Prevent Carpenter Bees FOREVER
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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Carpenter Bee Overview
2:26 - Prevent Carpenter Bees Forever
3:16 - Identify Carpenter Bee Infestation
5:14 - Why they Need to be Stopped
7:14 - How to Eliminate Active Population
8:40 - Plug the Holes! 
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The best way to distinguish a carpenter bee from other species is carpenter bees leave their little beer cans all over the place.
Lmao
Hehe, I'm now looking around my workshop, I can see why this is sooo true.
Boomer humor at its finest
@@justsomeguy8385 Booma humah
Too funny!
My attitude with them is they are great batting practice. To clean out their holes you use a soapy solution and squirt it into the holes. In a few moments, if it is an active hole you will se the bees come stumbling, bumbling out and fall to the ground. That is because the soap does to the surface of their skin the same as to a humans, See, soap only breaks what is calle d the tensile of the surface of your skin. The same happens to most bugs. Bugs breath through the sides of their bodies and when you "break the tensile" of the surface of their bodies the tiny little hairs on their bodies folds oves and they suffocate. Fairly quickly too. SO if you are opposed to using insecticides get some dawn detergent and mix up a batch and squirt it into their holes and watch and beeee amazed! You are welcome for this free advice. And sorry to the pesticide people who wont be making so much money beeecause I just exposed a very cost free way of doing away with many sorts of insects! YAYAY!!!
Thank you for this tip. We get them in our roofed patio, I've had a massive male dive bombing me for the past few days. Definitely going to try the soap method. I added some faux wasp nests too, to help deter them
Never seen these in TX
I have wood painted with exterior paint and it does not stop them from boring. I had to use PVC sheets to cover the wood and that worked.
Me too. I even added borax (20 Mule Team stuff) to the paint and that deters them for a bit, but then they come back and drill holes somewhere else!!
Try a wood stain that looks like paint. They don't seem to mess with that.
I've watch at least 10 videos but my bugs didn't look like the ones in the other videos. Mind are huge. Now I see that they are carpenter Bees. Thank you. Good video
Good info. A trick I was taught as a pest control tech was just to use a bit of steel wool in the hole same concept. Might be a bit cheaper
That's what I tried as well but you need to be able to shove it DEEP into the hole so so moisture can be drawn to it and cause it to rust. They can chew rusty steel wool and be out in minutes! Use a chop stick or a bamboo kabob stick to shove the steel wool in..
@@evedallas8667 good info!
That's what I did, first I inserted the nozzle of wd40 and saturated inside the hole twice, then jammed steel wool inside the hole with a wire hanger, after that I sealed the hole with JB Weld wood filler, so far so good. 👍
If you don’t kill the hive, after stuffing the hole with steel wool, they chew from the inside out and make a new exit hole. I use a curved tip syringe and squirt gas into the entrance and exit holes (mine always make both) and then stuff both holes with steel wool. Oh, I stuff the exit hole first to stop them from flying out when I inject gas. Sounds mean but they’re destroying the support beams of an overhang I built on the side of my shed.
What kind of gas?
They love laying eggs in dried out Agave flower spikes. I chopped up a giant flower spike. The pieces were the size of fire wood log. The developing larva and hatchlings were vibrating really loudly inside the sections of the dried agave flower spikes.
Every spring my tennis racket gets a workout.
I don’t own a pool and yet I have a 20 foot extendable pole with a net on the top lol. Best hobby ever.
Badminton rackets work better
My fly swatter works as well!
@@StevenSherwin-op5lf Gonna try that. Would give me a good workout too! 😸
My tennis pro kills them in same way!
My Carpenter bees are actually in a freaking union
I knew eventually I'd come across the union comment! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Mine too. You can't get rid of them no matter how hard you try. 😒
Fun video! These bees are such a pain in the wood! Remember that they lay eggs and don’t always exit the same way they came in so plugging the hole doesn’t always work. 💪🏼😎👍🏼
WD 40 in hole kills them almost instantly... Stick tube in hole and spray. They will come out, drop on ground dead. If they make it that far. Then plug the hole with caulking.
That sounds like a good solution also!
It really does work good!
Killing them doesnt sound like a good idea
@@DingaLingu Yeah, better to let them destroy your house.
Been doing that very thing for years!👍
Get some Premethrin. Spray it, they die quickly. To fix holes mix some Premethrin in with your paint or wood filler. They come back to the same places each year.
nice, yep permethrin would do the trick
This chemical however is deadly to cats
@@Grierhax So No downside ? LOL
@@rydfree😂😂
Great video. I’ve watched a few videos on this and yours is so much better. Thank you.
I tried that wire method they'll just keep making new holes until they can get out. They are very smart it's better just to spray them and keep spraying the holes. Very good video!
They _are_ very smart. Even tried standing out there spraying them with insecticide. They learn to avoid you. When you start spraying they fly away until they see you're not there anymore then come back eventually. The minute you go out to spray them again and they see you coming they fly away right away before you even get a chance to spray them again.
I use White Lithium grease (used for garage doors) that has a straw tube and just spray a little into each hole. I did about 15 holes under my deck that took about 10 minutes total. After two years it seems to work. When they get the grease on their wings, their done. If you have a patio or storage under your deck this might not work as the grease could leak out if you use too much grease (although not in my case).
Spray wood with permethrin.......best stuff....good video also!
Nasty stuff will kill your cats and aquatic life.
Just fill any and all holes with wood putty at the beginning of March and then hang carpenter bee traps. Traps are VERY effective! You can buy traps online or make your own.
Well, that might work. I have actually used caulking to fill the hole and the little b'stards dug out the caulking and got back into the hole. I have heard that if you get some Borax and a little 'puffer' tool, you can shoot that stuff up into their nest and they won't be able to get rid of that stuff and they leave. IDK
We have tried using the putty and they are right through it. Just my personal experience.
Tried that. Didn't work. Pemethrin did the trick
Carpenter bee traps are useless !
@@pamelawoodall5891 Wrong. But you go ahead and be wrong if you want to.
Nice info , the bee box works good also to catch them , at my old house I caught over 100 of them ! I couldn’t believe over the weekend I had over 25 of them in the jar .
So... I just use the screens from my dope pipe? Genius!
Carpenter bees are GREAT pollinators! They are also very gentle. However, they DO damage structures over time. If you want to keep them down, get some honey bees. They aren't big on competition.
Thank you so much for this helpful information!! Very knowledgeable young man, instructions very clear, he obviously
knows what he is talking about. I really
dislike aggressive carpenter bees!
Great video!
Spray in hole to kill them…then use Minwax wood putty to block off hole. Homemade traps seem to work pretty good…the bottom of the water bottle gets filled the dead carpenter bees!
Use 3/8” drill for bee hole and 1” drill for water bottle hole (right size for water bottle to just screw in). Use a 4” long piece of 2x4 for trap.
5:02 I walk around my house listening and watching for carpenter bees. The males will hover near the nests. I use my tennis bug racket to backhand them. Then find the hole to eradicate them.
AMAZING!! I AM SICK OF THEM!! THANKX FOR THIS INFO!!
Good job! One of the most watchable, concise RUclips videos we will see about carpenter bees.
There’s another woman here on RUclips that has by far the best solution for carpenter bees. She uses a lunch bag, you know the little brown ones for your sandwiches, lol she crumpled up the bottom put a couple small rocks in the bottom, feels the bag with crumpled up, newspaper or bubble wrap, ties it off and hangs it up, wherever the bees are hanging out. The bees think it’s a wasp nest and they steer clear. It works fantastic! No worries about poison getting near your animals your dogs, your cats or your children! And you’re also not harming the bees that are good pollinators
Dan/, all you have to do is imitate a wasp nest using a brown small sandwich paper bag. There’s a woman here on RUclips that demonstrates.
@@rhondapelletier2141 I think that works well for wasps but not carpenter bees, who burrow into the wood.
I've crocheted the nests with plastic bags/plarn. It works amazing and the plastic holds up to the weather.
If you plug the holes when there is a bee in it or when the eggs hatch they eat their way out in another direction. This happened to me. If you inject foam it will seal the tunnels but just blog off the larvae chambers.If it is an active hole with larvae you have to dust the holes with that insecticide then plug it not fill it.. When they hatch the insecticide kills them before they can dig out. the spray area with permethrin to keep them away. vineger works but does not last as long.
Makes sense. Thanks so much. Will follow your instructions.
Permethrin is good and FYI, you can find it at TSC in the horsey isle, not with the pesticides). I was recommended "Dominion 2L" concentrate, ordered it online. IMO works the best for these types of bees and will stop wasps from peeling your wood as well.
@mikekreen9336 I did this last year, killed a ton of them instantly, but new ones were back 2 weeks later sadly. Also, make sure you're wearing a very good mask when spraying.
Great video, but a few comments.
They still bore into painted wood here in Tidewater VA, so painting won't help.
I have found that certain species of wood are more prone to attracting bees. They love white pine and most store-bought lumber (even treated) but don't seem to bother locally-sawn yellow pine.
Finally, I have found that if you block the hole, a determined bee will just drill a new hole right next to it to get back into (or out of) the nest. So I don't think the wire mesh will help unless you have killed all the active bees first and killed any larvae in the holes (which will be tough if the galleries are complex). What I normally do is dust active holes with Drione dust (or similar insecticidal dust) then wait a few days so that any active bees have a chance to enter the nest and encounter the dust (which will kill them within minutes). Only then will I plug the hole (normally with a cork -- cheap and readily available) and paint over the area. The cork will protect the remaining dust in the hole so that any larvae in those galleries will get killed after they mature into bees and try to emerge in late summer.
Great video, just a couple of tips to try. I don't currently have any infestation. In my mother's house when she was alive, routinely had them. Plus, I've been involved in construction all of my work life years.
Anyway, I always took a wire coat hanger. And make a small blunt area on the end. Any sort of semi stiff wire. Then take 000 OR OOOO Steal wool unravel a section and form a rope shape. You can insert the sections into the hole, push it in as far as you can. You put expansion foam as an additional blocking element. Be sure to mix the two together as much as you can
They can't chew the steal wool. The foam just holds it in place. It's not toxic and its effective. You can spray with pyrethrins sprays on the wood and flood the holes. That should help. I warn you they're very persistent.
@cwb8047- Doesn't work. I've sprayed insecticide in the holes which will kill any bees in there, but then the (expletive deleted) carpenter bees just find another piece of wood to start making holes in. It's an ongoing battle between the carpenter bees and the hornets. Sigh... I've even tried that "paper bag fake hornet nest" trick and the carpenter bees just act like it's not even there. Also tried traps and they ignore it. Sigh...
Would love to see some research/experiment videos to see if setting up alternative nesting wood beams nearby while consistently spraying vinegar from the beginning of winter could work; along with sealing holes after emergence in May.
We had a lot of those in my parents' old house. I always found them cute. But, when I was a kid, I distinctly remember one flying up to my face and landing on my nose. It scared the shit out of me. I mean, they're big chubby bees and I was still little. Good thing it didn't sting or bite me. It just touched my nose and flew away.
It was most likely a male. I was spraying a nest in the ground, when a female came out and tapped my knee through my pants ! It felt like a wasp sting, burned for a while then subsided. Guess I have a strong pain threshold or something like that. Anyway I doused the nest and they have not come back. YEA !
I had one land on the side of my face and try to crawl in my ear once. Probably thought it was a "hole" suitable for building a nest since there was nothing in there. 😉
Wish you were here Dan, just found a honey bee colony in my wall of the house. I know they weren't there five days ago. Tried vinegar/water solution, then went to wasp spray. Didn't deter them. So sealed up the hole, have about hundred out side swarming and can hear them inside the wall. Luckily walls are plaster, still scarry as hell while we wait and hope they don't get inside before they die! Two days down.
Don't want to kill them but money is tight and can break out walls and repair them come spring with 20 lbs of hive.
When you first see carpenter bees spray the exposed wood with a insecticide hose end sprayer. Ive done this for a few years and hardly ever see them. I also have bee traps and caulk their holes.
Very informative, The best video on this topic ever. Though the method to remove them need better ways.
Raid makes an ant and roach spray can with a long, plastic, yellow nozzle. You can snake it into a whole and immediately find out if it is active. If she's in there, she will buzz angrily. At that point, give it a good long squirt until it drips out. It doesn't kill them instantly, and sometimes they will tumble out to the ground and die after a few minutes. Once done, plug the hole with caulk, using a putty knife to smooth things up evenly so the woodpeckers don't notice there was a hole there.
I have only seen one treatment work indefinitely. It’s not pleasant on the smell, but putting diesel fuel in a pump sprayer and drenching the wood will keep all bees away. The oil in diesel gives it a lot of staying power, if you can deal with the smell for a few weeks. Definitely an outside treatment, not in active living areas. Aside from that it will be a non-stop upkeep
Great educational information. Thank you so much for sharing your knowlege with us. I have a problem under one of my tool sheds. They are nesting in the floor frame 2 X fours UNDER the shed. I am still trying to figure out how I'm going to get rid of those carpenter bees since I cannot get to their holes. They may have outsmarted me. I wish the people who manufacture yard tool sheds would paint the wood BEFORE they erect the shed on top of it. It may prevent this problem.
Painting the wood will not stop them. They bore right on through the paint and it doesn’t even slow them down.
@@garyknepper4546 Guess it depends on the situation and what kind of paint you use. We don't have a problem with our freshly painted hose reel post which we used Clark and Kensington exterior latex paint on but we have some older painted wood under our eaves they started to bore into. Never had a problem in that area before but it has never been repainted and the paint is getting old and weathered. The height seems to make a difference too. They don't bore into our mailbox post or hose reel but maybe it's because those are low to the ground. They seem to prefer a certain level of height. They drill into the side of our garage but only at the exact same height near the lower corners on the front and back sides. Coincidentally enough the wood under our eaves is at about the same height as the corners of the garage where they like to bore. They all seem to want to make their nests at the exact same height which is fascinating. They don't go up high near the peak of the roofline. Tried stuffing foam insulation (the kind you use for insulating window ACs) up there between the siding and the drip edge at the corners of the garage but the bees just drilled right through the foam in their exact same favorite spot. Gonna try some wire mesh or rolled up window screen in the fall when the bees leave their holes.
I give up. At this point, I find the crunching away at my house quite soothing.
I've read but cannot confirm that only OIL based paint works against carpenter bees. My deck joists are stained and that doesn't stop them. To reach under my deck to get the insecticide into the bore holes, I tape an extension hose of similar diameter. I then plug the holes with steel wool. Of course, you need to monitor since a female trapped inside and not killed could still bore out in another location.
You said stain? So it still looks and feels like wood. Stain is thin and usually absorbs in the wood.
so thats why i got so many woodpeckers. i also got what we call bumble bees, but r actually carpenter bees !! I notice they hibernate in dirt holes in the winter . . . learning al ot from you, young man!
Do carpenter Bees kill the grass where they live underground? Thanks
I have bees doing a number on my outdoor shop. I stuck a plastic top from a caulk tube in one the other day. He chewed a hole through the plastic and got out by the next day. But this year I have a bigger issue. A flock of Pileated Woodpeckers. Saw 5 at one time. You think bees were bad, they were destroying a 2x4 within hours. Hung some disposable tin pie pans up and they (peckers) left the shop immediately and did not return. 15 yrs experience with them I've seen they usually stay away from PT lumber. During Summer or Fall WD-40 or permethrin the holes. Then plug the holes with foil or screen or whatever. Paint the wood with a high quality exterior paint . Problem mostly solved. Remember they usually want to bore up but will get in where they can.
You're a good teacher, Dan. I love it that you speak clearly. BTW, what is that white car behind you? It makes me think of a '59-'60 Pontiac.
After 35 years of being in the pest control business (licensed in all 4 categories in Florida)
Paint by itself is not enough... After 30 days of curing, they will still bore (NOT DRILL) into the wood.
However, I have used mildew resistant additives with paint, and it would last 6 months to a year.
Edit: It doesn't stop the larvae from doing more damage and boring to exit.
Thank you so much for this vid. They are/have been trying to take out the deck that runs from one end of my house to the other! I have been spraying every hole or attempted hole with spectracide and I see eggs/larvae 🥚swelling up and falling out of the hole.
After watching this vid I think I’m going to try that insulating foam. See what happens with that.
Two days ago I stepped out on the back deck and saw a small pile of wood shavings and followed the pile of shavings up to a hole drilled into the wood. I didn't see anything in the hole but to be honest I didn't want to get too close because I thought it might be a weird species of spiders and I fear spiders deeply. RUclips must have overheard me talking about it which is creepy in and of itself. But here we are, Dan teach me what I need to know. 😊
Great video. Thank you for your ideas. 👍🏻Have a great day! 🙏🏼🇺🇸
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I've used Great Stuff Foam in holes and sand down the residue. before I do I use a pipe cleaner to crush any larva in the hole itself. Also spray a diluted Permethrin with a 5 gallon pump sprayer on all wood surfaces.
When I went to Tickfaw state park, me and my family at the kayaking/canoeing area saw a swarm at the top of a wooden pillar of the shade thingy (idk why I forgot the name of them, not umbrellas tho), luckily we didn’t get stung.
What an excellent video. You are made for this.
I try to set aside a little time in the mornings/evenings during their active months and spray them when I see one. I also spray the hole and fill it if they do manage to get past me and make one. My “trick” is to destroy them in the first generation so they don’t come back. I just try to be as determined as they are every year.
I use a badminton racket. Its quite a buzz when you smack one down and very easy. Got 14 in one day.
From experience, on my own deck, they will bore right through the paint...YEP! Want to prevent them? Spray your deck with animal safe Permethrin. The treatment will last 3 to 4 weeks. It will Kill those bees right, quick and in a hurry. After treating, go through your deck and fill in those holes with some kind of epoxy or wood filler, note that those bees CAN AND WILL chew through it, but if you've killed them off with the Permethrin, then they won't be drilling holes.
Start treating your deck in early spring, and continue until mid-late summer. Around me, we're still seeing them come in with this absurdly warm weather we have for June.
Excellent video very good
Great Video!!
Oh my you are handsome. Thanks for the info. We've been sticking in wood plugs and then staining them. What a chore. At this point, it's probably easier to move to another house!
They're very bad about wooden fascia boards. I finally sheathed ours in aluminum flashing (rented a metal brake for a half day.) That solved the problem.
Paint with semi gloss and fill holes with a quick squirt of silicon caulk…then bee traps
Thanks!
Well done.
Good video, but after plugging the holes can't the buggers bore new exit holes?
tin foil stuffed in bee holes work great
on pre existing holes
tennis or badminton racket work real well too!
My Fly Swatter works wonders! Swat them, and step on them!
I just made a trap box, and filled in their holes with that spray foam gap filler stuff. If the box doesn't work, then I'll bother with painting. If it does work, then maybe make another one just to be safe. It only took about 30 minutes to make one from old scrap and a jar.
Once both bees are in the hole pump hot glue into the hole - it'll glue up the hole and prevents them from drilling a way out
Nothing worked for me till I heard diatomaceous dust applied with a bulbous thing a man Bob into the hole. It totally eradicated them from drilling into the bottom of my facia. That and getting the facia boards covered in aluminum. They still fly around bur they are nor getting into my attic that I know of LOL
THANK YOU GOOD LOOKIN! GOT ANY IDEAS OF HOW I CAN GET RID OF THEM WHEN THEY ARE ON THE SIDE OF A HOUSE UP HIGH?? HELP!
Great video!! I noticed your tshirt, McGee Pest Control. We have a McGee Pest Control here in Hopkinsville, KY. Do you live here? Just wondering. Thanks for your videos!!
I used semi transparent thompsons stain- 2 coats. Two coats. I silcone filled the holes. I saw new holes in spring- maybe they dug out.
There's an additive NBS 30(bug juice) put it in the paint.
Let me begin by saying you certainly are knowledgeable about these bees. It has been my experience by using delta dust in a hole makes them drill more holes, I would think blocking the hole would be the same. Why not turn your existing holes into traps? Good idea, how? Glad you ask! By using Carpenter Bee Wax. Traps won't stop them and it isn't possible to paint all your barns, sheds, decks, etc.. If one of you guys do try this let everyone else know your results. My buddies love it and it stopped a terrible infestation around my barn and sheds. That's why I started mixing it. I built over 20 traps of different styles trying to see which one was best. The 4x4 style was the winner. I even drilled holes in the jars to let the thermion scent out but that doesn't help. It will help a trap get started if you'll swat a bee and put it in the jar for scent. Enough with what doesn't work and on to what does, Carpenter Bee Wax.
This mixture took some time but I'm happy with this. Get a 13 oz container of petroleum jelly at the Dollar Store or Walmart ($2.50), get the 8 oz bottle of Permethrin 10% liquid ($10.50 I went to Tractor Supply but most farm stores will have it). Permethrin 10% is used to treat children's head lice and spray on animal to kill flies, it's considered safe for humans. The petroleum jelly mixes easily if you warm the container in a pot of warm water on the stove, it turns into a liquid. Mix 13 ounces of petroleum jelly with 4 ounces of Permethrin 10% pour both ingredients into a 1 quart canning jar and shake well, that's all there is to it. Draw the mixture into a 60 CC / 2 ounce catheter syringe with the long smooth tip ($3.30 at the farm store). You want it thick enough to stick in their holes but thin enough to be used in a syringe. Optional - put a 7" piece of 3/8 OD x 1/4 ID clear vinyl tubing ($3.20 for 10' at Lowes) on the end of the syringe to reach into their holes better. The tubing slides on the syringe easier if you heat it with a hair dryer or heat gun. When it's time to refill the syringe, warm the container in warm water on the stove so it can be drawn into the syringe. It doesn't take much to treat a hole, less is more in this case. A 60 CC syringe should treat 150 holes. Imagine a 7/16" diameter Carpenter Bee going down a 1/2" tunnel, all they have to do is get this stuff on em. This will make 17 ounces and the syringe holds 2 ounces so you will have 7 refills. Basically a lifetime supply and you've only used 1/2 of your Permethrin. I like to treat the hole while the bee is inside so early in the morning works well. Try to squirt the mixture about 1/2" - 3/4" inside the hole so it won't prevent the bee from going in if she isn't in there already. If I treat just inside the edge of the hole she doesn't want to go in. This targets the female that bores the hole, lays the eggs, and stings. The male doesn't do any of those things. This will kill their offspring as they emerge also. You'll find a pile of bees under a hole. It turns every existing hole into a trap. They'll start buzzing, crawl out of the hole, and die on the ground in a few minutes, I had dead bees everywhere. The petroleum jelly protects the Permethrin giving it a longer shelf life to last all season. If you spray Permethrin it would be effective about 14 days before starting to breakdown. For less than the price of one store bought trap you can mix this stuff, if anything is ever going to stop em this is it. This stuff will wax em, thus the name Carpenter Bee Wax.
I'm not selling anything and make no money from this stuff but it fixed my problem and several others so I want to offer it to everyone. Might even make a good video, good luck everybody!
love it, but we need a video, I heard Permethrin makes them mad...?
@@judithmorales5912 lol Permethrin makes them real mad, aggravates them to death in about 10 minutes. They'll start buzzing in the hole then decide they have to get out but aren't able to fly. They'll crawl around outside the hole and fall on the ground. Don't be under the hole when she falls because females (all black head) can sting. The trap is still set for the next bee to enter the hole. This Permethrin will remain active all season in the petroleum jelly so it kills their offspring when they emerge. You'll find a pile of bees under a hole. I guess that's how this stuff wipes them out. One friend has a cedar house over looking a bluff in the woods. They were terrible but Bee Wax fixed his problem. I made this stuff in 2019 and still don't have a problem. I may treat again this year but I'm not sure. I'm a 60 year old Neanderthal 'that that isn't good with electronics and couldn't get it loaded if it were videoed. If it were loaded I couldn't geta long with RUclips. There isn't going to be a video from me but it's simple to do. I may have used too much detail trying to simplify it? The product is better than it's representation. lol
It comes down to, having enough Permethrin 10% to kill the bee in a petroleum jelly consistency that is usable in a syringe. You don't want it running out of the hole or too stiff to inject. With this recipe you will achieve that. I'd say you could be off a little and still be effective. This uses measurements that are easy to find. Petroleum jelly comes in a 13 oz container, Permethrin 10% comes in an 8oz container and you'll need half. You'll still have the other half if you ever need it. It doesn't get simpler or cheaper than that. Traps look like Fido's butt and this doesn't show. Traps won't stop em but this will, you can do this easier and cheaper than building traps. Believe me I have a ton of traps of different designs and woods. I did that first in 2018 but it didn't make a difference even though I caught a lot. After the Bee Wax in 2019 it was a lot different in 2020. They still haven't built the numbers back up.
Hey Dan, I just this morning plugged 45 carpenter bee holes in my mailbox post with exterior grade caulk. What do you think, will the carpenter bees chew through the caulk?
I found some in my barn. Thank you so much. It makes so much sense. How to kill them before they mess up more . Thank you for your information.
Caulking & a caulking gun…press hard and fill the hole always works good…
This video is awesome, thank you!
It’s June but I’m on it
Dan, What's the difference in a carpenter bee & a bumble bee? TY appreciatively.
Great job, thank you
Thanks for watching!
you can shove steel wool in the hole. They will push out wood putty, caulk, etc.
I put some wadded up QT napkins in the holes they drilled into an old shed about 6 years ago ,the paper napkins areas still there suffocating and preventing new bees from servicing the eggs they laid in.the wood
If you take a tube of PL Premium and cut the nozzle to fit in the hole you can fill the hole and even get it up into the chambers to fill and repair them. PL is a super tough construction adhesive, I don't think anything would be able to get through it once it's hardened
What do you think about using a high pressure vacuum pump? Obviously you can't get them out of the bore with one, but would the extremely low or negative pressure kill them?
I love your hair.
I’m wondering if you block the hole with an active sight will they find another way out?
I was told to fill holes with liquid nail. Just keep pumping it in until it squirts out.
There was no link on the description, do you have that link?
Bee box’s work for me. When I purchased my cabin I had it treated. Guarantee, only if the bore in the same hole. No guarantee for boating new holes. I use WD40 and plug the hole with colored caulk. Put up Bee Boxes and that took care of the problem. Don’t waste your hard earned money on Exterminators.
Ether n spray foam crack filler works nicely
A bug asalt with course salt is alot of fun on the bugs
They are easy to hit with a tennis racket or fly swatter. I have also swatted them with the palm of my hand.
I use Tempo dust, then plug the hole. Works every time
Great Job!!
Block up the holes where you don’t want them when they are out to lunch. Put up a bee hotel or two nearby with some honey and they’ll move.
They go after soft woods like pine and willow. I have them in my willow tree. They cause me no problems with my fascia boards on the house. They are natives to the US and are friendly unlike the honeybee. So I leave them alone. Have for years.
What do you think about using a high pressure vacuum pump? Obviously you can't get them out of the bore with one, but would the extremely low or negative pressure kill them?
So pleased you don't kill them! Are they happy to stay in the Hotel or do you relocate them?
where do you get that little mesh from?
Where did you find the hole plugs and plug tool
I stuffed the holes with a moth ball and that seemed to work. It just needs to be done at each hole also.
stain seems to work OK too. painting as well
I wish stain had worked on my mailbox post🤦🏻♀ And I filled the big chewed areas with wood putty/stain and it looks like I'd never done anything. They are pollinators, and I do not want to kill them, so I keep spraying different things on the post that I hope will deter them: vinegar, lemon furniture polish (supposedly they don't like citrus smells) and wasp spray on the wood. They really like my mailbox. Dad just flies back and forth watching over the homestead, but he does let me retrieve my mail.
The best info I have seen on carpenter bees. Thanks.
DO YOU HAVE A LINK TO BUY THE P=BEE 400?
Is that pressure treated lumber that the carpenter bee drilled? I thought that kind of lumber was toxic to bees, termites, insects, etc.
OMG I’m petrified of those I couldn’t let it that close to me.
Marijuana pipe screens would work the same?
Steel wool wads?
Thanks! Dan the Man!
Cotton balls and nail polish remover / acetone. Plug the holes with the cotton balls and forget them.
Dan, I greatly appreciate your knowledge on bugs, as an exterminator why you do not discuss and give price range in rodents? I'm a future mice and rat catcher, I will not be using chemical or poison, just snap traps, is it because it is not enough lucrative, or what would be the main reason. In my home town of Laval Quebec, 98% of exterminators use only poison, I really do not have any affection for bugs, it seems that with them you never see the end of the infestations. Thanks for your help.
Merci!
In Fla. the state bird is the Cocaroach ! Its so big that it carries off small dogs !
Thanks for the awesome information, always looking forward to your videos
Thank you! I was really happy with this one
@@DanTheBugMan why did you remove the video "stepping on beatles"? 🥲
I'll also add look around the active nest they will drill 2+ holes on 1 beam, I have 1 I'm fighting with permethrin 13.3
@@lilgampla Yes there will sometimes be lots of holes. Permethrin is a good choice