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question : Do carpenter bee traps work

answer : Yep

Sure do. I have 4 of them hanging on the corners of my shop for the past 10years or so. Different design, but many designs work well as long as the holes are drilled properly. I empty them every winter.

Might have to try those. We had some carpenter bees set up a nest in the dog runlets summer and our poor dogs were getting bitten something awful. We finally cleaned out the nest, but it was a lot of work. Think I'll get some of those traps, this year.

Yes! They definitely work!
Tennis rackets work great too. have killed dozens that way.

I tend to believe they work best after the wood ages a bit

we emptied the carpenter trap jar early yesterday afternoon .... checked the jar this morning and it had 3 angry occupants .... we are going to buy more traps

I put the price stickers on all my exposed wood and they don't come around anymore!

I got 15 Tuesday after I mowed the lawn. Noticed there were a lot of them hanging around the back side of my garage. I am glad I shoot a little more accurate than swinging a badminton racket. Multiple swings on many to connect. I am glad I had exposed wood on my garage covered with metal years ago. I don't believe I have a drill bit that will drill a neater hole than the bees.

simply an observation .... I'm becoming more and more convinced that carpenter bees have a stronger attraction to traps made out of old wood .... none in the new traps but a growing pile in the old one

Another observation: I have four traps on my carport. The only two they are going in are the ones in the front, which are in the sun. None in the shaded ones.

So far haven't seen many around the range. Supposed to be in the 80's next week and that might well bring them out.

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:29 pm

So far haven't seen many around the range. Supposed to be in the 80's next week and that might well bring them out.

I'll bet it does. They are the worst around here when it is warm/hot and sunny.