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@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@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@yahoo.com > >>
<mailto:rharrison922@yahoo.com>> > >> *Date: *April 25,
2010 8:13:03 PM EDT > >> *To: *North American Fruit Explorers
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org > >>
<mailto:nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>> > >> *Subject: **Re:
[NAFEX] Carpenter bees as pollinators* > >> *Reply-To: *North
American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org > >>
<mailto:nafex@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@aol.com
<mailto:Jwlehman@aol.com> > > wrote: > > >
>> In a message dated 4/25/2010 7:47:16 PM Eastern Daylight
Time, > >> list@ginda.us <mailto:list@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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