[GeoStL] Re: Love to Cache in Love Park
- From: Jon Mertz <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:35:35 -0500
You are right I find several sites that say that woodpeckers cause that.
Evidently I have never seen nor heard the true culprits, but I have
definitely seen that damage everywhere I have seen the carpenter bee
tunnels.
-Jon
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Barry Bryant <barramus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Experts online disagree with your opinion.
> http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2074.html
> Figure 4 is the problem I now have.
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> *Subject:* [GeoStL] Re: Love to Cache in Love Park
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> Barry, that is what the larvae do when they hatch. It's not the birds, just
> the bees. The little holes aren't nearly as destructive as the larvae eating
> their way out when they hatch. Fill in the old holes you have with wood
> filler so that you can detect new ones, then sit and watch the area in the
> spring and early summer. Grab a beer and a chair on a nice day, keep your
> eyes and ears open. When a bee flies into its hole, spray in some carburetor
> cleaner and follow quickly with wood filler to keep them from getting out.
> Works like a charm.
>
> PS, the larvae, when grown, come back to the same spot, so watch for a few
> years running, and have your neighbors do the same. Eventually you'll get
> 'em.
>
> PPS, don't forget the big beams under the deck. They also like those, and
> that can cause safety issues soon enough.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Barry Bryant <barramus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Was your daughter stung by a carpenter bee ? I have never heard of them
>> stinging.
>>
>> We have a lot of the carpenter bees here in Pacific.
>> I am not so concerned about the perfect 1/4" hole they make but I don't
>> like what the woodpeckers
>> have done to my deck beams looking for the bees or larvae though.
>> There are a few 18" - 24" long tunnels that have been "pecked" open along
>> the entire length.
>> This is an assumption that woodpeckers have done this but I can't imagine
>> any other way for it to have happened.
>>
>> I can vouch for wasp spray not working on the carpenter bees but it works
>> just fine on yellow jackets.
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>> Barry
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