Farmall Cub

is there any other remedy besides a tennis racket?

B-B gun and a six pack. On a serious side, I use malathion and mix it heavy (double) and spray at dusk. Works pretty well for me.

grumpy wrote:B-B gun and a six pack.

Or would that be a Bee Begone?

Try this for potential remedies:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/pdf/2074.pdf
and from NC State:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/carpenterbees.htm

Hope this helps.

Bill

Barnyard wrote:

grumpy wrote:B-B gun and a six pack.

Or would that be a Bee Begone?

thanks guys. these thing are going drive me crazy.. or eat the house down... don't know what will come first.

If whatever brand bee/wasp killer isn't doing the job...as terrible as this sounds BRAKE CLEANER (like you'd buy at Napa in the aeresol cans) will drop them mid-flight. It's the only thing I found that will kill them other than smooshing them individually.

Wait till evening and look for all the little holes they "drill" in the wood and caulk them up with the bees in them....