How does one keep those huge wood boring bees away from your deck? My husband is spraying them with bug spray and I hate to find their dead bodies on the deck. Is there a more human way to get them to go elsewhere?
The only 'humane' way is to seal the wood;paint it or wrap it in metal or siding material. If they so desire they'll chew through the paint so that's not 100%. There are way's you can control them however, you can find details in this article http://pestcemetery.com/?p=652 it should help and hopefully the carpenter bees will leave you alone next year. Good Luck
I have a note that I printed that hanging a slice of watermelon over a pail of water works for wasps. I'm not sure if it works for bees too. They gorge themselves & then fall into the water.
Get some wood filler and fill the holes they make, keep filling holes and eventually they will go away. Another funny way my ex boyfriend use to do is hit them with a baseball bat or long stick. I use to get a kick out of watching him play ball with these bees..lol Trust me it works, altho killing them is not a good way, it got rid of the problem. They were swarming all over my porch and bored holes everywhere.
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