Carpenter Bee Season 2024

[tomcat13]

Made one of these a couple years back.
Take it in, every Fall.
Put it out a couple of days ago & already nabbed 3.

 

[04FXSTS]

Had an awesome dog named Joe, 1/4 GS and 3/4 Doberman and when he was a pup he got too close to some firewood with those ********. He could hold a grudge and the rest of his life he hated them. He would bite them out of the air if they got close enough. I still miss that dog. Jim.

 

[Aszerigan]

I hadn't seen that video, that's awesome.

I'll have to try a shorter barrel. Was reading that rifled barrels disperse the shot a lot more limiting the range. Seemed to work ok for him though. Might need to get more shells, it's barely spring. :-)

 

[Leadeye]

I think we all got a bit of cancer just looking at that picture.

Really useful as a termite barrier, beyond that not so much. Persistence is both it's value and it's curse as most of the regulations that came from it's use are about it's longevity. Much like DDT it was used widely at first and then restricted. Still manufactured today.

Things like permethrin and carbamates are toxic, but not persistent.

 

[CindyE]

Had an awesome dog named Joe, 1/4 GS and 3/4 Doberman and when he was a pup he got too close to some firewood with those ********. He could hold a grudge and the rest of his life he hated them. He would bite them out of the air if they got close enough. I still miss that dog. Jim.

We have a blue heeler that hates the bees and will bite them, too. Actually, he hates a lot of things. But he's starting to get old and lazy, like his owners...

 

[DCR]

Pileated woodpeckers have punched a nice hole in my wooden mailbox post the last couple of years to get at the bee larvae laid within.
I've used my wicked racquetball backswing to take out 19 so far this year. Record is 33. You need patience to wait for them to get within range, but they will, and then whammo! Follow that up with a curb stomp. Bee carcasses litter my street.

 

[yetti462]

I've burned up 75 rds of 20ga dove loads . Getting expensive, so I sprayed some permithrin concentrate with the back pack sprayer. It has helped tremendously.

 

[cg21]

I need to put some traps on my deer blind they’re eating the crap out of it

 

[Wabatuckian]

I prefer these electrified racquets.

 

[JTKelly]

My dog would snap them out of the air and eat 'em until I take down the racket. Then he would just follow me around and jump on them when they hit the ground and eat 'em. I figured they must be sweet.

He also started twirling around one time chasing a horse fly in circles until he fell off the bridge. LOL, didn't hurt him any.

 

[Mgderf]

He also started twirling around one time chasing a horse fly in circles until he fell off the bridge. LOL, didn't hurt him any.

I can't imagine it did him any good!

 

[patience0830]

I can't imagine it did him any good!

Watch dog. He was just winding his spring.

 

[JTKelly]

I can't imagine it did him any good!

He and the horsefly escaped un harmed. Both in to the air. Fortunately there was also a cushion of water to catch the water dog.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I have an oversized tennis racket from the 70's. Yesterday, I put 6 players from team Bee on the permanently disabled list. You have to spot & stalk to get within reach, and maintain discipline to score hits.

Pappy Boyington's Hoosier love child

 

[Dim Mak]

I prefer to use my Wilson Tennis racket for added fun. Traditional ways to kill them are boring. And here I thought I was the only one.

 

[Leadeye]

Nearly all the house is stone, steel, glass or plastic so not much for the bees to chew on. As was mentioned upstream the combination bee and woodpecker damage to the shooting table did not help it.

 

[DCR]

Pileated woodpeckers have punched a nice hole in my wooden mailbox post the last couple of years to get at the bee larvae laid within.
I've used my wicked racquetball backswing to take out 19 so far this year. Record is 33. You need patience to wait for them to get within range, but they will, and then whammo! Follow that up with a curb stomp. Bee carcasses litter my street.

New record now 34

 

[JTKelly]

Try a turkey baster with Sevin dust to puff in their hole. Don't close it up just keep it dusted and kill all the slouches looking for a free hole to lay eggs.

 

[bigretic]

Had an awesome dog named Joe, 1/4 GS and 3/4 Doberman and when he was a pup he got too close to some firewood with those ********. He could hold a grudge and the rest of his life he hated them. He would bite them out of the air if they got close enough. I still miss that dog. Jim.

My Belgian Sheepdog will likewise pluck anything out of the air he can. Hoping we don't get many cicdias... bad thing is, he has a sensitive stomach.