Carpenter bees

[Mark_Green]

Hi,

Appreciate this posting maybe too late but have you or anyone tried using natural non-toxic solutions like tea tree oil or orange oil spraying methods? I had a similar issue last year with an infestation of Carpenter bees in one of our outdoor shacks. I didn’t want to use harsh chemicals to kill off such a beautiful bee, despite being a pest for us! :twisted:

I did a bit of digging around the ‘inter-web’ and found me this little website that describes different methods (chemical & non-chemical) to get rid of the carpenter bee. Hope it helps

Here’s the site: http://www.howtogetridofcarpenterbees.com/ :mrgreen:

Mark

[jfrederick (Joshua Frederick)]

@Mark_Green

Hi,

Appreciate this posting maybe too late but have you or anyone tried using natural non-toxic solutions like tea tree oil or orange oil spraying methods? I had a similar issue last year with an infestation of Carpenter bees in one of our outdoor shacks. I didn’t want to use harsh chemicals to kill off such a beautiful bee, despite being a pest for us! :twisted:

I did a bit of digging around the ‘inter-web’ and found me this little website that describes different methods (chemical & non-chemical) to get rid of the carpenter bee. Hope it helps

Here’s the site: http://www.howtogetridofcarpenterbees.com/ :mrgreen:

Mark

Thank you. Does this have anything to do with your last name?

[rlewis5 (Roy Lewis, CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR RETIRED)]

Nearly impossible to control.

[mgoldenberg (Marc Goldenberg, Inspector # HI1365)]

@rthoroman

Short story, kill or treat these bees yourself. There is no ‘‘cure all’’ product.

Best thing when they’re active to swat them with tennis rackets. Get a torch and stick it the hole. Fill the hole while they’re in it.

Yes they’ll eat through paint and PT wood. Of course they prefer the dried aged soft wood. If the PT is dry or aged, they’ll go for it, wet PT not so much.

These guys have pheromones and will migrate back. It’s a pain to control them. Causing structural damage? Not really, it’d take a lot. Diging through siding and causing moisture damage, more likely.

This is my experience here in Georgia. Don’t remeber them being a problem in MI or FL when I used to live there?

In Florida, they prefer soft wood, like your rough sawn cedar fascia.
Most any of the above treatments are fine.
In this state they are NOT listed as a wood-destroying organism.
<<MG>> State Lic PCO #2446

[gneff (Gregory Neff)]

Here in VA…they bore any wood.
Always amazed to see them bored in the edge of a 3/4" piece of wood.