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(Vanity) What's the most effective treatment against Carpenter Bees?
5/21/09
| gimme1ibertee
Posted on 05/21/2009 10:10:58 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee
Help! I gotta get rid of these things!
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Gardening; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: carpenterbees
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To: gimme1ibertee
Get a lathe and keep them occupied making nice bedposts.
To: gimme1ibertee
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posted on
05/21/2009 10:42:46 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(If you like the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, and the Post Office, you'll love govt Health Care)
To: gimme1ibertee
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posted on
05/21/2009 10:47:41 AM PDT
by
Gator113
(Weak-coward-racist-white hating-lying-traitor= Surrender Monkey in Chief-B. Hussein Obama...)
To: gimme1ibertee
I used spray foam insulation to plug up the hole they were coming out of. It expands so I was careful. Worked for me so far as I have not seen any yet. Mine were going into a wooden shed up by the roof. I had them in dirt & just put rocks on their holes. Good luck, they're nasty.
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posted on
05/21/2009 10:49:51 AM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(elected officials should be required to pass drug, alcohol & dementia testing)
To: gimme1ibertee
I got just two words for you son.
"thermonuclear weapons"Good for getting rid of those annoying liberal neighbors also.
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posted on
05/21/2009 10:57:52 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: gimme1ibertee
Those little silica beads that come in many packages are deadly for bees. Not sure why, but I was told if you can inject a bunch of those in a nest they kill the things almost instantly.
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posted on
05/21/2009 11:00:51 AM PDT
by
TruthBeforeAll
(The Amish are the barometers of freedom in this country.)
To: b4its2late
You win! I have had carpenter bees. Your system works, but has to be repeated as the bees will return.
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posted on
05/21/2009 11:03:53 AM PDT
by
Pinetop
To: McGruff
You can’t get it anymore. But you might have some or know someone who has it....
chlordane kills everything!!!
I had ground nesting bees and I went out after dark and sprayed the entire area. It killed the bees, and everything else.. I did not even have chipmunks for several years.
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posted on
05/21/2009 11:06:17 AM PDT
by
sleepwalker
(Palin 2012)
To: gimme1ibertee
Use a tennis racket.
That’s what I use, seriously.
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posted on
05/21/2009 11:14:21 AM PDT
by
mc6809e
To: gimme1ibertee
Put out some yellow dishpans, add about 3 inches of water and some sweet smelling dish soap.
They often will mistake it for a flower bed and land in it.
While they are flopping around in the water, a bunch of birds will often come by and eat them.
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posted on
05/21/2009 11:26:40 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: All
Thanks a bunch for the help! That,and the sly witticism,is why I love FR!
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posted on
05/21/2009 11:54:35 AM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
(For the sake of our Republic....RAISE HOLY HELL!)
To: gimme1ibertee
I had carpenter bee or a big bee that bored holes in the door jamb. I watched until it went in the hole and then plugged the hole with the bee inside. I whittled a stick to fit the hole.
The bee made a ruckus and could be heard in the house. It eventually died.
Problem solved
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posted on
05/21/2009 12:06:50 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Crucify ! Crucify ! Crucify him!!)
To: mc6809e
I use a tennis racket too. I love to see the remainders of them on the driveway.
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posted on
05/21/2009 12:11:32 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for "The Failure" BO to tear it down.)
To: All
My wife and son got me a small ‘tennis racket’ for Fathers Day awhile back!
It’s a battery powered bug zapper and it’s a cherished possession !!!....
(and fun too)
To: gimme1ibertee
I’ve been plugging the holes with 3/8” dowel rod cut 1” long. Then when they come around attack with a badminton racket. A tennis racket is too heavy.
To: gimme1ibertee
Swipe their little hammers and smash their saws.
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posted on
05/21/2009 1:14:30 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: gimme1ibertee
Bad news about your Carpenter bees — they’ve only just begun.
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posted on
05/21/2009 4:21:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Bad news about your Carpenter bees theyve only just begun.They long to bee.....close to you!
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posted on
05/21/2009 4:23:07 PM PDT
by
paulycy
(BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
To: paulycy
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posted on
05/21/2009 4:40:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: Judith Anne
That’s what the bee keeper did for us. We had a nest in the ceiling of our kitchen. We got a bushel full of dead bees out of there. Oh, he also wore a special suit to protect himself from angry bees!
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