How to Control Carpenter Bees 

The carpenter bees destroyed my deck. I got a tennis racket and practice my swing on them.

Nice looking yard, Doc! I'm envious. Thanks to your tips though, my yard is starting to look better.

Great shot of the woodpecker!

I have a simpler solution. Take 1 brown paper bag, stuff it full of anything to create a form and hang it up. The bees thinks it's a hornets nest and will stay away.

OMG, you have a great back yard. Started watching your channel and you give so much info. I like how its all personal information. Good work, keep it up.

I've been on a quest to rid my log house of Carpenter Bees. Saw your video...I've tried these traps & they work good....however, I just ran across something....New To Me....saw another video 2 min. long. The guy crumpled up 2 brown paper bags...put one in the other & hung it up. The Carp. Bees think it's a wasp nest..& says they are natural enemies. Well I tried it.....and haven't seen a Carpenter Bee since. It's like magic. I just can believe how well it works.

Hey Doc! I would think spraying an insect repellent into a trap designed to attract insects would have the opposite affect? Keep doing what you do!

Out of all the bees, I read that Carpenter bees are the worst pollinators.

Great video. Your fence is beautiful and of course so is your yard. 👍🏻 Garden looks amazingly healthy.

I had a Carpenter Bee problem in the second year after I moved in my house. They literally were burrowing into my siding and making that side of the yard useless for the kids. I had to call someone to take care of it. It was at infestation level. The stuff used in the holes kept them from returning. Key thing to understand is if you don't get rid of them the first year. They'll come back the next year. The offspring will take advantage of existing holes and burrow new ones. The problem will continue to duplicate itself year over year until you finally put a stop to it. But by then the damage can cost you thousands to fix. Bees are good but you can't let Carpenter Bees make a home around your home just as you wouldn't with Carpenter Ants or Termites.

3:14 “meep meep”.. 😂 I used to have carpenter bees boring holes in my shed door at my old house. After using a product to kill them, and plugging the holes I heavily painted the door and the other unpainted spots. That seemed to fix my issue.

I remember doing a science project in 5th grade on Carpenter Bees. The ones we had were all black and all orange, must have been a different species.

Love the high-top golf shoes!

I have a problem with them going in behind by facia boards that are covered with aluminum on my vinyl siding on my house. Ive been here since 1996 and they keep returning every year. Possible have them getting inside the knee wall area that has doors in my upstairs. Any suggestions on how to get rid of them behind my vinyl siding and facia boards...no holes to see reference filling them with wood putty. Can only see the stain on siding where they go in and leave either a sap or their deposits!!

My county agent suggested to put several inches of water in the pint jar attached to my trap so when the bees go in they can't get out. It works.

This really hot the nail on the head for me. I have a small carpenter bee problem and this really out it in perspective for me. I see them here and there but only one hole. I'll deal with a hole or 2 if they pollinate my garden haha

I have been reading up on the carpenter bees. The traps some are also putting a little feromone on the trap jar that help attract them to crawl into the trap.

I’ve always heard that carpenter bees are not pollinators. Typically you can walk right up to a bubble bee while they’re pollinating and I’ve done that. Carpenter bees react very differently and are more aggressive and skittish.

I have a lot of redwood on my house, they have made swiss cheese out of the redwood, I used to have a commercial building trimmed with cedar, they love that also, chewed it up, lots of holes. After the bees drill their holes the woodpeckers come along and do the damage you showed on your posts.

That yard is awesome AF

Watching INTENTLY🐝😎🐝 MY OTHER PHONE VIBRATED AN ALERT📱⚠️🐝 I JUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN❗😳 ROFL 🐝

Absolutely beautiful lawn Doc! I’m going out to puff some Tempo dust soon and I think I’m going to use flex paste to cover the wood. It’s the exposed wood over the basement windows. Don’t know why it’s exposed maybe air or wicking feature of the construction. What’s your thoughts on sealing the wood with flex paste?

What area of the country are you win? As a pest control operator in California I very much enjoyed your video and have shared your link to about a half a dozen people in the last week. Two questions I had from customers is what area of the country you live in and I did not know.

You must be proud of that yard

Doc, so maybe I missed it but what repellent do yo use with the stain? I know permethrine is used to spray on hiking gear etc to stop ticks etc.....is this what you use in the stain....?

Thanks, I didn't know my bee problem is carpenter bees. They come back every spring. I usually try shooting them down one by one with wasp spray. Because I can't find where they live and I didn't even know what to look for. I have soffit that has a mesh design on my deck. So I think their holes must be hidden behind there. At least now I know what I'm dealing with. I'll try some of your suggestions. Thanks again.

Does painting or staining wooden fence keeps them away?

Nice garden

I had what seemed like 1000s. Traps, tennis racquets, and spray fixed the problem.

Now I know how my shed is breaking down there’s always bees playing around it

Why did you leave the posts higher than the fencing? I’ve also read that these bees bite, not sting.

Hey Doc! What is it that you mixed in with the stain to keep the carpenter bees away?

Does Bermuda lawn grow well in California? In the LA area.

Pinesol in a milk jug works great! They destroy wood! Holes everywhere!!! The bees don't mind stain either, trust me! I have the damage to prove!

Carpenter bees love boring holes into my mom's garage awning. We heard a woodpecker really loud the other day. Now we know why 😥

man they are all up in my fence and deck, I have to spray for them weekly and have the exterminator out doing treatments or else yea, there might be 100 or more (I can get 20 of them in a half hour with a tennis racket at the start of the warm season). I can keep them in control but our neighbors do not seem to mind getting buzzed every 10 seconds by a swarm of bees so they do nothing so surprise they come back every year in force

I just killed hundreds of carpenter bees around my cabin. They had nest all in it. Went around with a can of raid and sprayed inside the holes. They began falling out and I was stomping them with my foot.

They would drill into the skinny side of my 1x2 tomato stakes. Never had one to drill through the side as they were drilling upwards.

i use electric fly swatter.

You can use Boracare before you stain.

Great yard. Hey do you have deer in your area? Maybe a video of deer problem? They eat everything

Thx for making this video. We live in a log cabin so the carpenter bees see our home as a buffet 😂😂😁😜 It’s funny yet it’s not. Anyway, we use the jumbo sized bee traps and they work great but there’s always those defiant bees that we have to use the electrified tennis rackets on and the wasp spray, but that spray scares me bcuz we usually have wind here. I went on your link and ordered the spray foam. I’m really looking forward to that bcuz I think it will be fun and satisfying all at the same time. I hope you get a percentage of that sale. God bless and keep making those videos. We love watching them.

Why did you not go with galvanized steel posts?

I like Honey Bees 🐝. Carpenter Bees will destroy wood products... Honey Bees will be good for your garden. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Doc, Enjoy your tutorials and videos on many topics, I've held off on asking any help on a big problem I have, today is Tuesday after memorial day, I have been using the super juice for two weeks in between the treatments but the topic I want to ask you about is the ground moss that's out of control here. I reside in Middle Ga. and I am reaching out to you on some advice. I would send some pictures but not real tech on how to do that yet. But, will try. But, do you have an answer ? Thanks Doc.

Carpenter Bees love my Pavilion!

I have hives of them in my back yard and man they will eat you out of house and home quite literally, they are right up there with termites.

Yes they can damage things

whats your plan for the old fence posts you left in

Tons of work to be done. Doc😎😓

Bird Feeder. 🐦 love Bees . Found it out by accident. The Bees hit the road

Hey Doc, any advice for ridding stray cats from your yard just short of claymores?

How can you differentiate a male from a female?

Best yard! Amazing, Doc.

I like carpenter bees they do almost hit me one time they almost hit me and i said BEEZ one of them looked at me and i said dont do that again and they didnt hit me :P

Carpenter bees don’t eat vinyl fence thank goodness 😅

If take brown bags and fill them full of paper then hang them, they think it wasp nest, and will leave

They like em thick.

If carpenter bees like thicker wood why not completely remove the thickest part of the fence build, the post? Metal post instead of wood.

Are you not using super juice anymore

They ruined my running boards along my roof

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Never put insecticide in your bee traps! They won’t fly in them!

They eat treated wood too?

I'm terrorized of carpenter bees 😭

Badminton racket takes em out , every year ,,

Carpenter bee's always seem to put holes in the worst spots. A passing mower will trigger them to sting and it hurts worse than a red wasp.

Hi doc how could I email u i wanna show u how great of a job pgf complete and super juice is doing even though u don't like tall Bermuda lawns lol

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