Carpenter bees
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I just discovered carpenter bees going to work on our porch. Everything I had read is chemical related on how to get rid of them. Does anyone know any safe and natural ways to get rid of these bees?
10 answers
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after dark spray with ammonia
Margaret Jensen
on Jun 17, 2015
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After you spray the Ammonia plug the holes with steel wool and caulk.
Tim Shepperson
on Jun 17, 2015
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Plug the hole with ammonia soaked cotton ball then stuff holes with steel wool.
Phyllis
on Jun 17, 2015
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With honey bees dying all over the world, these mason bees pollinate huge numbers of plants and could be the saviours or our food supply. They are harmless and will be gone before summer arrives. They should be encouraged by building houses for them..coffee cans filled with fat drinking straws..for them to "hibernate" in.
Lor1735115
on Jun 17, 2015
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Just make a brown paper bag into the shape of a hornets nest & hang it up.....problem solved!!. I know people that swears this works..
Eyesdebo
on Jun 17, 2015
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I BOUGHT A BOX MADE LIKE A BIRD HOUSE WITH SLANT HOLES BORED ON ALL SIGES THEN HE TOOK A FRUIT JAR LID AND MADE A HOLE IN IT. SCREWED THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WOOD BOX AND THEN SCREWED THE JAR ON TO THE LID. HE HAD A HOOK ON T OP TO HANG IT THE BEESD GO INTO THE JAR AND DIE
Faye Arnold
on Jun 17, 2015
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Please do not kill these valuable Mason bees. Look these bees up online and see what excellent pollinators they are. It seems as though many of you do not know exactly what the Mason bee is. They are not at all like honey bees or wasps. They look like house flies and can not sting. We need these "bees" particularly with the huge die-off happening with honey bees.
Lor1735115
on Jun 17, 2015
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Carpenter Mason bees is the correct name.
Lor1735115
on Jun 17, 2015
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No matter what you call them they are able to destroy your wooden objects....fence, door, etc. We have about 6 fence posts that they bored into and the sawdust just gathers where they bore. Yes, they are destructive. Perhaps they are good pollinators but my fence needs its posts.
Pat Croley
on Sep 27, 2015
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My apologies...in British Columbia, the carpenter bees are an important pollinator and complete.y benign...obviously a completely different species.
Lor1735115
on Sep 28, 2015
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