[NAFEX] Carpenter bees as pollinators

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Mon Apr 26 10:44:41 EDT 2010


I have a telephone pole in my front yard that is loaded with Mason Bees.  
Those crazy bees are using the old spike holes from the repairmen  climbing  
shoes. The pole is oozing with creosote. Go figure. 
 
Dan Ester
Eugene, Or
 
 
In a message dated 4/26/2010 6:39:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
hangermayer at isp.com writes:

Don't  know what their preference is, but they will bore in treated lumber.
They  occasionally bore in the joists of our front deck, which are the old
type  CCA.

Mark
KS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas  Woodard" <>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers"  <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 9:07  PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Carpenter bees as pollinators


> I  wonder if carpenter bees would dig their holes preferentially in soft
>  easily worked wood like basswood, blocks of which could be hung up in
>  more or less sheltered spots exposed to the outside. Does anyone have
>  any experience which would shed light on this?
>
> I'm thinking of  an analogy with the sacrificial metals which are used on
> boats and  ships for corrosion protection.
>
> Doug Woodard
> St.  Catharines, Ontario, Canada
>
>
> Ginda Fisher  wrote:
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
>  >> *From: *Richard Harrison <rharrison922 at yahoo.com
> >>  <mailto:rharrison922 at yahoo.com>>
> >> *Date: *April 25,  2010 8:13:03 PM EDT
> >> *To: *North American Fruit Explorers  <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
> >>  <mailto:nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>>
> >> *Subject: **Re:  [NAFEX] Carpenter bees as pollinators*
> >> *Reply-To: *North  American Fruit Explorers <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
> >>  <mailto:nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>>
> >>
> >>  Ginda,
> >>     But bumblebees can sting the  %@#&* out of you!  I had one attack
> >> me on my lawn  mower once and he "buzzed" on the back of my thumbnail.
> >> I  could FEEL the heat of his stinger. That was terrifying. I don't
>  >> find carpenter bees nearly as terrifying, personally.
>  >>
> >> Richard
> >>
> >
>  >
> > On Apr 25, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Jwlehman at aol.com  <mailto:Jwlehman at aol.com>
> > wrote:
> >
>  >> In a message dated 4/25/2010 7:47:16 PM Eastern Daylight  Time,
> >> list at ginda.us <mailto:list at ginda.us>  writes:
> >>
> >>> They will dig holes in your  house. You may not mind sacrificing one
> >>> board of trim to  the bees, but lots of people would, and if you have
> >>> nests  of them around, they might start a new nest and get into
> >>>  structural wood.  (And even if that's not very likely, homeowners
>  >>> will worry about it.)
> >>
> >>
>  >> I've . . .  never been attacked or stung. NEVER. Actually they  seem
> >> quite docile. In past years I've killed, by swatting, as  many as 20 a
> >> day.
> >>
> >> But watch  out for the little bumblebees that nest in hay and grass.
> >>  Those are mean little SOBs and will sting if you just get close.
>  >
> > I didn't mean to say they are aggressive.  I have no  idea if they are
> > aggressive.  They just look really scary -  I spent an afternoon cooped
> > up inside a friend's house because  the friend wouldn't go outside
> > because he was afraid the  carpenter bees would sting someone.
> >
> > I've had better  luck with bumblebees than some of you.  I get 
bumblebees
> >  working my raspberry blossoms while I pick the earlier berries, and we
>  > work within inches of each other, and have never had a problem.   They
> > don't sting me, I don't hurt them.  AND, I've never had  a friend so
> > frightened of bumblebees that I couldn't go  outside.  Also, bumblebees
> > don't damage wood, so you can say  "they are completely harmless if you
> > leave them alone" and it's  true.  I couldn't make that argument to my
> > friends re the  carpenter bees, because those bees had already done some
> > minor  damage to the house.
> >
> > Ginda
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