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Delawhere Jack

Are these the type that nest in the ground? My brother had them eating his porch railing years ago. He saw where the entrance to their nest in the ground was. At dusk one night, (when they had retired for the evening) he put a funnel in the hole, poured in some ammonia, and then, STANDING UP WIND, he poured in some bleach.  smiley_devil

Problem solved.

uplander

 I made some of those and had fairly good results with them. The carpenter bees were boring into the soffits of my house that were sheaved in BC plywood. They were also putting divots in the cypress siding on the house.

They went away and quit bothering the house, I think because I started using the indoor wood furnace
which sort of bathed the house in wood smoke after a whole winter of use. I don't think the house smelled right to them.

I bet the traps would work better with some fresh pine chips in them.
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WDH

Jack,

These nest in the wood, boring long tunnels and chambers. 

I will take the bees.  Y'all keep the glaciers. 
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slider

Good luck general ,let us know how they work.
al glenn

Bert

I settled my carpenter bee war last year. After making traps, coating my house in pesticides, and heavy tennis racket use (swatting), I bought some citronella stuff off the internet from a log home site. You can mix it with stain or just apply it with a pump up sprayer. The bees leave that stuff alone. Within a few days, all was calm around the homestead. Its pretty smelly the first few days but the smell wears off in a couple weeks. Im anxious to see if they come back this spring or I got them for good. The seven bug spray that you hook to your garden hose works pretty good too but I made myself sick spraying it up on the eaves. :-\
Saw you tomorrow!

Raider Bill

PB blaster works dang good!
When ammo was cheaper I sat with a .22 pistol waiting for them to fly by so I could play anti aircraft gunner or anti bee gunner. Got 17 in one day like that.



  

 
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petefrom bearswamp

Bill,
Ever shoot your building by mistake?
You know eating lots of cheese will improve your marksmanship.
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Al_Smith

You find a perfectly round hole in the soffit .Insert a 16 penny nail,it buzzs real load until the nail takes effect .Works but after the fact .

My house has fletch cut cedar gables .The peckerwoods liked to chop holes in it the bees in other portions .Got some woodpecker resistant paint from Sherwin Williams.

It must have dulled the woodpeckers pecker and tasted bad to the bee .Peckerless and beeless as I type .

giant splinter

WDH, did you find that idea on the net or did you come up with this nice looking gizmo and how does it work.
roll with it

Dave Shepard

We get plenty of them up here. They just slow down a little during our glacierization phase. I was ripping stickers out of some ewp boards we had stickered out behind the shop. It was during cold weather, and one of the stickers had a bore hole parallel to the saw cut. There were four of those guys riding out the glacier in there. I didn't inspect them closely, but they must have gotten a close shave on one side. :D
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Wick

Yep, I got my tennis racket out yesterday.  bat_smailey
This cool snap ought to calm them down for a few days here.
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mesquite buckeye

I'm thinking beedmitten. ;D
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Martha White Nelson

OK guys!  Let me tell y'all how the U.S. Forest Service does it in certain districts on some historical structures, out buildings, restrooms and pump houses, etc.   After managing several districts for the forest service for almost 15 years through a special use permit, we would mix 1/2 boiled linseed oil, and 1/2 thinner in a pump sprayer and apply thoroughly to all exposed surfaces.  Historical buildings are part of our national treasures, so the preservation of these buildings is a must.  No bees will attack, bore, or lay their eggs in these old buildings. The photos are just a few of the buildings that were treated with this mixture.   Hope this will help!




  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Martha

mrector

I have made some of these traps and they work great!  I made 4 of em and only 2 worked.. found out that they will not touch wet wood. I had made 2 out of fresh cut pine, they didn't have any bees in bottles although the dry wood traps were half filled!

Also I found that if you "bait" them with a live bee it surely increases your chances of it working. I usually use a shuttle cock racket and disable one and put him in the bottle. Seems to work, they must give off a scent or something.
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Quote from: Bert on March 24, 2014, 09:05:54 AM
I bought some citronella stuff off the internet from a log home site. You can mix it with stain or just apply it with a pump up sprayer. The bees leave that stuff alone.
And when the house catches on fire from all the chemicals you sprayed on it, the Citronella does a good job of keeping the Skeeters away. :D
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WDH

Quote from: giant splinter on March 24, 2014, 10:59:36 AM
WDH, did you find that idea on the net or did you come up with this nice looking gizmo and how does it work.

Giant,

Found it on the Internet. 
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Bert

QuoteAnd when the house catches on fire from all the chemicals you sprayed on it, the Citronella does a good job of keeping the Skeeters away.

But at least I won the bee war... right?  smiley_thumbsup
Saw you tomorrow!

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