Carpenter Bee Traps
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This is an easy woodworking project to make carpenter bee traps out of 2x4 or tree branch scraps & a jar using minimal tools. It gives the bees a nice chunk of wood with premade holes that lead to a glass jar. They land on the outside of it, climb up into a tunnel that leads up at about a 45° angle to another that goes straight down through a jar lid into daylight, & they're stuck in the jar until I get around to emptying it. I've never seen one find its way back out.
Carpenter bees look similar to big bumblebees & they're pretty innocuous for the most part. Like most bees, they're an important part of the ecosystem so I don't go out of my way to kill them unless they're causing a problem. They certainly do when they build their nests in my buildings. I don't like using pesticides & many aren't particularly effective since the bees don't eat the wood they're boring into. They just crunch it into sawdust & shove it out the hole which is why they'll bore into treated wood. Effective pesticides are pretty nasty & only work for a short time, so I think the best way to stop them is to plug their holes & trap them. These are the plans for a couple of different traps; one using 2x4 scraps, the other a bit of tree branch.
Jim MacLachlan
I grew up on the family farm with horses, sheep, cattle, fowl, dogs, cats, & a lot of other critters in north central Maryland. While the farm paid for itself, the family remodeling business was the steady income. I worked at that for about 15 years until an injury forced me to change my computer hobby into my career. It was tough at the time, but a great career move from an economic standpoint.Now I'm the entire IT department for a small manufacturing company in Louisville, KY. My wife of 35+ years & I have a small hobby farm with horses, goats, dogs, & a cat. Taking care of the farm, woodworking, & various fiber arts take up my free time.
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Carpenter Bee Traps - Jim MacLachlan
Carpenter Bee Trap Plans
By Jim MacLachlan
Copyright 2017 by Jim MacLachlan
Published by Jim MacLachlan at Smashwords
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READ THIS. I'm serious.
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