What eats Carpenter Bees?
THey must leave a very strong scent.
I can kill off the males that hover and another one zooms in.
Come back to the same area every year to try to gnaw on my porch.
Some of those little house catchers work great..others not so much.
I saw an interesting article the other day on how to get rid of carpenter bees.
It said to fill a brown plastic grocery bag with more grocery bags and squeeze it around until it is ovalized. Tie the handles together and hang it from the eaves of the building where the carpenter bees are.
The bees think it is a big wasp’s nest and will leave.
I can’t vouch for the effectiveness of the trick but it is simple and not too time consuming. Might be worth a try.
I bought a cheap shop vac to take care of the carpenter bees.
Set up the nozzle near the hole where they enter and exit.
When they take off they can usually scoot right by it, But when they hover to land they get sucked right in