Carpenter Bees

[livetohunt]

They are here already. Seems almost a month earlier than normal.

 

[Toliver]

That means I get to try my new carpenter bee trap a month earlier. It's a little wooden church (built like a little bird house) with a jar attached to the bottom and 4 nice bee enticing holes all ready for them to come to Sunday sevice.

 

[The Original Rooster]

Mine made from scrap wood work but they're not enough. I catch dozens and dozens but they still do a lot of damage and I'm going to have to replace the top of my well house eventually because of them.

 

[snookdoctor]

Badminton time! Salt rifles just make them made, unless you can take the wings out.

 

[B. White]

Finishing up today painting exposed wood in a shed with a burnt oil/diesel mix. I'll know if it does any good in the next couple of weeks.

 

[SarahFair]

I've noticed them too
Washed the jars from my traps yesterday

 

[fireman32]

Hung 8 traps the other day. Sprayed all the open lumber with insecticide too. Hate them.

 

[ucfireman]

saw something that says put brown bags out. Make it look like a hornets nest.
Supposedly hornets are predators to carpenter bees?
Anyone try?

 

[Toliver]

saw something that says put brown bags out. Make it look like a hornets nest.
Supposedly hornets are predators to carpenter bees?
Anyone try?

It seems to be a thing to put out the fake nests. You can buy realistic looking hornet nests on Amazon. Give it a try and let us know how it works.

 

[Swamprat]

Tennis or badminton racket is the most effective.

 

[DannyW]

Never owned or shot a salt rifle. Would it be more effective with sand? Or is it not powerful enough?

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

It seems to be a thing to put out the fake nests. You can buy realistic looking hornet nests on Amazon. Give it a try and let us know how it works.

Those help with wasp nests, don’t know about carpenter bees. We use them at work. We have one corner of a building that we have to use a shop vac in the lights to get them yet, hundreds a week. Fake hornets nest have helped a lot.

 

[notnksnemor]

Never owned or shot a salt rifle. Would it be more effective with sand? Or is it not powerful enough?

Not powerful enough.
Shooting red wasps with a salt gun is a lot like hunting dangerous game in Africa.
Make a bad shot and you can pay for it.

 

[Batjack]

Not powerful enough.
Shooting red wasps with a salt gun is a lot like hunting dangerous game in Africa.
Make a bad shot and you can pay for it.

The voice of experience?

 

[notnksnemor]

The voice of experience?

If it wasn't, I'd be telling a lie.