Carpenter Bee Wacking

[rwsmith]

17 year locusts....

When reading this, 2 things come to mind. Using a badminton racket might be easier and faster to swing. Also, if a neighbor or passerby sees you, not knowing what you are doing, they may think you a bit touched! A buddy of mine used to shoot them with the .22 shotshells.

The 17 years locusts came out where my folks lived and made a godawful LOUD electronic sounding racket. My Dad made a paddle and he would go out in the yard and swing it around like a madman. I don't know what good he was doing because there were millions of them per square mile.

 

[ralph7]

Carb cleaner. Any bug any place any time any where drops dead on the spot

Tried that, didn't work.
Tried straight gasoline and it didn't work, either. Never seen any other bug stand up to gas before.
You would think a solid whack from a fast moving board would smash them dead, but I have seen two come to afterward.
Incredibly tough little guys! If they weren't messing with my firewood, I'd leave them alone out of respect.

 

[LittleCooner]

Any bug that eats and destroys your house does not deserve respect. They are in the same category as termites. Let them eat up your hard work and money. I say give them a good dose of pesticide. If you want fun, load some shot shells for one of those S & W revolvers and have fun, it is a mini dove shoot. Range time on the back deck.

 

[Comrad]

As a side note, I find it amazing how they can bore a pretty good round hole and leave a neat pile of saw dust and when they got into my gable end fascia they could steer the tunnel to keep it inside the 3/4 inch board and would come to the dame board year after year. After a professional exterminator failed, I discovered the WD-40 and they are gone. A few came creeping around the following year but I hit the board again with WD and Bob's your Uncle.
Amazing little critters, I hope they all die.
And as another poster knows, that old line that cedar is naturally insect proof..... not so much with these guys.
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[M&P Freak]

Carb cleaner. Any bug any place any time any where drops dead on the spot

I've yet to meet a bug that Berryman B-12 Chemtool carburetor cleaner did not kill instantly. I keep some around for dispatching the nasty crawly things that just laugh at bug sprays. To bugs, it's like a sledgehammer in a can.

 

[hardluk1]

Unless you have nothing better to do than stand around waiting to wack bees buy or make a bore bee trap and be done with them . It will not take very long to clear them out with a couple traps .

Heres a simple build scrap wood model that works
carpenter bees - a simple DIY trap - This Natural Dream

 

[Rintimtin]

I like carpenter bee base ball. Use a broom for a bat and of course carpenter bees are the baseball's

 

[Blind Boy]

They can be a pest here as well. The gutters seem to attract them, which keeps them too high, 11 ft, to whack and I don't want to shoot the house. So, I got a butterfly net and capture them, put them into a jar and put the jar in the sun, then add the carcass to the growing display of their bodies. It passes the time. They used to drill into the screen door frame, but now it's metal. They can wreck havoc in a short amount of time.

 

[Dave from Pa]

For years carpenter bees have provided sport for us at our cabin.Various tennis/badminton rackets have worked.We now use a .22 rifle or K-22 with shot shells.A 6 inch .38 with cornmeal loaded in 38 cases works well.Sounds like you are in a urban area may want to try an item called Bug-A-Salt .A quick google search will yield you tube videos.Seems like fun.

If allowed here is a link, [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oYl-Lm9a6U[/ame]

 

[ralph7]

I am in an urban area. I know about the Bug A Salt guns, but don't think they are capable of dropping a carpenter bee.
I may try the Berryman Chemtool mentioned earlier, but am trying to keep any spray away from the wood which will eventually be used for edibles.

 

[ralph7]

Unless you have nothing better to do than stand around waiting to wack bees buy or make a bore bee trap and be done with them . It will not take very long to clear them out with a couple traps .

Heres a simple build scrap wood model that works
carpenter bees - a simple DIY trap - This Natural Dream

OK we'll see how this little jewel works.
Thanx for the link.

 

[M&P Freak]

Good idea not to use B-12 Chemtool on your smoke wood, probably tastes real bad at best.

Nice touch with the welcome mat.

 

[finesse_r]

Not certain I like the dark nature of some of these posts. First some one was beating a rabbit with a stick and now you want to beat bees with a racquet. Not to mention the trophy thread and the deer shooting threads, coon trapping threads. Where is all this violence against our animal friends coming from?

 

[SC_Mike]

That was Chris aka N-Frame in Elgin ,SC
I have a neighbor that makes traps... If I can put one together I'll post some pix..
JIM...........

I know Chris too, great guy. He lives so far out I doubt anyone sees him shooting bees, or anything.

Another friend uses an older pump air rifle and millet seeds as shot. Turns them inside out and little noise.

 

[ralph7]

Not certain I like the dark nature of some of these posts. First some one was beating a rabbit with a stick and now you want to beat bees with a racquet. Not to mention the trophy thread and the deer shooting threads, coon trapping threads. Where is all this violence against our animal friends coming from?

You know what's strange, is that I was one of the outspoken ones saying to let the rabbit go in GatorFarmer's rabbit thread.
Since they are destroying my wood and leaving sawdust on my patio, I think that a quick death with a whack would be preferable to a slow death in a trap, but I've got both going right now.
Would you just let them have their way?
I have more pity for mammals, but I have to draw the line somewhere.
Does one not kill roaches or step on ants as well?

 

[tbgunner88]

They make for great baseball practice, but sometimes still have to be stomped after a good hit, they are tough little critters. I have no mercy for them after seeing what they done to the boards on my shed.

 

[loknload]

if I don't swat them with the broom first,I just wait until I see them in their bore hole then I backfill them with brown silicon sealant! Now they are entombed and die!

 

[carpriver]

As there are not enough honey bees, I would look for ways that don't threaten honey bees. Just my thoughts

 

[DWFAN]

WD-40. Discovered it by accident. Brake clean will kill anything but these guys. Silicon in the whole works pretty good too.

DW

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Unless you have nothing better to do than stand around waiting to wack bees buy or make a bore bee trap and be done with them . It will not take very long to clear them out with a couple traps .

Heres a simple build scrap wood model that works
carpenter bees - a simple DIY trap - This Natural Dream

I made one of those and caught ONE(1) bee.......Maybe SC bees are smarter.