I have just repaired and painted wood eves that carpenter bees have drilled into. How can I keep them from destroying the eves of my home.
2006-07-23 12:03:12 · 8 answers · asked by yellowflash 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Search the Internet for "CYPER WP." This is a powder to be mixed with water. Spray the home or deck at the first sign of carpenter bees. The claim is that a treatment will last for up to three months. I used it for the first time on my log home about 2 weeks into the 2006 bee season and 2 days later the bees virtually disappeared. The product can be sprayed with a garden sprayer. If the spray does not reach the highest point of your home, purchase a "trombone" sprayer. I do not know if the product kills the bees or simply repels them. Either way, the results are nothing short of a miracle!
2006-07-24 10:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by Steven H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One way to keep carpenter bees away is to stir up dissent in their trade unions; this can, in turn, cause a strike and then the bees won't work on your house.
Or any other one, for that matter.
They'll just be sitting at home, in their hives, and their bee wives will be all like, "ok, the strike's been like three weeks already, are you going to fix that leaky faucet or what?"
If you can't cause a strike, try tea tree oil.
2006-07-23 12:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by Suit of Flames 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never tried Liquid Nail but I will. We usually fill it full of caulking. Keeping a fresh coat of paint helps keep them away. A friend said we had to stick a coat hanger in the hole and kill what was there or they would eat their way out. Now I'm not sure if 1 or 2 of the holes was from a bee coming or going. hmmm
2006-07-23 12:36:25 · answer #3 · answered by Mache 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a major carpenter bee issue. They are destroying the eves on our home and have now attracted a woodpecker. The woodpecker is after the bee larva. He wakes us up at 6am every morning and is also destroying the eves on our house. The eves on our house are too high to spray and too costly to have an exterminator come every spring. Some of my neighbors have wrapped the eves in aluminum. Bees won't drill thru it and it never has to be painted. We are having all the eves wrapped for about $3,200 (Large 4 BR House). My 3 neighbors that did it are very happy with the job.
2015-07-15 08:50:11 · answer #4 · answered by Patty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sprayed the area with wasp spay and haven't seen them since. Plug the holes with wood paste or calking stuff.
2006-07-23 12:37:04 · answer #5 · answered by Chhaya05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have had them before, called exterminators, researched, studied...and you will hate this answer. When you find their hole, plug it up with "Liquid Nail." Don't believe the hype, dont fret, don't be afraid of what the "professionals" tell you. A couple bucks and you are done. I'm serious. it works.
2006-07-23 12:07:21 · answer #6 · answered by Bruce B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put some desil fuel in a spay bottle and spray it were the bees are.it kills practicly on contact and will keep the rest out.
2006-07-23 12:07:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get them a union and tell them you won't pay more than $8.50 an hour , and of course no paid holidays. Sorry I cant help past that.
2006-07-23 12:06:59 · answer #8 · answered by Thomas H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋