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- From: Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>
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- Subject: Re: [Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:23:11 -0400
On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:02 PM, keith bellinger wrote:
If you hear of one let us know Roy.
I found some new ideas on catching yellow jackets:
This site describes two ways to use soda bottles:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hummingbird/ msg0905060132669.html
If you drink any kind of soda, zero cost.
This one tells about hanging a piece of fish just over soapy water in a small tub. Nearly zero cost:
www.alaskaoutdoorjournal.com/Departments/Tips/yellowjacket50.html
This one is mostly about dogs, but includes the yellow jacket trap:
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/HEALTH/handyhints.htm
Tips from Ant baits to Yellow jackets.
It appears that to get rid of carpenter bees, you need to buy (or maybe make) a trap chamber. It appears to be a board like hollow thing with holes attractive to the bees but inside is some sticky stuff, or poison, that does them in.
Male carpenter bees have a big yellow spot on their fronts and do not sting. The females do not and DO sting.
At this link:
<http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:znQP1tDxmz8J:www.nobugs.com/pdf/ Jon-Stewart.pdf+carpenter+bee +traps&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=33&gl=us&client=firefox-a>
I find the advice to put a bit of Sevin dust in the hole, plug it with aluminum foil, and then putty over the hole.
Roy
Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
Lovettsville, VA 20180
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[Homestead] over-wintered vegetables,
keith bellinger, 04/25/2008
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Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables,
Roy Morgan, 04/25/2008
- [Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?, Roy Morgan, 04/25/2008
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[Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?,
Roy Morgan, 04/25/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?,
keith bellinger, 04/25/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?,
Roy Morgan, 04/26/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?, Lynda, 04/26/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?, keith bellinger, 04/29/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?,
Roy Morgan, 04/26/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Traps for Carpenter Bees?,
keith bellinger, 04/25/2008
- Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables, keith bellinger, 04/29/2008
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Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables,
EarthNSky, 04/25/2008
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Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables,
keith bellinger, 04/25/2008
- Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables, Gene GeRue, 04/26/2008
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Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables,
keith bellinger, 04/25/2008
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Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables,
Clansgian, 04/25/2008
- Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables, keith bellinger, 04/25/2008
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Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables,
Clansgian, 04/25/2008
- Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables, keith bellinger, 04/25/2008
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Re: [Homestead] over-wintered vegetables,
Roy Morgan, 04/25/2008
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