Rid eaves of carpenter bees
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Joy
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These nasty bees come back every year - I have sprayed bee killer into the holes (all 100 of them) then put steel wool inside, then sealed with wood fill. Bought a "wood house" with holes already drilled - so when they enter the hole, they go down into a jar filled with Mountain Dew (sweet soda) and a squirt of dish detergent - only caught about 4. Does anyone have a solution to get rid of these patio-spoilers once and for all time? I'd be ever-so grateful!
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My friend hangs paper bags filled with paper or plastic bags to make them look full and ties the tops to fool all wasps, hornets, carpenter bees into thinking it is a paper wasp nest. She says it keeps them all away. Hope this helps.
Look up carpenter bees and permachink. For some reason i cant post the link on here, but they sell a product marketed for log homes that really works
is your wood house made of cedar or pine? mine is made of cedar and I don't put anything inside of the jar. also, I put steel wool inside existing holes. I think maybe you don't have cedar wood for the house. I catch almost 100 of these every year.
Honestly, I have only been able to get rid of them a year or two. I buy bee spray. It rained or snowed here in Louisville all winter so this year they came out this spring in numbers. So I will be spraying again.