I put 2 painted ones on the front porch, which is CB delectible Cedar. They did OK. When I build my next batch, I put one up that is raw wood, and I just emptied out over 50 bees from 2 weeks. That is the 3 or 4th time I have emptied out that many,
I also have the other traps I have in inventory hanging from the garage eave, and each one of them has 5 to 10 bees in it.
When they first started hitting the traps heavy, I got a can of the spectracide termite and carpenter bee foam insecticide, and shot the existing holes, coming back the next day and driving in a dowell. I plugged 25 or more holes, and foamed another 50 or so.
They had done a lot of damage these past could of years [and I paid to have the house treated 4-5 years ago, but they were back the next year just as strong, so that was wasted money.
That did the trick. The bees started flocking to the traps after that, and we only see a handful a day now.
In times past, from as soon as it first warmed into the high 70s until June/July, you could go on the front porch and swat 10-12 bees in less time than it takes to smoke a cigarette. Now you can be out there for 30-45 minutes and only see 1 or 2 bees.
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When you think they are ganging up against you....."Illigitimus non es carborundum"
I'm building a few for next spring, they are about done for now, will be killing and filling the holes. Mine will look just like your pictures. Glad they worked for you, them dang bees can do some damage.
Ace Hardware at New Hope and 7 Hills are selling my Bee Traps for anyone interested. They do work although I have to admit I kind of miss swatting them with the badminton rackets.
When you think they are ganging up against you....."Illigitimus non es carborundum"
I have a question. Do these attract addition bees? And do they still burrow into the wood? Do you hang it off the structure they are literally tearing apart as I type this, with sawdust flying about my head?
I ask because we sprayed and they were gone. For two weeks. Now they are back.
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." ~ Dolly Parton
I have a question. Do these attract addition bees? And do they still burrow into the wood? Do you hang it off the structure they are literally tearing apart as I type this, with sawdust flying about my head?
I ask because we sprayed and they were gone. For two weeks. Now they are back.
No, they do not attract any more bees.
They offer the bees an alternative hole to enter instead of going into the tunnels already drilled.
When they enter the trap, they "think" they are entering a tunnel and are looking for the tunnel to crawl into. Instead, they fall to the bottom of the trap, through the hole, through the 1st bottle funnel, and into the catch bottle.
When we first hung them from the eaves we were getting 50 bees a week, or more in 2 traps. Plus we have the extra traps on the front of the workshop and these also get bees.
You just hang them in close proximity to where your largest infestation of bees are, and leave them alone. Our front porch, facing East, is all cedar railings, etc., and they have torn it up, so we have 1 on each end of the porch.
When you think they are ganging up against you....."Illigitimus non es carborundum"
How much do you want for one? I'm going to ask MrB. This is a porch upstairs, but the back door of the kitchen opens under this porch. They are driving me nuts.
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." ~ Dolly Parton
I have a question. Do these attract addition bees? And do they still burrow into the wood? Do you hang it off the structure they are literally tearing apart as I type this, with sawdust flying about my head?
I ask because we sprayed and they were gone. For two weeks. Now they are back.
The traps do work, and I recommend getting one.
In the meantime, if you want to kill the bees quickly in their tunnels, go to Home Depot and get a can of Spectracide Termite Killer. The can says it also kills carpenter bees. It comes will a tube you afix to the nozzle so you can spray it directly into the tunnels. It foams up filling the cavities so you're killing any bee (or eggs).
Who is John Gault? - He's the successful business owner who didn't want to play by the new 'Law of the Land' so he closed up shop, packed up his stuff and left. He was joined by many other successful business owners who did the same. They stayed away until the government begged them to return and repealed the law.
How much do you want for one? I'm going to ask MrB. This is a porch upstairs, but the back door of the kitchen opens under this porch. They are driving me nuts.
$22.50 for traps with a plastic bottle to catch the bees, and $25 with a mason jar to collect the bees.
When I first put my traps out, I also got a can of the Spectricide termite/bee spray MarkDavid posted about and used it on the older holes where there were lots and lots of them. That did deter them from the old holes, and got them to go to the traps instead of drilling new holes.
I have 4 traps up and they are all still collecting bees, but not near as many as there were.
When you think they are ganging up against you....."Illigitimus non es carborundum"
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