Get Rid of Carpenter Bees
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| Does that bothersome bee have a rather large, black lower half ? Carpenter bees can be just as much of a nuisance (if not more so) than normal bumblebees. You can tell the difference between the two due to the carpenter bee's dark black lower half. Carpenter bees also lack the distinctive yellow hairs that bumble bees have. | |||
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The bee to the right is the carpenter bee. |
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| Saw dust is one of the indicative signs of a carpenter bee infestation. If you see small piles of saw dust alongside your house or in weird places that saw dust should never be, you've likely found the focal point of the carpenter bee infestation. You might also find a yellow to brown colored pile of feces on walls or floors near the nest. Another tell-tale sign is hearing the sound of bees, but never getting stung. If the infestation is truly terrible, you might see small holes where they have burrowed through the walls to make their nests. | |||
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| Plug the holes ! If you are able to locate the hole in which the carpenter bees have made their nests, great job. Plug these holes with putty or some type of caulking material. For some reason, carpenter bees will let themselves be trapped in their nests and they will not try to find a way out. |  |
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| Suck It Up ! Another good way to get rid of them is to mess with the nest and suck them into a vacuum as they come out to attack. The best time to do this is at dusk .Make sure that you are wearing thick clothes and a face mask of some sort as they may try to attack you. |
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You can use bee killer to get rid of them! Raid is one brand of bee killer that is highly trusted to get rid of any sort of bee infestation. Any sort of bee killer will get rid of carpenter bees. When using a product like Raid, make sure that you only use it on the nests at night as that is when the bees are at their slowest and the chances of them attacking you are minimal. |
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| Keep them away from your house. Once you've eliminated the immediate threat of the carpenter bees, replace the wood or plug every hole with putty. This makes is so that the bees are no longer interested in your home. |
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| Long-term protection. Add vinyl siding to your home, as that keeps carpenter bees away. Also, painting your home on a regular basis can keep them away from your house and its walls. Be aware, staining wood will not keep carpenter bees away, contrary to popular belief ! |
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| Killing Bees with Bee Spray VERSUS Killing Bees with Boric Acid |
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Killing bees with Raid isn't the only option. Raid is a great product that provides quick and easy killing of those pesky bees, however, there is another (albeit, slower) method that you can use. It's called boric acid. Boric acid is also referred to as Borax and it can kill bees just as it kills ants.In short, the boric acid gets onto a bee and that bee proceeds to walk back into the nest. Slowly, all of the bees are poisoned and the nest dies due to the poison. See boric acid products. |
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