Carpenter Bees Around the Home
Many reports of carpenter bees have been coming into the office so here’s a quick overview of carpenter bees:
- you can trap them or use pesticides approved for carpenter bee removal (dusts or foaming sprays applied to the nest holes)
- painting exposed wood is a longer-term solution to discouraging them from using your deck as a nesting site
- carpenter bees are pollinators that don’t tend to sting
- territorial males will hover around but disperse after females are done constructing egg chambers
- females can winter over in the egg chambers and eggs will emerge next spring
Carpenter Bee Trap
Carpenter Bee (left) & Bumble Bee (right)
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