Hunting carpenter bees - good fun!

I saw this post and I just HAD to sign up and reply.

In my opinion, killing Carpenter Bees for burrowing is like killing humans for building. We're just as invasive as these bees are. And I think people should be able to live happily with the animals and insects that were clearly here before us.

You can do what you want, it's your property. But, think, if some alien life form came through swatting us with bats and streams of water, would we like it?

There is a hook-up for hoses that has a deterrent for carpenter bees and other 'invasive' insects from inhabiting your homes.

I am sure there are other ways of dealing with these 'pests' than to kill them.
remember, we are only visitors here. Respect nature, or it'll cost you and your offspring in the future.

BEEHUGGERS!

Ummmmm, you might want to put a warning on your above advise for the "deficit brain celled" people walking around.

WARNING: DO NOT DO THIS ON THE SIDE OF YOUR HOUSE OR OTHER BUILDING.

Remember folks, you gotta protect the dumb ones from their own stupidity!

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A pressure washer works pretty well also, though admittedly not as fun as ratshot, it is nice knowing you vaporized the little bugger.
Oh yeah, also guilty of wasp hunting with a weed eater.

They stung me first, and I declared war, they sting, and I smash, shred, incinerate, detonate, electrocute, shoot and chemically poison.

I try not to hug bees, they get cranky.

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I don't hug bees.

I would rather come up with a solution other than killing.
I just think it's kind of 'caveman-ish' to do that stuff, we're supposed to be evolving.
Maybe it's their way of retaliating against humans.

You are from California aren't you?

I have lived there, I am in North Carolina now. We have Carpenter Bees all over the place, but, if you don't mess with them they reuse the same holes.

Further weakening the timber they are digging out. I agree that they need a more sporting chance than a rifle and shot. I vote for either super glue or a handful of darts.
When you can dart the bumble from the air, then you are ready weedhopper.

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Actually I just got done studying what to plant to attract pollinators, including carpenter bees. If I could afford to do it, I'd but one of those blocks of wood with bees in the holes just to give them a running start here.

Mason bees? They sell them in some catalogs. They aren't the same as carpenter bees.

Kayleigh

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Yep, mason bees. I like all bees, I don't really care what kind they are. If you plant a good variety of flowering herds, you can observe and count the different types. I think my highest count was 8 different species on one day, on one group of plants (lemon balm, peppermint, marjoram, and other herbs, in bloom).

Please tell me you aren't advocating killing, harming, or harassing bats.

This would be hilarious if it wasn't being taught as gospel in our public schools.

Let's just say, Sir, that our worldviews differ profoundly. But it's a free country. You hug your bees, I'll blast mine. When I'm done with the carpenters (I've just about wiped out this year's crop) I'm starting in on the wasps and mud daubers. Ants are fair game, too, but not nearly as fun to kill.

I don't kill bats. (they kill bugs, so they're on my side, IMHO) But I do call them names sometimes. Does that hurt their feelings?

They're not welcome in my bedroom, either. Definitely a mood-killer.

Not loud at all. Kinda expensive, though.

Not you, Jross.

Is that the christian way of things? So much for all god's creatures , eh?

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You know, I wonder about people who think it's mean to kill things that are eating my abode. I mean, do they ever use bug spray? Or do they believe mosquitoes have every right to drink their blood, since, of course, "we are only visitors here." Do they sweep the sidewalk ahead of them, like Hindu mystics, to keep from possibly stepping on an aphid? How far do they go to live their values?

Some things need to be killed. Things that threaten me and my livelihood fall into that category. Things like Carpenter bees, crocodiles, and the Taliban fall into that category quite easily. I sleep very well at night knowing that I won't be hearing that munching sound from my eaves tomorrow morning.

It absolutely is the Christian way of things, Shygal. You think Jesus wouldn't have swatted a fly or pulled a tick off his dog? (did Jesus have a dog? I bet he did). God himself killed animals to provide skins for Adam and Eve to wear. He commanded that animals be slaughtered for all kinds of things, not the least of which was to offer blood sacrifice to HIM. All killing is not murder just as all sex is not adultery. (How many times do I have to say that?)

That's as far as I'll go with that, lest you accuse me of proselytizing.

Great Stuff foam works great for closing the holes (with the female in it). My shed and porch are proof that they drill new holes all over the place. DO NOT use the same one. This year it was war!