Pest Control in Freehold, NJ
Challenge
Recently, I went out on a service call in Freehold, NJ for a homeowner who was seeing a high activity of bees near his garage. When the weather outside starts getting warmer, pests start waking up and begin searching for a new location to nest. If you start noticing an area of your home that has a high activity of pests try to document where you’re seeing them, where are they foraging, and a description of the pests are you seeing. This information will help us to not only determine the proper treatment to resolve the infestation but more importantly, prevent future ones.
As I began my inspection near the garage area I noticed several bees boring into the wooden trim in the garage. Upon closer inspection, I identified these bees as carpenter bees. Carpenter bees appear similar to bumble bees but instead, have a black and hairless abdomen. Their primary habitat is anything that consists of wood. Although they are considered less destructive than termites, carpenter bees can still inflict a considerable amount of cosmetic and structural damage. Female carpenter bees excavate new tunnels in wood for egg laying or enlarge and reuse old ones. Holes in the wood surface also facilitate moisture intrusion, rot, and decay! Additionally, once a carpenter bee makes a gallery, they will continue to use the same gallery year after year.
Solution
The most effective treatment method is to inject the galleries with a direct-contact dust residual. This residual directly targets the carpenter bees and will eliminate any returning bees as well as any newly-hatched carpenter bees leaving the gallery. Fortunately for the homeowner, the carpenter bees were in the beginning stages of harboring and I was able to stop the carpenter bee infestation before any serious property damage occurred. As a precautionary measure, I will schedule a follow-up inspection with the homeowner to make sure that the carpenter bees are gone for good.
