carpenter bees help...

A few years ago i found a bunch of carpenter bees drilling perfect circular holes into the posts of my deck.  I sprayed the holes with some Bayer Advanced spray that kills carpenter ants and termites and “controls” carpenter bees.  The problem seemed to go away for a while, but today I noticed them flying up around my roof.  I also think i saw what looked like sawdust falling from the roof, but i could be (and hope that) i’m imagining that.

I had a dreadful experience with Terminex and wouldn’t recommend them to my worst enemy.  Does anyone know of a quality, knowledgable exterminator who can help with this?

thanks.

striped

in Exterminator 14 years and 3 months ago

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citigyz | 14 years and 3 months ago

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I had same problem with cedar boards. Absolutely NOTHING worked. I changed to pressure treated boards, that worked. Bees still come back for a visit but do no damage.