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re: Best Way to get Rid of Carpenter Bees
Posted on 3/21/14 at 2:04 am to ToulatownTiger
Posted on 3/21/14 at 2:04 am to ToulatownTiger
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Nothing like a friendly bee whackin competition with a tennis racket.
I definitely prefer a badminton racket. Much faster racket speed.
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Posted on 3/21/14 at 2:45 am to tiger3030
I have an electric fly swatter that gives a buzz to them also, throw in a few beers & you have the perfect redneck entertainment 
Posted on 3/21/14 at 6:07 am to Nascar Fan
Those little fabric softeners that your wife puts in the dryer...strategically place/pin them in the vicinity of where you see the bees. They (and any other insects) will leave and give you no more problems. Side benefit, no insects, no more lizard shite stains on the exterior walls to have to remove.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 6:11 am to weagle99
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Find the holes and spray them full of poisonous shite.
Reminds me of last summer when I found a yellowjacket nest in the outside wall of my house. I sprayed the hell out of the hole and covered it with a piece of duct tape. The survivors found a way inside the house
Good times 
Posted on 3/21/14 at 6:28 am to tiger3030
call county agent they gave me a recepie years ago and it worked. Or use a lot of poision
Posted on 3/21/14 at 7:05 am to ISmellMischief
I always used Bengal Roach Spray. Once they're all dead, paint over all the holes this fall. They won't be as bountiful next year. If the holes are left, they'll be back next year just as bad.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 7:29 am to Nascar Fan
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I have an electric fly swatter that gives a buzz to them also
I have one I got from Amazon for about $15. It does some serious work on some mosquitoes. I imagine it would wreck shop on some bees as well.
Mosquito zapper
Posted on 3/21/14 at 7:44 am to SaDaTayMoses
Permethrin powder mixed in petroleum jelly...slather around the hole...the
Permethrin lasts longer preserved in the jelly...
there will be a pile of the bees dead outside the hole...after you witness those piles...plug holes and paint..
Posted on 3/21/14 at 7:44 am to bapple
my kid a badminton racket and a pocket full of quarters = 25 cents a bee - giddy up. best $2 i have spent and for the lone survivor or 2 that are wary we team up on them
Posted on 3/21/14 at 8:17 am to tiger3030
This thread is making me wish I had a carpenter bee infestation!
Posted on 3/21/14 at 8:27 am to dpd901
Do you want the real old man answer? Spray all wood areas with diesel. It doesn't change the flash point of the wood.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 8:40 am to Pepperidge
The holes are underneath the bottom railing of boxed 2x6's.
Everything is painted except this bottom part and there's about 6" of clearance.
I was on my stomach in the carport just to even see the holes.
I think I'm going to look at the purethrin and petroleum jelly then one day I'll try to caulk the holes.
Everything is painted except this bottom part and there's about 6" of clearance.
I was on my stomach in the carport just to even see the holes.
I think I'm going to look at the purethrin and petroleum jelly then one day I'll try to caulk the holes.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 9:44 am to eng08
Just had to come back to this thread to say i whacked 5 bees yesterday 
Posted on 3/21/14 at 9:47 am to OntarioTiger
quote:Oh damn....
my kid a badminton racket and a pocket full of quarters = 25 cents a bee - giddy up.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 10:17 am to DanTiger
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Spray all wood areas with diesel. It doesn't change the flash point of the wood.
Is there anything diesel can't do?
Posted on 3/21/14 at 12:15 pm to TBoy
Note you still have to seal up the holes (silicon, wood filler etc) or there seems to be a never ending supply to take over the holes, but once the holes are gone and my pocket is a little lighter after paying jr the problem seems solved – until next spring
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:38 pm to OntarioTiger
Killed about 30 so far this year with a badminton racket. Our Carin terrier loves em.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:42 pm to OntarioTiger
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Note you still have to seal up the holes (silicon, wood filler etc) or there seems to be a never ending supply to take over the holes
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:42 pm to Nawlens Gator
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Killed about 30 so far this year with a badminton racket.
The real problem with wood bees is woodpeckers. The holes the wood bees make are not that large but the woodperckers will wreck chit trying to get to them. I promise you that spraying all wood in diesel will get rid of the bees.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 10:37 pm to DanTiger
Suspend sprayed on the wood surfaces works. The concentration is in the instructions. It does have to be reapplied periodically but it kills the carpenter bees even when you are not there with a tennis racket and a 12 pack of beer (who buys 6 packs anymore?).
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