The Wally-Gee Bee Journey 🐝

[WallyG74]

Ok bee friends. I just found 2 carpenter bee tunnels in my run fence. Sawdust substance underneath them. Ideas on how to remove them? I don’t want to harm the chickens. I prefer not to harm the carpenter bees either, but they did some damage to the front of my house a few years ago so I really don’t want them around.

Kill them with fire!

 

[WallyG74]

Make use of the drawn frames I have sealed and stored from wax moths

Do you freeze them?

 

[Sally PB]

Made mine (2) in about 45 minutes. Took so long 'cause I took a coffee break.

Can you elaborate? How do you make a carpenter bee trap?

 

[Iluveggers]

Kill them with fire!

Burn the run down?

 

[WallyG74]

Burn the run down?

I mean, if you want to, but I wouldn’t go to such extremes. Get a flamethrower and torch them as they fly out.

 

[Iluveggers]

I mean, if you want to, but I wouldn’t go to such extremes. Get a flamethrower and torch them as they fly out.

Sounds like an awesome plan. However the end of the run is 4 feet from my house. Since neither myself or my husband are skilled at flame throwing, I think we will just try the traps.

 

[WallyG74]

Sounds like an awesome plan. However the end of the run is 4 feet from my house. Since neither myself or my husband are skilled at flame throwing, I think we will just try the traps.

Fine, take the easy route.

 

[Iluveggers]

Apologies for derailing your thread. Although it was about bees.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Can you elaborate? How do you make a carpenter bee trap?

Rather than a long story here is a video. To mount mine I used a deck screw, 3".
in the top center of the trap and cut the Phillips head off at the thread start so I could screw it into the soffit for a secure mount. Bees don't like it swinging in the breeze. Had 4x4 posts laying around, Mason jars and 1 1/4" drywall screws.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Do you freeze them?

Yes I do.