Carpenter Bee Control » paint http://www.carpenterbees.com How to treat carpenter bee nests and prevent them from drilling. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:42:03 +0000 en hourly 1 admin admin Just another WordPress weblog No No bees in child’s jungle gym http://www.carpenterbees.com/blog/bees-in-childs-jungle-gym.html http://www.carpenterbees.com/blog/bees-in-childs-jungle-gym.html#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 21:45:45 +0000 admin http://www.carpenterbees.com/?p=408 We have a wood playscape/jungle gym for our children in our backyard. It has become the favored home of some carpenter bees! So the kids are afraid to play on it (the bees hover over the slide, quite intimidating). We don’t want to spray toxic chemicals all over the structure the kids play on – what do you recommend?

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Thanks so much!

If you review our Carpenter Bee Control ARTICLE, you’ll see the products we recommend. All of them can be used safely on the jungle gym and will not pose a hazard to your children or the environment. In fact, all the products have a “safety video” which goes over in great detail how to safely handle, use and store our products to help insure they’re used both properly and without harm to the applicator or others that might be in the treated areas.

One of the last products mentioned in our article is the organic nbs REPELLENT. This spray won’t kill anything and is normally only as an additive to stain or paint. When used as an additive it can provide a year or more of repellency to the surfaces where it’s applied. It can also be mixed with water and sprayed. Though it won’t last as long when applied this way, you’ll at least be able to get some protection between now and when you’re next able to use it with paint or stain.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Carpenter Bee Control:  http://www.carpenterbees.com/carpenter-bee-control

NBS Repellent:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/exempt/additive/nbs-paint-additive-16-oz

]]> http://www.carpenterbees.com/blog/bees-in-childs-jungle-gym.html/feed 0 adding cypermethrin to paint http://www.carpenterbees.com/stain/adding-cypermethrin-to-paint.html http://www.carpenterbees.com/stain/adding-cypermethrin-to-paint.html#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 14:23:32 +0000 admin http://www.carpenterbees.com/?p=84 I’ve had an ongoing problem with carpenter bees drilling holes in overhangs that are on all sides of my house. I’ve been spraying with the Cypermethrin and it’s worked quite well but I’m wondering if there is something I can do that’s more permanent. What if I add some to the paint I use on my trim and siding? How much would I need? I generally paint every 4-5 years (a lot of touch up for sure) and if there is any way I can incorporate a chemical with the paint I’d do it.

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]]> I’ve had an ongoing problem with carpenter bees drilling holes in overhangs that are on all sides of my house. I’ve been spraying with the Cypermethrin and it’s worked quite well but I’m wondering if there is something I can do that’s more permanent. What if I add some to the paint I use on my trim and siding? How much would I need? I generally paint every 4-5 years (a lot of touch up for sure) and if there is any way I can incorporate a chemical with the paint I’d do it.

At this time there is no chemical that’s proven to work with paint or stain when added to it after bringing it home from your local paint supplier. There is a host of reasons why it doesn’t work even though the concept has been tried.  In the past there have been paints that included a pesticide attempting to accomplish what you want to do but none really worked well. For various reasons the concept just hasn’t been worked out chemically to where both seem to work together in harmony for any length of time or long term benefit. For the time being, it’s pretty obvious that a good paint job followed by a good chemial barrier sprayed over the paint is the best option when trying to stop carpenter bees from drilling holes. The liquid concentrate Cypermethrin is good at stopping the bees from drilling for several weeks. Treatments will last several weeks and in most cases will chase them away from your home

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