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I tried that, but our WV bees ate right through it. Tried silicone, too, with similar results. Roofing tar works okay.
blasting them to kingdom come is 100% effective.
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06/10/09, 02:11 PM
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I agree Chuck our WV bees must be made of stronger stuff!! They have made horrible holes in our log siding & then when you happen to go into town a woodpecker comes along & wreaks even more havoc trying to get to the stupid things.
We have tried just about everything & have resorted back to whacking the *$#$ out of them!!!
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I made the mistake of bringing home some used wood that just happened to have some carpenter bees in it. I didn't discover them until I started cutting. If you want to compare how strong, I filled up the holes with comercial wasp killer spray and they would swim out shake themselves off and fly away. BTW I use the hand-ball technique to stun and the chickens finish them off.....am I going against nature... technicaly the chickens kill them.
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06/10/09, 03:27 PM
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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?)
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Well good, thats just another reason then that Im glad Im not a christian anymore
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Wow, I'm only 18 and I feel like I have more sense than some of the people here.
I'll take my happy self somewhere else besides this site. :]
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06/10/09, 08:48 PM
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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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Wow, I'm only 18 and I feel like I have more sense than some of the people here.
I'll take my happy self somewhere else besides this site. :]
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My dogs have more sense than some folks here but it is a great place for ideas and hearing other opinions as even the stupid ones can be entertaining. That's just the way life is though. I never saw the point in living in a vaccum. It pays to know what the others are thinking, helps to understand them most of the time, confounds the dickens out of you the rest of the time, but almost always entertaining.
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All carpenter bees get a visit from a racket or what ever else I can swing at them after shelling out almost 6,000 bucks for replacing the damaged wood and new siding to part of my house. We've tried everything from plugging holes to pesticides (which I hate using), and they hurt really really bad when they bite! You can actually hear them chewing on the wood of my house!
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how about bat houses and other eco-friendly ways of limiting the pests that are bothering you.
there are paint treatments that repel bugs such as carpenter bees, ants, termites, asian beetles and such... why not go big and do it right the first time (been to a few graduations this weekend - omg, you should of heard the dr seuss quotes at some of them  ) |
If that was the key to the problem I wouldn't have to worry about my house being destroyed by the carpenter bees...
I've built and placed numerous bat boxes, bird houses and never kill any of the black snakes I come across, yet the bees have continues to destroy my home...
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I have no idea what a carpenter bee is but sure am glad we have none here (I guess?). We have enough bug issues and bee problems already. But it does sound like fun all that whacking some of y'all are doing!
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They have such a hard exoskeleton that when they hit the side of the house you actually hear the ping! Heres a site that shows the difference between a bumble bee and a carpenter bee. (sorry I dont know how to load a picture)
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DG
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HEY Chuck
While the target practice is FUN! Lately I favor spraying the rafters on porch (my problem area) with the same spray I use on my cows to control flys and ticks. Contains permitherin..Seems to be doing the trick, also use it on my bibs I wear around the farm, to help keep ticks off of me..
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Wow, I'm only 18 and I feel like I have more sense than some of the people here.
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What 18-year-old doesn't feel that way? Heh.
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While the target practice is FUN! Lately I favor spraying the rafters on porch (my problem area) with the same spray I use on my cows to control flys and ticks. Contains permitherin..Seems to be doing the trick, also use it on my bibs I wear around the farm, to help keep ticks off of me.. |
Certainly couldn't hurt. One of my neighbors suggested spraying the house with diesel fuel.
Yeah, I'm going to do that to a log home. Anybody got a light?
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Well good, thats just another reason then that Im glad Im not a christian anymore |
Because your NEW system of values - based on nothing but your own personal fancy - has got to be better than 5,000 years of accumulated, tried and true wisdom.
I understand. 
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Thus far I have used only a bad mitten racket. Chuck, thanks for the brilliant idea ...
One suggestion though, to make your practice "eco-friendly" I suggest not using lead shot. Maybe some bio-degradable rounds or paint all the pellets green before using.
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06/11/09, 02:44 PM
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Certainly couldn't hurt. One of my neighbors suggested spraying the house with diesel fuel.
Yeah, I'm going to do that to a log home. Anybody got a light?
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Just a question...Does your neighbor dislike you or something?..
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you are going to take the information on wikipedia over the information from a college of entimology?
http://www.ent.uga.edu/
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if you want to stop carpenter bees you have to disolve boric acid into heated propalene glycol (NOT ethylene glycol) and soak the wood with that. it also works on termites and is fire retardant
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Mix 1 Gallon glycol antifreeze, 4 1/2 pounds borax, 3 1/2 pounds boric acid.
Mix the ingredients and heat till boiling gently. Boil off water until a candy thermometer shows 260°F.
Application: Add 1 gallon of water to every gallon of concentrate and stir thoroughly until solution is completely uniform. Always use diluted within 24 hours after mixing. If kept for longer periods of time, the active ingredient can drop out of the solution.
Note: is toxic to plants and shrubbery; if necessary, cover plants, root systems and surrounding soil with plastic to avoid contamination. Apply only to bare wood. Remove any finish or water repellent coating before applying . Wood surfaces should be free of dirt and other contaminates. Apply diluted by spray or brush to all exposed wood surfaces. It may occasionally be necessary to apply more than one coat of to attain the recommended application rate. This is especially true for larger, smooth surfaced wood members. Wood surfaces should be allowed to dry for at least 2 hours between applications. Do not apply in the rain or snow. If inclement weather is expected, protect exposed treated surface with a plastic tarp for at least 24 hours after treatment. One gallon of concentrate will treat up to 800 board feet of wood. Only diluted should be applied to any wood surface. Prior to application, check wood surfaces for an existing water repellent finish by spraying a small amount of water onto the surface of the wood or logs. If the water beads up or is not absorbed into the wood, a finish is present which must be removed before applying the diluted solution.
Glycol by itself has one big advantage over solutions of borates in water. Glycol penetrates rapidly through all paint, varnish, and oil finishes (except epoxy and polyurethanes) without lifting or damaging those finishes in any way. You can treat all of the wood without removing any finish. Once bare wood has been treated with glycol or the borate solutions and become dry to the touch it can be finished or glued. If a borate solution leaves white residues on the surface, it will have to be washed off with water and the surface allowed to dry.
Glycol's toxicity to humans is low enough that it has to be deliberately ingested (about a half cup for a 150 lb. human); many millions of gallons are used annually with few precautions and without incident. It should not be left where children or pets can get at it, as smaller doses would harm them. The lethal dose of borates is smaller than of glycol, but the bitter taste makes accidental consumption less likely.
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06/11/09, 04:21 PM
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Because your NEW system of values - based on nothing but your own personal fancy - has got to be better than 5,000 years of accumulated, tried and true wisdom.
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5000 years? LoL
Okie dokie, please tell me where christianity has been around for 5000 years.
But if you want to nitpick, I believe that the pagan faiths have been around for far far longer and are still going strong, many many more years of accumulated tried and true wisdom than your christianity. You're darned right it is better.
And who on earth are you to say that my system of values is based on nothing but my own personal fancy? Yeesh.
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