Killing Carpenter Bees with WD-40, Homemade Trap Experiment, Wasps Nests Too

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[@_Nobody_Special]

"Half assed problems call for half assed solutions." I like this. I may put it on a t-shirt.

[@RinoaL]

your welcome to it. if you want me to pose for a picture like the famous meme guy please let me know. lol

[@waltergoodale6892]

GOOD LUCK WITH THE CARPENTER 🐝

[@koltinn]

Workshop: Exists Carpenter Bees: It's free real estate.

[@RinoaL]

HA!

[@user-mm3ly5yk3o]

Bee: - who do you fuck to kill me ?!???? - i,m Rihona super genious Bee: - upsss

[@rchrdgrn]

when you get older people will be amazed that your old shed doesn't squeak.

[@RagtimeFreak86]

"Hay little guy... Bern in hell!.. " Hahahahaha XD

[@MrMcGooGarage]

seeya ...wooden wanna bee ya

[@charlesneilio6301]

For years I fought them little guy while they tried destroying my beautiful deck I worked so hard on. Tried about everything including building traps. Nothing kept them from drilling into the 2x4 turned sideways under the top part of the side Guardrails. I finally 2 years ago covered the wood all around with metal flashing and I have not had a problem since.

[@Mr7yhnmki8]

“If you build it, they will come.”

[@ralphups7782]

If the oil gets on the ladder, you will come down quicker than you went up.😭

[@RinoaL]

wd-40 isnt a lubricant though.

[@mcamp39004]

I live in east Tennessee. WD-40 is my go to for Carpenter bees (we call them "wood bees") because if you spray it in the holes, they won't go back in for the rest of the season, then in the fall, just push a small amount of steel wool into the hole and fill with wood putty. Wood siding and fascia takes a beating in the spring around here.

[@user-ko8kf1xm7f]

thats good to know, thanks for the advice. Good idea about the steel wool and wood putty.

[@hiimdominic3780]

You genuinely entertained me lol 👍

[@toddincabo]

Enjoy watching your vids. I built a wooden roofing structure similar to that and liberally brushed on the old tried and true mixture of diesel fuel and burnt motor oil, five years later and I haven't been hit by one bee or any termites,...can't blame em'.

[@meahere7994]

Cool Glasses!!!

[@Thujaplicata1]

I was in my crawlspace of my house (built 1960) and noticed some of the old growth fir strapping used to hold insulation to the foundation wall that wasn't being used anymore had capenter bee damage. I took it out and made some fantastic laquered table legs with it. I couldn't replicate that look with tools if I tried!

[@chrisretired5379]

In Alaska, we use the spray Electromotive, the red/ white can, not the green one, for the yellow jacket bees. They don’t even kick, they are done done immediately. They get into electrical equipment outside, the Electromotive leaves no residue.

[@sp00k1es]

I've always used dish soap to kill bees and wasps since I think it does a better job of gumming up their wings while still suffocating them. I've put dish soap and water in a pressure sprayer and pretty good luck just coating everything in relatively concentrated dish soap.

[@Tino5135]

First came the Carpenter bees then the woodpeckers trying to get them. Now my house looks like it got shot by a machine gun!

[@terryrussel3369]

Remember ! The bee excavates in then turns 90 degrees. Spray oil in and at an angle until the oil back flushes. Watch for the departure. Don't forget to plug the hole with wood, putty, calking, a pebble, plastic, ect. They will reuse the chambers. Find your victims and smhush 'em if you can. Oil base paint helps deter them. Build and hang traps out of untreated scrap wood and some small jars.

[@jacobforbes9115]

I would save the WD 40 and use dish soap and and water in a weed sprayer, has the same affect on Bees

[@tonyfoster61]

Wait 'til they fall asleep and steal their drills :)

[@RinoaL]

brilliant!

[@sparga]

9:04 Doom Eternal looks great

[@amalalmaghriby4405]

Nice idea for lamps

[@AudioSourceMusic]

My brain started to tremble at 1:18

[@ShainAndrews]

I didn't even know what a carpenter bee was. Had to go look them up. Yeah they can do some damage.

[@yaash4123]

What a bunch of bee holes.

[@JB-vq2db]

I can’t believe this comment didn’t get more thumbs up

[@locouk]

I think I’d be putting bird and bat boxes around, attract wildlife that naturally predates the unwanted bugs. Also, would giving the wood a wipe with an old engine oily rag deter them? My mates grandpa used to mix old engine oil with creosote 50-50 mix as a wood preservative. How about get a length of 2 by 4 for a test setup to see how many bees will nest in it and how long it takes them to destroy? All data is interesting data.

[@benwinkel]

Yeah! That stuff is heavily carcinogenic and much more destructive than any carpenter bee.

[@carlbeaudry4142]

I have a funny position here that using tree of the woods not good so I see how you doing this I got plenty of logs around thank you for your help

[@ToddFun]

Brake cleaner works much faster on bees and doesn’t make a mess. Try it, you’ll be amazed.

[@DOYLECLEVERLOBE1]

And works at a distance.

[@Lue_Duck]

You know what also works and is cheaper? Raid

[@ToddFun]

Matt Ryan I always have a little break cleaner around, and I can use brake cleaner in my house when one gets in the house because it doesn’t leave any residue or dangerous chemicals around food preparation areas or pets.

[@Lue_Duck]

@@ToddFun whatever works for ya i guess

[@LKFrenchies]

Yeah-pretty sure you’re bad ass. Braver than hell to climb up there; spray, film, entertain the audience and not get a single battle wound. You are glorious 🥰

[@skycarl]

Bee careful!

[@meandnature6452]

They are everywhere this year. i wouldnt worry. Only if they have a nest

[@jaycss]

They don't make nest! They make holes!

[@meandnature6452]

@@jaycss lol

[@randomvideowatcher]

The carpenter bees are really boring.

[@J_WheelerDoll30]

Subbed! We’re going to test our wooden bench on our balcony tomorrow. For a while now we’re dealing with the carpenter bees again. A year ago in Milledgeville ga and now Cornelia ga. I’m sick of them eating up our inherited bench

[@disruptIT]

I built something similiar and it caught one. What I ended up doing is filling in all their holes with silicone and priming and painting all the wood, they don't prefer painted wood.I did spray insectide in before siliconing it closed as well. I have't seen one around the areas I primed and painted. I don't think they like the taste of paint so just go elsewhere.

[@spirituallyours64whengnats69]

I use Mr. Clean got at dollar store then; 1 1/2 cup in spray bottle with little water on wasps. Keeps fresh smell around house instead of oil smell. Works for me & saves my oil for carpenter bees.

[@patriotsicoflibs4579]

By the way, chlorinated brake cleaner is an excellent bee killer also.

[@bugmantim]

Carp bees prefer fresh wood over decaying firewood.

[@spirituallyours64whengnats69]

Spray again in winter when eggs & leftover escaped bees hibernate in winter.

[@pegtooth2006]

Beehive yourself, Rin

[@AndyCallaway]

Lol. Like the outtro.

[@Parmesana]

I had put caulk in the holes...not really worked..but I made a wood and bottle trap...jeepers..WORKS GREAT

[@wayneacaron8744]

WD-40 is more than just lube poppy's workshop says HI

[@spirituallyours64whengnats69]

Thank you. Enjoyed watching.

[@joeomalley2835]

I love your enthusiasm for this, but wow, that looked like a lot of work.

[@DOYLECLEVERLOBE1]

That's a damn shame after all the hard work you've put into the shop. From what I've read they won't burrow into painted wood.

[@RinoaL]

yeah ill paint it eventually

[@martinlepper4522]

They will go thru painted wood.

[@ThePrototype1978]

Nice video...I had like 12- 14 flying aggressively around us and eating the wood close to our kitchen close to roof...so to bring them down I used rubberized spray paint...I sprayed a little bit..and to the floor..after it went down to 4 I was able to climb on ladder to put some poison in the hole

[@ateamofone]

How about coating your wood with linseed oil mixes with sand?

[@Antno]

Oil will do it

[@FroggyTWrite]

i'm curious of spraying the wood with a long term persistent pesticide would work?

[@Spaghettiboy359]

Haha i remember my uncle bought me a GBA game when i was a kid for going around his property killing wasps with wd 40, never dealt with carpenter bees their holes give you a nice little application point by the look of it compared to paper nests

[@RinoaL]

that sounds like a very good payment. i know id value a game like it was a million dollars. lol

[@Spaghettiboy359]

@@RinoaL Did i ever, it was the port of mario 2 probably my favorite out of the original trilogy i like throwing turnips at shit to this day

[@RinoaL]

i had that one! have the box still. didnt it have other mini games or something with it? like the original arcade mario bros?

[@Spaghettiboy359]

@@RinoaL Yeah all the gba ports of the original three had that i believe, i hated it at first but became super good at it after a while, with friends it's actually quite exciting though you could tell they were kind of still figuring out the jump momentum

[@tobsta30]

Cya, Wouldn't want to Bee-ya. 😆😆

[@jamessullivan9992]

I have 8 house's in tennessee the only way I've been able to keep them under control is offer my tenant's $1.00 a bee .I buy butterfly nets at the dollar store and give them out every spring. This year maybe got 100 of them.

[@Ka9radio_Mobile9]

I have seen this guy on you tube using a soap and water mix to kill killer bees. He said that with the soap its hard for them to fly, also bees breath thru a set of gills at there torso, the soap plugs them and they die.

[@RinoaL]

ah thats interesting.

[@animeboy1212]

Ayyy Scotty Kilmer!

[@analarson2920]

very entertaining

[@amituofo.]

Killer of bees can burn in hell too.

[@spirmangame1137]

You should be the Cody's Lab of electrical engineering stuff

[@RinoaL]

me and him are already too similar as it is, lol

[@drspastic]

Both have nice hands

[@tippydog4436]

cya wouldn't want to bee ya. LOL

[@dadude5600]

This girl is awesome. She reminds me of the country girls I grew up with.

[@TheFurriestOne]

Hmm, I wonder if they'd avoid treated lumber? But then that costs more than other lumber, especially the free kind. Have you noticed whether they like the modern wide-grained better than the century-old stuff? Probably softer/damper and easier to chew through, I'd think.

[@RinoaL]

the hole i showed in the first part of the video was modern treated. they wont touch the old wood though.

[@TheFurriestOne]

Well crap, hoped the chemicals would put them off. Still, great to hear they leave the old lumber alone!

[@frostfirei]

Half-assed problems, need half-assed solutions, however that does not mean you can do a halfassed job! :)

[@carlbeaudry4142]

Hi all,I been for 2 years to get rid of these carpenter bees it's like a wartime with them, help

[@ralphups7782]

Some KZbin content providers say, swearing/skinning, affects their money generated revenue, because KZbin tells you how to think. So this video could have the same fate.😙

[@RinoaL]

doesnt mean they are right.

[@shiftlock4355]

WD40 worked great, but how about using something that will both kill the bees and fill the holes? Quick blast of expandable foam maybe?

[@RinoaL]

well if i fill the holes the next bees will dig another hole. maybe this way they will try to use the same hole and i can spray again

[@BreezyBeej]

Killer glasses! By drilling holes in wood, are you not also a carpenter bee in spirit?

[@RinoaL]

no im a carpenter.

[@LucasPereiradaSilva]

A fire torch works even better than WD-40.

[@RinoaL]

actually not

[@andyholder6039]

I don't know if it's the voice or the shades, but i watched the whole video. I have the same problem in South Carolina.

[@matthewf1979]

I love that T-Shirt you’re wearing so much, I bought 3.

[@RinoaL]

friend bought it for me, im not particularly knowledgable of the company but i like it none the less.

[@mogeking56]

Can you still eat those Carpenter bees 🐝 after hitting them with WD40

[@user-ko8kf1xm7f]

Im just looking to get the WD40 to get rid of these carpenter bees, but there are so many different types of WD40 to buy and i don't know which type of WD40 to get, can anyone help?

[@RinoaL]

I ran into that issue recently as well, however I decided to get the one that says it's the new formula and it still works perfectly fine for the bees. I think anything close to WD40 will still work tbh, even PB Blaster.

[@user-ko8kf1xm7f]

@@RinoaL great, thank you so much for your advice. I really appreciate it. I'll try that.

[@terryrussel3369]

The oil suffocates them b.t.w.

[@biniar__]

How about a WD-40 sprinkler system for the bee's

[@stephg9230]

I’ve watched a few vids on how to make the trap with wood and jar, but none of them show or say whether or not it worked. Do these traps work? I like idea of preventing them from destroying my shed rather than waiting til I see holes.

[@RinoaL]

sadly it hasnt caught any bees, but it has caught wasps. im thinking hole diameter is wrong or something

[@stephg9230]

We are in luck then bc I have those too! Love your vid and personality! Thanks!

[@rickebert399]

If you caulk the holes and paint the wood they will leave it alone they don't like the paint

[@RinoaL]

yeah i plan to do that. however i also find they only seem to like the new crappy wood. they wont touch the old wood.

[@someoneoutthere1866]

Nice, guess I need to stock up on some wd40 :)

[@ateamofone]

That shit you painted on your roof.....paint your wood with it. I dont think they like sand.

[@thoughtlesskills]

I wanna try foam in a can.

[@EddieJazzFan]

Does the WD40 cause the wood to be more flammable, like when a pile of oily rags spontaneously combusts in the corner of a garage?

[@RinoaL]

no

[@davekimbler2308]

Can’t ya spray your wood with something like penetrating oil or linseed oil to deter them ? We don’t have them up here as far as I know . We do have ground wasps and oil and gas works on them 🔥 lol

[@RinoaL]

i plan to just paint all the external wood.

[@georgiojansen7758]

wasps are hunting ticks

[@RinoaL]

we dont really have ticks tbh

[@jaycss]

They come out in the spring and again in the fall. At least here in southern Mississippi. They are attracted mostly by wisteria blossoms, which my wife insists on having in the yard.

[@jojogurl83021]

Your braver than I an!!👍💯

[@nvg1526]

Evil!😈😈😂😂jk XD

[@ed2335]

I use tennis racket.

[@TMS5100]

i love bees. too bad carpenter bees are destructive.

[@shou_gana1]

Excuse me, why did you do that? Bees are important for the world..

[@RinoaL]

no they arent, carpenter bees do a lot of damage

[@wayneacaron8744]

bugs must JUST love you. p

[@chris47190]

Windex kills them immediately as well

[@rickeylocke8610]

Built mine from a 4x4

[@nvg1526]

There literally is 10,000 uses for wd40 murica!

[@thevacdude]

Do these carpenter bees sting like honey bees?

[@RinoaL]

thankfully no. at least i dont think so.

[@thevacdude]

@@RinoaL I had no clue these were even a thing, I thought termites would do a number on the shop.

[@adamzeppelin]

Females sting, but rarely

[@Lue_Duck]

Expensive bug spray

[@RinoaL]

expensive? its really cheap...

[@Lue_Duck]

So turns out it is cheaper than common bug spray. Mind blown

[@scramblex2692]

the world is experiencing a bee shortage and youre spraying them with wd-40

[@Lue_Duck]

They're not honey bees...

[@RinoaL]

we dont have a shortage of these bees.

[@scramblex2692]

@@Lue_Duck theyre still pollinators. who cares about honey?

[@scramblex2692]

@@RinoaL but you do have a shortage of normal bees, and these ones are picking up the slack. Lots of people here make "houses" for them and treat the vulnerable parts of their house. Around my house, the bees just use the same nests year after year, pulling old corpses out of them in the early spring and saving themselves the trouble of building a whole new nest.

[@michaelanderson9792]

put some coke cola in the jar

[@SarahRWilson]

I'll tend to leave old wasp nests in place. They don't get reused, and are a deterrent to spring queens.

[@RinoaL]

but if they have already filled cells they will spawn more wasps

[@SarahRWilson]

@@RinoaL Without workers to feed them, the grubs wind up dying. And the residue of WD-40 leaves a toxic environment for their sensitive bodies. As they grow, it's a long time before they have exoskeletons, in the meantime they are quite delicate.

[@RinoaL]

ah i didnt know they were actively fed by the parents. thats interesting.

[@Jamesroberts98]

Carpenter bees cannot sting so no need to fear them

[@RinoaL]

i still dont like them falling on my while dying.

[@glocho9574]

Why ya killing Bees just give them honey or let them follow you with some honey..

[@RinoaL]

that isnt how bees work.

[@ACombineSoldier]

6 seconds? Really!?

[@RinoaL]

You have grown slow, and fat, in your dotage. Slug. Thorin Oakenshield: 2942 of the Third Age.

[@beth5027]

First! 😉

[@gianocarlorossi4007]

Wow. This broad has some style. Sporting the Saturday night club outfit. Lol

[@tobismasher268]

ME. Why does your shed smell like WD-40 and why is there a weird upside down stump jar a whole thing on the side of your shed. YOU. I use WD-40WD-40 to kill the carpenter bees 🐝 and The jar thing four uuuum?!?! ME what happens if the WD-40 catches on fire 🔥 You oh s!?#t aaaaaaaa o no

[@RinoaL]

why would wd-40 catch fire?

[@tobismasher268]

Well the reason I said WD-40 would catch on fire is not like it would spontaneously catch on fire 🔥 i’m saying that if there’s like an electrical spark or like some sparks from like welding or some other source that it would be a lot easier to start a fire with WD-40 because it’s basically oil and it’s very flammable especially when you spray it directly on toward the wall it would absorb the WD-40 and it would basically be a WIC like Anna candle and it might accelerate a fire or mean it would spread faster so yeah ass out if there’s a carpenter bee nest I wouldn’t do the WD-40 thing if it was over like your new lays table or whatever it is so yeah it might just blow up because of the sparks ⚡️

[@RinoaL]

@@tobismasher268 your understanding of this is limited, that is clear.

[@tobismasher268]

Well I didn’t say the WD-40 would spontaneously combust I’m saying in the electrical spark could catch it on fire but the chances of that happening are extremely slim so you should probably not worry about it for us so this is comment was usually meant as a joke so yeah PS I do know the WD-40 is actually flammable I sprayed it on a piece of cardboard and then tried lip a cardboard on fire and it was pretty good I catching on fire so yeah WD-40 is flammable PS the first comment was basically meant as a joke

[@JamLeGull]

The propellant is flammable, but not the WD-40 itself