Problem with Carpenter Bees ? ...........Solved

[wainzoid]

I thought my boys and I were the only ones to shoot boring bees with birdshot. It dont take long to empty a $10- box of ammo. Misses are few and far between.

 

[RTR]

Ha ha. I envy that! The freedoms we have when living out of town are so much greater. Social responsibility, and all that. Peppering your neighbor's house with lead pellets is unpopular. I have a cousin who grew up and lived in the country, and as a teenager spent a summer with his grandmother in town. She complained about the crows that would roost in her big elm tree, raising heck, and pooping all over. Naturally, shooting them from the upstairs window seemed like a perfectly logical solution. He received a good talking to from the local police!

Yeah well not much chance of hitting a "neighbors" house here. That driveway is 700ft long.That field is 25 acres

 

[callicles]

Maybe it’s just down here, but Most all the farms and farmers around here have Carpenter Bee traps hanging around our barns and houses. They work very good. You can look up carpenter bee traps and build them yourself. The trick is just knowing how to dril a 45 degree hole in your trap. Easy and effective!!!

 

[Clay Diggins]

[h=3]Bumble Bee[/h]

• The bumble bee is 1/2 to 1 inch long; it is stockier than the carpenter bee.
• These bees are fuzzy, furry creatures with black and yellow bands across its body.
• They nest underground; travel from the nest to flowers to gather pollen.

[h=3]Honey Bee[/h]

• about 3/4 of an inch long
• Its head and legs are black; the center of its body (thorax) is furry and pale/yellowish in color; the back end of its body (abdomen) is shiny with alternating dark and orangish/yellowish bands.

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[*]They nest in hives and are an [B]endangered species[/B].
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Honey bees are not endangered. One of the [URL="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-lists-a-bumble-bee-species-as-endangered-for-first-time/"]bumble bees was classed as endangered[/URL] last year but no honeybees are on the list.

There are seven Hawaiian native bees listed as endangered but no honeybees.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Yeah well not much chance of hitting a "neighbors" house here. That driveway is 700ft long.That field is 25 acresView attachment 1574027

RTR, that's a beautiful piece of land you have there!

 

[VERMONTIS]

I got a painting business ,swat them with a paint brush full of paint . They don't fly to good with coat of paint

 

[GA_Boy]

When all my little nephews come around i give them the badminton rackets , keeps the bees and kids occupied , for just about all day.

That is what I use.
Marvin

 

[River Rat]

My late FIL had made a bunch of swatters with a long piece of shoe molding and hardware cloth to resemble a large fly swatter. The bees were destroying the out buildings around the farm. In my coop building, it was in eaves...I would always stuff something in the holes. They are destructive.

 

[mobile miner]

no not effective over about 1 ft