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Carpenter Bees
We live in a log cabin (150 yrs old) and we have a problem with carpenter bees eating at the wood. The do not eat at the logs but they do eat at the softer wood in the face boards around the house and at the wood that makes up the porch. The wood is unpainted. I am thinking of painting the wood with a latex paint. Would that help or cure the problem? Is there a pesticide I could put in the paint? Any ideas.
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Try creosote, will smell for a while but the bees will leave the wood alone :)
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I don't think paint is your answer. First off, I'd try to talk to a beekeeper - they know lots o' stuff about not just honeybees, but bees in general.
There are treatments you can get for lumber that would soak into the wood and make the bees go away. They often use this in pressure treated lumber for decking/outdoor lumber supplies... but the same treatment can be applied (sprayed and/or painted on) to lumber in general. You might look into this as well.
Obviously, there are loose pesticides that you could apply, but you run the risk of exposing yourself to them, which might be less desireable than the carpenter bees themselves.
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Oh man. Carpenter bees are so scary and irritating, with their jagged stinger, etc. There isn't much you can do to the paint to make them stop, they're like a plague on your cabin. Try spraying the hell out of the cabin with the strongest bee killer you can buy. Just about anything else the bees will just plow through like it was nothing.
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