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<blockquote data-quote="Farminlund" data-source="post: 87376" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>I have issues with carpenter bees as well. They can really destroy buildings in that the tunnels are long & have "burrows" where the young are raised (heard of a 6 yr old barn that collapsed under an unusually heavy snow load that was the direct result of uncontrolled carpenter bees). They breed in the early spring, thus the reason you see so many. Once done with that process, you will see them much less with the focus on raising young (in the burrows off the main tunnel). I have plugged their holes (good use for spent 7-08 brass), sprayed them with insecticide, & have learned how to bat them down with a tennis racket during the early spring (each spring since I declared war 3 springs ago there are less & less showing up in the early spring). I hope you are right that this spray you are using is making them go away, but my bet is that the breeding season ends & thus the frequency of your sightings goes down & you attribute it to the spray.</p><p></p><p>If each spring, there is a trend to seeing less & less bees, then you are winning the war. An uncontrolled population can cause severe property damage & even result in injury if a beam or truss were to give way at a particular time. I call them flying woodchucks or flying groundhogs (depending on what part of the country you're from). I've also heard them referred to as flying beavers. Whatever you call then - they spell trouble if left unchecked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farminlund, post: 87376, member: 1132"] I have issues with carpenter bees as well. They can really destroy buildings in that the tunnels are long & have "burrows" where the young are raised (heard of a 6 yr old barn that collapsed under an unusually heavy snow load that was the direct result of uncontrolled carpenter bees). They breed in the early spring, thus the reason you see so many. Once done with that process, you will see them much less with the focus on raising young (in the burrows off the main tunnel). I have plugged their holes (good use for spent 7-08 brass), sprayed them with insecticide, & have learned how to bat them down with a tennis racket during the early spring (each spring since I declared war 3 springs ago there are less & less showing up in the early spring). I hope you are right that this spray you are using is making them go away, but my bet is that the breeding season ends & thus the frequency of your sightings goes down & you attribute it to the spray. If each spring, there is a trend to seeing less & less bees, then you are winning the war. An uncontrolled population can cause severe property damage & even result in injury if a beam or truss were to give way at a particular time. I call them flying woodchucks or flying groundhogs (depending on what part of the country you're from). I've also heard them referred to as flying beavers. Whatever you call then - they spell trouble if left unchecked. [/QUOTE]
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