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carpenter bees in adobe walls

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It is pretty clear we have carpenter bees and although we have some wood (porch overhangs), our entire house is old adobe brick. There has always been round holes in the brick and I am wondering if these carpenter bees are nesting in the adobe. Is that possible? Can carpenter bees burrow through adobe walls? If so.. how do we get rid of them? We have lots and I don’t remember seeing them before.

There are many types of bees that love to nest in adobe. Regardless of what species they are, the products listed in our CARPENTER BEE CONTROL article will keep them away. Simply dust the holes you see with DEMISE and that will take care of all the current activity. Apply some MAXXTHOR EC to any area you don’t want bees to appear and you’ll have an effective repellent in place that will last several weeks per treatment.

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

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

Demise:  bugspray.com/catalog/insecticide/dust/drione-demise-dust-6-oz

Maxxthor:  bugspray.com/catalog/insecticide/liquid/maxxthor-ec

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drione and cypermethrin for bees

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i am a landlord with a few buildings–can i purchase Diazinon or similiar for ants ….and drione and Cyperthin for bees.  the bees i have are the size of a pinky that are boring into my cedar home..they fly like a freight train-very slowly…are the above chemicals correct for these bees-mine are much bigger than the one in your video. thanks much,barry

drione and MAXXTHOR EC are in fact the right products for your CARPENTER BEE problem. Dust their holes with the Demise, seal the holes a day or two later with CORKS and spray the MAXXTHOR EC to prevent new holes from being drilled. More details are in our article but this is the basic process to control this pest.

For ants, first read our ANT CONTROL ARTICLE. There you will learn you need to bait inside with either ANT GEL or ANT BAIT STATIONS. Outside you should spray the home with MAXXTHOR EC and if you see ants in the yard, bait it with the MAXFORCE. Diazinon has been out of production for several years but if you wish to apply a poison granule top kill the ants acutely instead of baiting for them, go with the DELTAGUARD.

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

Demise:  https://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/dust/drione-dust

MAXXTHOR EC:  https://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/liquid/viper-MAXXTHOR EC

Carpenter Bee Article:  https://www.carpenterbees.com/carpenter-bee-control

Corks:  https://bugspray.com/equipment/equipment-plugs/cork-12

Ant Control:  https://www.bugspray.net/tiny-ants-in-home

Ant Gel:  https://www.bugspraycart.com/bait/gel/maxforce-ant-gel-1-oz

Ant Bait Stations:  https://www.bugspraycart.com/bait/stations/advance-dual-choice-12-pk

Maxforce G:  https://www.bugspraycart.com/bait/granule/maxforce-gran

Deltaguard G:  https://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/granule/delta-guard-20-lb

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carpenter bees drilling pressure treated wood

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I have a question, will carpenter bees make a nest in pressure treated wood?

Yes. Pressure treated lumber is generally well protected against decay fungi and most insects that eat wood. But remember, CARPENTER BEES aren’t eating the wood. They’re only drilling through it. I’ve seen plenty of nests located in pressure treated lumber so whatever is being injected does not seem to slow them down or kill them.

That being said, in my experience it would seem that in general, most carpenter bees prefer untreated wood over pressure treated lumber. This is probably due to the fact that pressure treated lumber tends to be more “dense”. It also tends to mask the natural odor of the wood. This makes it harder for the bees to find it and even when they are flying around it, freshly treated lumber isn’t nearly as appealing as unpainted raw wood.

If you find any wood – pressure treated or not – being drilled by carpenter bees,  you’ll need to treat it as described in our CARPENTER BEE CONTROL article. Dust any holes you find with DEMISE and then spray with either MAXXTHOR EC or NBS INSECT REPELLENT to stop new holes from being created.

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

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

Demise:  https://bugspray.com/catalog/insecticide/dust/drione-demise-dust-6-oz

Maxxthor:  https://bugspray.com/catalog/insecticide/liquid/maxxthor-ec

NBS:  https://bugspray.com/exempt/additive/nbs-paint-additive-16-oz

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bees flying around vinyl siding

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what if bees are still flying around eaves after vinyl siding has already been put on?

If you read our CARPENTERBEE CONTROL ARTICLE, you’ll learn this bee will “over winter” or live in nests when it gets cold. Every spring they’ll want to emerge. If you covered any nests with the vinyl and failed to treat these nests, it’s quite likely there are bees emerging that are now able to move in and out of the vinyl and continue to use the siding underneath the vinyl as a nest location. This could have happened whether you put the siding up after they were hibernating or even if you put it up in the middle of the summer. You see, even in the summer there could have been some developing stages that have taken this long to finally mature and emerge.

Another reason they could be hanging around is because by design, this bee is drawn to decaying wood. They can smell it. So even though you have the vinyl up, underneath is what the bees can still detect and this will no doubt continue to draw them if left untreated.

Another reason they could be hanging around is that the vinyl is a certain color which is attracting male bees to hang around. I’ve also seen where certain plants can attract both males and females so it could be plants close, maybe up close to the house siding, so in fact it’s not the siding that’s doing the attracting.

Regardless of what is attracting them, all you need to do is treat with some DEMISE up under the siding all the way around the house. I would say to do this every spring and fall and you will no doubt keep away all the bees along with any other pests that vinyl siding tends to attract. Wasps, roaches, ants and many other pests like to get up under vinyl and the Demise is ideally designed for this area. The main reason is that it lasts so long. But the other big reason is because it’s applied in a form that’s a lot like smoke so it will penetrate the voids and spaces under the vinyl really well. This is critical for getting control of any nests that might be there.

Here are links to the article and the dust:

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

Demise:  www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/dust/drione-dust

bees in child’s jungle gym

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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?

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:  www.carpenterbees.com/carpenter-bee-control

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

 

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