Why You Should NOT Trap Carpenter Bees | Do This Instead

[@firstlast7099]

It’s not about lack of trees. We live in the woods and they still choose to turn our house into Swiss cheese.

[@newwavepressure6478]

Yup I liv in the woods holes every where

[@Cakehunter]

Out of the HUNDREDS of trees I have in my front and back yard in the blue ridge mountains, and these fkrs still decide to burrow into my deck and porch that I work my ass off to pay for. Sorry. No mercy from me.

[@shawnhampshirehick101]

Me too Phuck them I killed 15 so far in 2 days. Last year I had 2. Thanks to brandon administration & the added$500$ a month inflation, I'm not paying to make repair( I also live in the forest) bye bye 🐝 bees & hopefully bye bye brandon before we go Broke.🤔

[@sweett8214]

Same here… the woodpeckers too. Out of the hundreds of trees around, they still love to tackle my house.

[@tluva1020]

Stop crying ❄️. Paint, stain, hang sacrificial wood or suck it up

[@yomommajumprcables]

Their destroying my wife's she shed my garage and deck

[@2hardbackrub743]

What a hilarious debate to stumble into. I love the concept of symbiotic relationship with the wildlife around us, but yeah man these guys are fuckers! He says they live 30 years!??! They sit there and hover and look at you with their stinger out and act all aggressive. Pfffff, I mean, if I went to their house and acted like an asshole, I'd expect them to try to kick my ass too.

[@stude129]

“The truth”: the carpenter bees ignore the thousands of mature trees around my property and dive face first into every pine board around my house they can find.

[@mickjager5974]

They might be in both. The trees that remain around your house and the pine pine boards of your house where trees used to be.

[@Dtats2]

That's probably because the pine boards are dryer and easier to eat into. Mature trees maybe full of sap and are more dense. 🤔 a pine bee house will definitely help keep them out of your house if the holes are predrilled.

[@shad0wCh8ser]

@@Dtats2 this would explain why all the baby pine trees that sprouted up from all the pine cones fron tbe bigger trees are left alone while there’s holes in my trim. Never had this issue when I moved in but it would seem the fatty bees are having a party over here. They seems to have taken up resident in the board under my mailbox and I was wonder if I should replace it. I was afraid the might go back to the house if I do.

[@BrianFitzpatrickYSBH]

I have them pretty bad at my house to the point we can hardly sit outside and enjoy a nice warm day on the back patio. I understand they are important to the environment, but sheesh. These things are a nuisance.

[@SillCybin]

Give me a break. My ex comes by and visits me sometimes cause she likes my garden which is pesticide free and I watch in joy as she pets one that is napping drunk from the nectar of my lavender. I've noticed them for years and believe they are nesting under my shed. I spose some may call them a nuisance but I get too much joy watching them stare me down as I sip a glass of wine on my outside deck. The older I get I realize how wonderful life and nature is in this world. So no, I will not kill them because they nipple on my shed.

[@RunnerThin]

Get a salt gun and just sit and clear space

[@GermanShepherdDaphne]

They won’t hurt you. Actually they chase off other flying insects. Mine just killed a hornet and tore its nest down! So maybe you should build a tiny house for your flying drone 🐝. They are really cool to have around

[@aldo2860]

Just kill em

[@Bubbareal]

@@GermanShepherdDaphne Mine seem like he’s protecting me 😅 he guards the patio and stay near the doors. He fight off everything that comes on the patio or near the doors where we watch from. It’s His back is turned to me waiting to attack, he then retreats back and put his barb away. He turns and watch me then stands guard. If a new face come to the door he puts his barb out. I tried to shoo it away at first but now I enjoy watching him fight off everything including the leaves!

[@fh1980ram]

I live in the country with plenty of trees around my house, but those suckers still chose my deck to make their home.

[@JV-pd8wg]

I live surrounded by hundreds of trees, but these aggressive carpenter trees love my house! They charge at me when I go outside, and they like to fly at my eye level and stare me down! Lol SOLUTION: Buy GRAY trash bags, and fill the bag with paper etc to look similar to a beehive. Hang it close to the carpenter’s bees. They will be gone in just a few days. Tried it for three years. It works!

[@OverkillWoodcraft]

Good video and info, but I have to Bee S on the whole "we're taking all their trees" card. Sure that happens in a lot of places, but I'm surrounded by MILES of woods and live in a brick house, yet my door frame an the brick weep holes are what they go for. I've even tossed 4x4s with pre-existing holes in them into the woods to try luring them away. Not all that passive either, they dart right at me, which is annoying. I understand the value of bees and respect nature, but I'm about to buy some FlexSeal and make a ton of traps.

[@JRJones333]

I have a house on 3 acres that I mow. Behind those 3 acres are 10 acres of trees. And many fallen trees. But the carpenter bees prefer the steps on my deck. I plugged 4 holes on the bottom side of my top step. Then I noticed holes on the top of that same step. I trapped the carpenter bee and took it a mile away from my house and turned it loose. Either another carpenter bee moved in or that bee found its way home. I read they can find their way home up to seven miles. Now I just trap and kill them. There are enough other bees around my house that can pollinate my flowers. We have regular honey bees and wasps of all kind, but they are not drilling holes in my deck. I don't think killing one or two a year will make them go extinct. Some people will say, "But if everyone killed one or two a year....". Trust me, woodpeckers and other birds kill far more than one or two a year. That is why they choose my deck over being in the woods. Woodpeckers are considered one of the most voracious predators of carpenter bees. And I hear the woodpeckers behind my house in the woods all the time. That is why the carpenter bees are in my deck and not some tree in the woods. I try not to kill anything that is not doing me harm, but carpenter bees destroying my deck or moles destroying my nice green yard that I work hard to maintain, they have to go.

[@jessespad]

im going through all your videos...very informative and helpful. im a lone pest technician. i am experienced with termites, but i need to learn more about mice, rats, carpenter bees, roaches, etc.. Thanks!

[@garykrebs9562]

We built a log cabin and the termites moved in as well. So we embraced them as neighbors, feed them and kept them moist and warm! Now we're homeless, but the termites are happy and moved in w our neighbors! It's such a a blessing to see them so happy! Clueless idiots! Wow!

[@alexfoxx3376]

It’s refreshing to see info on how to coexist with these bees rather than how to kill them. I have killed them in the past and really feel bad about it now. I have a question though. When is the best time to fill the holes up? I don’t want to trap any bees inside. Thanks.

[@lovahgurl]

There are a TON of trees all around my house lol !! and yet every year I can't use my wooden deck because wood bees hoover outside of my door. If they find the wrong place to build their home and it's my home I'm going to kill them because otherwise they just going to come back again it would be nice if it could be done the way you say to do it so when you are the one being harassed by bees you do it that way. You tree-huggers are insane yes I agree you don't just go out killing insects that we need them but when they are infringing on your home they need to go

[@0hleg]

What I’ve heard is that the honey bee is not dying out. The other solitary bees are. Actually the honey bees are thriving atm with the amount of beekeepers. Maybe you’re talking about the wild population which is largely dying because of domesticated bees competing with them.

[@oldgoat1890]

Carpenter bees show they have curiosity and must have some thought process. If you really pay attention to the things around you, it is surprising what you will see.

[@StarveEgo]

Carpenter bees are one of the best pollinators. They love my salvia plants and rose of Sharon. I’m glad to have them around to pollinate my veggies. They are hard working bees

[@jessicapadgett7345]

Thank you for this video, I do not want to kill my little baby bees but all I can think was to make a trap for him I'm definitely going to do this instead. They don't hurt us they're very grateful for my flower garden, but unfortunately they're tearing up my roof beams. I appreciate a different option than trapping them and killing them

[@johnvaldes8725]

It's not often we find a member of our species who cares for other living things. Humans have become so egotistical in that we think we are the only animals who should survive. I love your concern for nature and other living things. Wish everyone did. Please keep it up. Thank you for the information.

[@bigjermanprepared3164]

I live in the woods and the still choose my deck.

[@laurelmarble6777]

I was going to build a trap because we have a lot of carpenter bees...until I watched your very informative video. We are going to try and build our own!

[@johnvaldes8725]

Build them HOMES, not TRAPS. We took their forests away. Now it's time to give back. Watch the video. He suggests building them HOMES.

[@atcair33]

All right so their space has been taken away. I live on 5 acres three and a half acres of it is wooded. So why do they have to dive by me as I walk out of my house and keep swarming my deck? I understand in a rural area they don't have anywhere else to borrow but with 3 and 1/2 acres of trees they got more than enough places. I'll try one of the houses but it seems like they're guarding my deck. Even if I give them a house I suspect whatever reason they're guarding my deck will continue and I'll end up having to trap them. I'll try not too first because I do need the pollinators but it gets old walking out the door and getting smacked in the face with a bee even though they don't sting.

[@k8tina]

Thank you for the information on the carpenter bees. I've had one land on me (after much patience lol) and it just crawled around a little bit then flew off. Very docile as you said. I also read that they do make a tiny bit of honey, mostly to feed the female bee who is taking care of the baby larvae bee(s) inside the nest. And they are amazing pollinators for vegetables and fruits in your garden.

[@prettylagoon]

I have them living in an owl head. It has lots of holes. However i need to move it. If the holes on the bottom are covered will they go out the other holes? They've been there for 4 years. The holes are cool

[@johntorres1805]

Very well explained video on carpenter bees 🐝 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@chrisvan1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@conversecone9687]

When is the right time of year to plug the holes. I do not want to seal up the babies inside. (Do the adults hibernate in the holes during the winter?)

[@nathanprovost8782]

I have a pest control job interview in a few hours so I came here as a source of research. You are very informative bud. Would you or anyone here happen to have any advice for me?

[@SR-vs9kj]

I did buy a fake wasp hive and i do believe it worked well. They left and went to the other side of my house. But I now have wasps going inside the holes that were made by the carpenters.

[@christinagolden6180]

oh no. I hung a fake hornet's nest next to my shed where the carpenter bees are chewing holes. The bees moved to my front fence and tore that up.

[@chrisy.7871]

This is bullcrap. I am surrounded my woods, yet they pick and choose my porch, the wood under my building and the ramp on the side of my house. If they always come back to the same hole they drilled the previous year, your suggestions just will not work! I have filled the holes with caulk, wood plugs, I even painted back over it! Guess what? They drill it all right back out. They have babies in these holes and guess what, those babies come back, and they continue the same behavior. It's like it is a never-ending cycle. I wait for them; I get the fly swatter and pop them in midair and watch them bounce to the ground. I am sick of dealing with these things. I have all the deterrents that people have suggested. THEY DON'T WORK!!!

[@GermanShepherdDaphne]

Love this bee! I named mine Howard! He chases off ALL other flying insects. And this bee actually is nice! He just hovers by me while I talk to him

[@cblg959]

Thank you- didn't think of offering them already drilled pieces of wood. I'm also gonna spray the wood they previously damaged with a citrus spray and making several fake paper wasp nests. Info on sprays and fake nests can also be found on the web.

[@JS-ek8zo]

what smells do carpenter bees dislike and how do you make a vessel to hold the product

[@jeremyphillips3992]

Killing everyone i see

[@butchfacemire896]

I sorta disagree, because I live in the woods on top of a mountain in the Smoky Mtns and I have carpenter bees. In our area there are exterminators that will come and spray the outside of your cabin to get rid of them

[@randygreen007]

I get what you’re saying and while I’m a compassionate person myself I think it’s I’ll advised to encourage even more bees to nest in boxes as this will only increase their populations then turn around and spray them with pesticides. It’s been my experience that the only paint that works, and only for a short time, is oil based paint and that’s not going to be applicable to everything outside. This is coming from someone whose property basically butts up against the Great Smoky Mountains so there’s plenty of trees but they simply prefer the planks and processed wood that is already stripped of its bark.

[@MohamedSaleh-sr7hi]

Your videos are great and informative and I am learning from you since I was a student in this field. But I need your help to know some information on pest control. I present to you myself. I am a student at the Faculty of Agriculture in Egypt. The Plant Protection Department specializes in pesticides. * Is my field of specialization useful and broad to work in your country or not? * What is the average salary of control engineers and not technicians or chemical engineers in pesticide factories?

[@ladyinthemountains2527]

I live in the middle of a forest!!!!!!!! They have no shortage of trees to use, but they STILL choose my eaves! 😡😡😡

[@SurvivalHunterNM]

My house is in the middle of the woods... thousands of trees. I kill a many as I can since they're also generational. I'm finally gaining ground. Hopefully, I'll have them totally annihilated by the end of this season.

[@jessespad]

You have a house in the middle of the woods, so you can kill all the nature around it? Awesome...we need more tree huggers like you.

[@susanlester1]

I live in the country and they have drilled several homes in our porch. I will try a bee home.

[@lcadieux1]

I have a carpenter bee problem on a house that sits on 4 acres of wooded forest. Trees everywhere. And yet the bees picked my back deck to burrow. So the assertion that it is because of resource scarcity is simply not true at least in all cases. They clearly are selective.

[@MohdDanish62000]

Can't resist myself subscribing your channel.. hence subscribed... your videos are really amazing and very entertaining too... to not let the viewers skipping to others.

[@thehotspot2667]

i got a million trees in my yard and a million in my 3 decks, im done with this baloney

[@damianbushman4973]

I live in the country. Trees ALL OVER the place and yet my front and back decks are FULL of holes. They’re gonna die. You need to deal in facts, not feel good talk.

[@HeatherRose2023]

There are plenty of trees and dead wood where I live on the Gulf coast, but they chose the deck instead.

[@Notseanevans]

I hate killing them but I struggle to find a good solution. Painting the house and using deterrence hasn’t worked. These things riddle our house siding then leading to the wood peckers going after their larva. Maybe I’ll need to upgrade to a non wood siding at some point when I can afford it.

[@mas3ymd]

Fuck that. A can of Raid is much cheaper and easier.

[@lurklingX]

right on, man!

[@davethemagnificent2576]

If we take the internet away from the bees so they can't use google maps to find our decks, would greatly help.😂

[@govindmandrawal1401]

Sir iam from India experience in pest control and horticulture 8 years .How can apply in your country

[@Jay-fu1kr]

I live in a cabin that was build in 1929 in Medford New Jersey and I can’t even sleep because I hear one chewing through side of my wall and it scares me that it’s gonna come inside I keep hearing chewing and this is my first year living out here I hope they don’t get in

[@oldgoat1890]

Don't worry, it is probably just a rat.

[@Jay-fu1kr]

@@oldgoat1890 u look like one

[@GodLovesYou5635]

try the bag trick whete u create a bag to look like a wasp nest. then hang your fake nest where the carpenter bees see it. lmk if it works for you i am going to try it also

[@jessicapadgett7345]

Any tips on how to prevent red wasps though? Without using wasp spray every time cuz the wasp spray hurts the bees that I like the carpenter bees

[@sandrakelly4817]

Spray tge area with peppermint spray.

[@garyfrye485]

It's ironic this video showed up on my utube feed. Today I made a hornets nest replica. I used a plastic gallon milk jug. I turned it upside down and rounded of the base with plastic mesh. I cut that indented hole that all milk jugs have big enough to get my hand in. Then I screw the jug to a cut branch. I covered it with a heavy duty gray plastic, postal grade. The outside is white, the inside is gray, like a hornets nest. I enclose the jug with that bag and made some wrinkles. And used a Walmart bag and gray duct tape for the entry hole. And finished it off with a coat of gray primer. I live in a log cabin. At dark I will screw that branch to the west wall. It seems they like walls facing west. Carpenter bee's are prey to hornets. They stay clear. Tomorrow will be the test. There's plenty of utube videos on this method. I'm a gardener. So I agree with him.

[@nikatolber5829]

I won hundred percent agree that a lot of home divisions are going up and it is the cause of a lot of things with all critters, however, your statement that why they are navigating towards houses because they don’t have trees, it’s not necessarily true. I’ve lived in the country all of my life, surrounded by trees and bees have always Created hives as long as I have lived in the country and that’s been a long time. We’ve always had me come around the house yet always try to build their nests under the rafters in the soffits. So what you’re saying the reason for the 100% reason why they’re doing that, it’s not true. They will burrow into any wood that they find.

[@dianeterry4261]

Bull I live in the forest of smoky mountains. Literally have 1000s of trees for them

[@vicreichle2931]

Providing a home for the bees will attract them not get rid of them.

[@sandrakelly4817]

Why step up to pesticide before using a repellent? Use citrus spray to repel them before pesticide.

[@bmanh2355]

Bee hugger…

[@iparalyze]

All pest controllers are hot apparently...

[@SalomiSmit]

just tie bamboo together in a bundle and place it in the place where the bees return to

[@-8_8-]

So the odd thing is I haven't seen honey bees on my blueberries. But I see them on my citrus every morning. I do see the carpenter bees on my blueberries though. The problem here is you're saying they will take from hummingbirds. That's a serious problem in my yard.

[@mycaleb8]

A humming bird feeder will do the trick.

[@timteller1400]

Everything is an asset to our environment. Everything that makes survival for humans difficult must be dealt with the best way possible. People that care more about the environment than they do about other people, will shoo the problem away. And make it the problem of another person. This is egoism and nimby-ism.

[@tonyblack2372]

Doesn't work.

[@oscarsotoaltamirano3857]

Hola, mi nombre es oscar de Chile, trabajo en la empresa Rentokil, conoces la empresa? Quiero emigrar a tu país, como se vive trabajando en control de plagas? Saludos para ti.

[@50hellkat2]

Put up one of those fake bee nests and they will stay away because the been that inhabits these is their enemy. Make one out of a wrinkled paper bag and stuff with plastic with some small stones to weigh it down ...tie top of bag with some string a and hang close to where the carpenter bee has drilled hole.

[@houdini1856]

8:40 whoa bro chill out🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Dennis-mq6or]

When I had zero trees on 11 acres in 1979 I had zero carpenter bee problems. I planter over 5000 trees in 1979 and now have an 11 acre forest of very tall, straight trees. Now that I am surrounded by a small forest, I suddenly have a carpenter bee problem. After listening to you for a few minutes I realized the you are no expert on the subject, but rather someone who makes up his own 'facts' to hide his lack of knowledge.

[@colincostine9775]

Need to edit. Way too long.

[@GodLovesYou5635]

increase the playback speed 👍🏼

[@idrozrh9542]

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[@escape2064]

My god you are gorgeous!

[@anime4evershiny]

Are you still a Alive?

[@shinyadino1926]

Why did you leave us? Are you ok?