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Quiet Em

(3,175 posts) Mon May 18, 2026, 03:54 PM May 18

There is a carpenter bee who has been surveilling me like a drone all day

Everytime I step out on my deck, there he is, hovering, darting towards me, and behaving like an ass.

I know he can't sting or hurt me but he's getting on my damn nerves.

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There is a carpenter bee who has been surveilling me like a drone all day (Original Post) Quiet Em May 18 OP

There's a bumblebee at my window, I think it is, keeps bashing up against the glass Walleye May 18 #1

He's guarding his nest, which is likely in a hole in the wood of your deck. He'll be gone in a few weeks. Intractable May 18 #2

How to kill carpenter bees the easy way and how to get rid of them for good. Goonch May 18 #3

It'd be nice if there was a way to evict them without killing them JoseBalow May 18 #4

;-{) Personally I just put up with them Goonch May 18 #9

I'm constantly working on those skills JoseBalow May 18 #10

Have you tried telling them to buzz off? Harker May 18 #13

That's a good idea JoseBalow May 18 #16

I ousted a few flies, two wasps, and a hornet today. Harker May 18 #17

I use peppermint spray. Irish_Dem May 18 #14

When these guys are finished I may not have a house Keepthesoulalive May 18 #5

Make them a home and they will leave yours alone. The males can't sting and females Ziggysmom May 18 #6

Good advice Quiet Em May 18 #7

Interesting! electric_blue68 May 18 #8

I like this solution! JoseBalow May 18 #11

This Will Change the Way You Think About Carpenter Bees! Goonch May 18 #12

They can cause a lot of damage, I saw a trap for them at Lowes. They can drill a perfect 3/8 " doc03 May 18 #15

Walleye

(45,688 posts)

1. There's a bumblebee at my window, I think it is, keeps bashing up against the glass

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 03:58 PM

May 18

Intractable

(2,494 posts)

2. He's guarding his nest, which is likely in a hole in the wood of your deck. He'll be gone in a few weeks.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 04:09 PM

May 18

The guarding males don't sting. They ram.

Goonch

(5,748 posts)

3. How to kill carpenter bees the easy way and how to get rid of them for good.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 04:10 PM

May 18

JoseBalow

(9,813 posts)

4. It'd be nice if there was a way to evict them without killing them

Reply to Goonch (Reply #3)

Mon May 18, 2026, 04:23 PM

May 18

I'm getting soft in my old age.

Goonch

(5,748 posts)

9. ;-{) Personally I just put up with them

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #4)

Mon May 18, 2026, 04:54 PM

May 18

JoseBalow

(9,813 posts)

10. I'm constantly working on those skills

Reply to Goonch (Reply #9)

Mon May 18, 2026, 04:58 PM

May 18

Life seems to be easier that way

Harker

(18,264 posts)

13. Have you tried telling them to buzz off?

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #10)

Mon May 18, 2026, 05:22 PM

May 18

I keep a little net in the house to help those who need a little help. 🐝

JoseBalow

(9,813 posts)

16. That's a good idea

Reply to Harker (Reply #13)

Mon May 18, 2026, 07:23 PM

May 18

Harker

(18,264 posts)

17. I ousted a few flies, two wasps, and a hornet today.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #16)

Mon May 18, 2026, 08:33 PM

May 18

Irish_Dem

(82,773 posts)

14. I use peppermint spray.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #4)

Mon May 18, 2026, 05:32 PM

May 18

It offends them but doesn't kill them.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,436 posts)

5. When these guys are finished I may not have a house

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 04:28 PM

May 18

But they are bad ass pollinators and they keep other stinging insects away. I have learned to appreciate them. They are welcome to make holes in my deck but they didn’t seem to be interested in anything but the citrus.

Ziggysmom

(4,172 posts)

6. Make them a home and they will leave yours alone. The males can't sting and females

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 04:35 PM

May 18

rarely do unless grabbed or restrained. They pollinate plants other bees cannot, using their high frequency buzz. Native pollinators should be promoted and not killed. Like bats, they get an unearned bad rap.

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