CARPENTER BEES
NO, I won’t call an exterminator. It’s my WAR ❗
They are destroying my 8×10 wooden shed.
SPENT $100+ over several years on poison sprays but they come back in months or by the next spring.
I read about caulking their holes but can’t get to them and don’t want to be around all that poisonous spray.
Tried a pump up water gun but not accurate or powerful enough.
Air alone from my Condor doesn’t work and I don’t want to shoot holes in the shed. Also, neighbors to close here in a manufactured mobile home park.
Could a cheap paintball gun shoot something like plastic BBs or a wad of sand ❓
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Water would drip out. Maybe a 60 degree angle?
Liberty, I like that trap! How big are the entry holes and do they angle as if to drip outside the trap or inside the trap, if you put water in the hole?
I’ve used a couple sprays that you need to mix with water. Seems Suspend SC works on everything from bees to stink bugs. Shoot some into the holes and spray the wood surface in early spring, each year. You might need to repeat the spray in a month or two, depending on weather and rain exposure.
Anyway, if you want to order some of this, it’s somewhere in the $34.00 a bottle of concentrate, makes a bunch of gallons when diluted. Has no real odor. I got it from domyownpestcontrol.com, or doyourownpestcontrol.com. You can google search for prices, but it’s great stuff. Spray around your foundation to repel and kill all kinds of pests, ants, roaches, etc. It’s also listed for indoor use. I always keep a few bottles on hand.
Not as glamorous but you need to make a few of these, they work.
There is a large hole in the bottom and a matching hole in the lid of the jar. The bees enter the holes and then fly down to the greater light source and will never go back up into the darkness. Works like a champ. The entry holes are slightly angled.
Airsoft is perfect for this….
I have to admit… I got a ‘decent’ airsoft gun and I’ve had a ball with it… mowing down weeds, shooting bugs, terrorizing everything around me with it. Just good fun.
I dont know much about them, but the first one I got was a Sig 556.. good power, fun… and surprisingly accurate.
I had so much fun with it I ended up getting a smaller one, this Crosman Pulse, that was on sale for $90 and it’s pointable and fun for the bees..
Here are a couple I blasted on full auto this past weekend.
whats wrong with a Daisy red ryder, i use it for all manner of pest, and it’s a great power level for running the cats, dogs out of the trash etc.
Yes I was using the rake when I found out he seemed upset that his house was now Mobile, one 5 gallon bucket of soapy water and he was dead.
Hey now you can hang that rake up 😉 😉
SAW
Mix up some 20 mule team Borax in water, it leaves a white stain but they won’t cross it 😀 Put it in a sprayer and go tot own, I found this out from an old farmer.
It seems they are worse this year then ever, I left my wood handled rake out at the garden and I’ll be damned in less then 8hrs there was a hole in the handle.
Yes I was using the rake when I found out he seemed upset that his house was now Mobile, one 5 gallon bucket of soapy water and he was dead.
not an expert on the topic, but, this is what I know
Make sure it has metal gears, and a rechargeable battery.
I am sure some one will chime in that knows more than I
They are pretty fun, I send steady streams of ammo up to flying crows sometimes 😛 😛 , a lot of fun.
My AK is pretty darn accurate, got a cheap BSA laser on it, makes shooting from the hip a blast, you can cut empty beer cans in half with it
Funny thing you mentioned carpenter bees, just saw this morning cruising around, gonna charge up my AK 👿 👿 👿
SAW
Oh, I didn’t know about bio-degradable. I was thinking about the CamO COLORED 10,000 rounds from WM for $15.
How much does a good airsoft cost?
I see pistols @ 150-175 fps for $20ish and a rifle @ 350 fps for $74.
Shroud, no
they make little noise, as far as legality where you live
well I can not tell you that
I have a AK and it spits those plastic bbs out around
500 fps
They also make bio degradible ammo, although it takes awhile
for them to go away, With full auto those things make a mess
SAW
Thanks Saw,
I’ll do that…but does it make much noise?
Will I need a shroud? or maybe a permit? 😆
Lurker
Get yourself an airsoft gun, make sure it is full auto
should have no problem lighting up them suckers
SAW
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i checked out the Suspend SC at the referenced site. Reviews & product sounds like just what I need to end the love affair between the wasps and my shop & shed. Thanks for the tip!