Pests We Treat Photo Album: Fence Getting Destroyed by Carpenter Bees
What are Carpenter Bees
As I inspected the area, I found several carpenter bees flying around and drilling into the fence posts on the east side of his home. Carpenter bees are solitary, wood-destroying pests but they don't eat wood like termites do.
Perfectly Circular Holes
What's unique about these pests is that they drill perfectly circular 1/2 holes in wooden structures to create galleries. They also leave behind yellow stains underneath their galleries as well as a pile of sawdust, called "frass."
Use it Year After Year
If not treated, the carpenter bees will reuse the same galleries year after year and cause extensive damage to that area.
Carpenter Bee Treatment
I'm treating each drill hole with a liquid residual product. Not only will this treatment eliminate these pests, but the residual that is left behind will exterminate any returning and newly hatched carpenter bees in the galleries.