In a message dated 5/1/04 7:25:03 AM Central Daylight Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes:
> Uh, you wouldn't happen to know the natural enemy of the carpenter bee, > would you? > Bad-bee-minton is fun, but not all that effective. > Hi Ode -- no, I don't know the natural enemy of the carpenter bee -- except maybe me!! lol I have the same problem with them that you do, and here's my suggestion: In addition to "bad-bee-minton" (which is great exercise by the way, and extremely satisfying to hear the thwack and see that bee body go sailing), I fill up all of their holes with silicone glue. I've been working on this project for a couple of years now (we have a farm with barn, several sheds and un-sided soffits on the garage -- so LOTS of wood for them to assault) and I've reduced the population by about 80%. Some of them manage to get past the silicone, but lots of them don't. Those that do give me some practice time with my badminton racket!! :-) MA
