how to get rid of bumble bees
Welcome summer however just noticed a problem......How do you get rid of bees that are flying into the furnace flu? thanks in advance
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I vote Carpenter Bees without seeing them. They are large and so similar in appearance to Bumble Bees most people cannot tell.
Any exposed wood anywhere is a prime target.
We had aboard on our porch/patio that was not treated. The holes from underneath weakened the piec to the point of breaking. they leave large about 5/8 or so in holes and deep that they then lay their eggs in. If you see sawdust piles behind the fridge, or places hard to get to even, carpenter Bees are probably what you have. Only the males sting I think. I set swatting them away while on the porch until I set out several Carpenter Bee Traps with holes at an upward angle, that draw them into a semblance of a small bird house, with a hole in the bottom. They can't find their way out and fly or fall down into a mason jar on the bottom.
A hole is drilled in the lid and bottom of trap with lid screwed to the wood.
Some people put a bit of water and soap in the jar or you can just leave it empty. Another version has the jar on the side, with a plastic fitting that lets them in but they can't figure out how to fly back out.
Also a sticky colored several l sided card board trap with printings on it draws Carpenter Bees, Wasps, honey bees less frequently, and anything drawn to flowers and gheckos after the bugs. It has to hung way from the building or rv as with the other traps.
If they are Bumble bees a pan of water near their nest is all that is required.Make it about 8inches or better across and about three inches or more deep and a drop of detergent.
They fly over it and fall into it. I don't remember the why of it but it they just cannot fly over the water.
Screens even though thee Lawyers of manufacturers say not to put anything over the inlets and outlets of furnaces and refrigerators are the only practical wy to keep them out, whatever they are. just don't let them clog up with lint, or any debris. Check them every time you head out or sit for a while, every time!
You already have carpenter bees in the wood. Insert a long straw on can of insecticide or a pressure sprayer with some bug poison and make sure you get all the way to the larvae or eggs. I have had an angry mom fly out but dropped dead.
They sell dorks of the right size to force into holes made by Carpenter Bees at Co-ops and Ace and other places or on the net.If you can get to them best to plug them as the hole is a magnet to the next generation of Carpenter Bees and other bugs. Then brush some wood preservative on the wood, all of it or spray it. They don't like Copper sulfate. It reminds you of army tents and supply rooms in smell. I woud spray any and all exposed to the outside wood under and round the coach and any and all openings.
Any exposed wood anywhere is a prime target.
We had aboard on our porch/patio that was not treated. The holes from underneath weakened the piec to the point of breaking. they leave large about 5/8 or so in holes and deep that they then lay their eggs in. If you see sawdust piles behind the fridge, or places hard to get to even, carpenter Bees are probably what you have. Only the males sting I think. I set swatting them away while on the porch until I set out several Carpenter Bee Traps with holes at an upward angle, that draw them into a semblance of a small bird house, with a hole in the bottom. They can't find their way out and fly or fall down into a mason jar on the bottom.
A hole is drilled in the lid and bottom of trap with lid screwed to the wood.
Some people put a bit of water and soap in the jar or you can just leave it empty. Another version has the jar on the side, with a plastic fitting that lets them in but they can't figure out how to fly back out.
Also a sticky colored several l sided card board trap with printings on it draws Carpenter Bees, Wasps, honey bees less frequently, and anything drawn to flowers and gheckos after the bugs. It has to hung way from the building or rv as with the other traps.
If they are Bumble bees a pan of water near their nest is all that is required.Make it about 8inches or better across and about three inches or more deep and a drop of detergent.
They fly over it and fall into it. I don't remember the why of it but it they just cannot fly over the water.
Screens even though thee Lawyers of manufacturers say not to put anything over the inlets and outlets of furnaces and refrigerators are the only practical wy to keep them out, whatever they are. just don't let them clog up with lint, or any debris. Check them every time you head out or sit for a while, every time!
You already have carpenter bees in the wood. Insert a long straw on can of insecticide or a pressure sprayer with some bug poison and make sure you get all the way to the larvae or eggs. I have had an angry mom fly out but dropped dead.
They sell dorks of the right size to force into holes made by Carpenter Bees at Co-ops and Ace and other places or on the net.If you can get to them best to plug them as the hole is a magnet to the next generation of Carpenter Bees and other bugs. Then brush some wood preservative on the wood, all of it or spray it. They don't like Copper sulfate. It reminds you of army tents and supply rooms in smell. I woud spray any and all exposed to the outside wood under and round the coach and any and all openings.
