The Queen Carpenter bee can sting you, although she is usually down in the nest inside the wood. The Male bees are called sentry bees as they guard the nest, they are the ones who nosedive you and hover all around you as you get near, they cannot sting as they have no stinger. They are great fun with a tennis racket but as soon as you whack one another will be back to take his place. They ate my deck 4x4 corner posts from inside out. They bore a perfect 5/8 inch hole in the wood and burrow down inside, in my case about 2 feet down from the hole opening. If you cover the hole with duct tape they’ll eat through it. If you caulk the hole they’ll chew another exit hole. Poison is the only way.
The Queen Carpenter bee can sting you, although she is usually down in the nest inside the wood. The Male bees are called sentry bees as they guard the nest, they are the ones who nosedive you and hover all around you as you get near, they cannot sting as they have no stinger. They are great fun with a tennis racket but as soon as you whack one another will be back to take his place. They ate my deck 4x4 corner posts from inside out. They bore a perfect 5/8 inch hole in the wood and burrow down inside, in my case about 2 feet down from the hole opening. If you cover the hole with duct tape they’ll eat through it. If you caulk the hole they’ll chew another exit hole. Poison is the only way.
TY, sir.
My friend did the badminton racket, cut him in half.
He kept coming. :)
I was rooting for the f#@#$@
I used that too. got my old wooden teniss racket out. Had it just in case. Bats.
Did Got many of those bees with that.one after another. They aight smart. It Also reminded me of why I stopped playing tennis. Elbow