Garden Insects: Carpenter Bees

Have you seen Carpenter Bees in your garden? If you have seen sawdust and holes in your wood then you have carpenter bees. Are they friends of foe? You decide.

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[sbenard1]

I don't think I've ever seen carpenter bees in my part of the country in Utah. However, we have a wonderful little yellow and red bumblebee, bombus huntii, that often pollinates our raspberry bushes. They are beautiful, relatively docile, and fun to watch. I've never had one sting me. I'm inclined to try to live in harmony with them unless they are destructive. Even then, I would try to relocate them or discourage them rather than destroy them. Thanks for all the great videos. I'm a fan!

[LDSPrepper]

@sbenard1 Thank you for viewing and sharing. And for being a fan!

[MiaBellaGSD]

I make carpenter bee traps that catch the bees..they work great..i sell lits of them

[LDSPrepper]

@MiaBellaGSD Thanks for commenting. I did a search on youtube for "how to build carpenter bee traps" and found a lot of videos. It looks like an easy DIY project.

[AReptileMan]

We had a Pole barn eat by them so bad that 8 poles needed replaced.

[LDSPrepper]

@AReptileMan Wow. I liked the idea of putting up a "sacrifice" pole and them to go for that and leave the others alone.

[sbenard1]

@reefcut

That link didn't work for me. Could you repost the entire link?

[LDSPrepper]

@reefcut I love it! Thanks for sharing.

[reefcut]

This guy seems to have a nice friendly solution for these bees:

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[LDSPrepper]

@ziggyman297 I would definitely consider them a pest when they are doing that much damage.