How to get wood bees out of a wooden house

How to get rid of wood bees, many owners of private houses, summer cottages puzzle over their heads. Bee sting carpenter is extremely toxic, slightly inferior in strength bumblebee. The attack of a whole family is life-threatening for an adult, not to mention a child. To combat insects, folk remedies, professional preparations, devices, traps are used.

Brief Description of the View

Wood bees have several names - carpenters, purple bees, xylopods. Externally, the insect resembles a bumblebee. The body is round, with villi, but unlike a bumblebee, it is metallic in color, and not striped.

On a note!

A characteristic feature of the insect is the purple wings that shimmer beautifully in the sun. The size of the tree bee does not exceed 3 cm.

Unlike its relatives, the family does not carry honey to the queen, does not serve her. They live in pairs, but in one house and a large family. Females get food, reproduce offspring, males guard the nest. They build houses in old trees, hollows, in thickets of bushes, wooden buildings, country houses.

Harm to humans:

• The males do not have sting, therefore, absolutely safe for health, human life, which can not be said about females. Females are very aggressive, during a bite they leave a sting with poison in the human body. Toxic substance causes allergic reaction varying degrees of intensity.
• Destructive activity of the bee family is especially dangerous for wooden buildings. The young generation of bees prefers to continue the activities of their predecessors, settle in old nests. They do not eat wood, but use it as a building material.
• Attraction of woodpeckers. One female lays about 6 eggs during the entire warm season. Larvae attract woodpeckers, which further destroy wood.

To get rid of wood bees in a wooden house, on the territory of a summer cottage is somewhat more difficult. Insects do not stray into groups, they have to be destroyed almost one at a time.

Traps

You can get rid of the carpenter's bee in the house using a special trap. To make it, you will need wooden planks from coniferous species.

1. They knock down the box, separately make the roof.
2. A hole is drilled in the floor, a plastic bottle with a cut neck is threaded there.
3. Bend the edges inside the house with petals, glue with tape.
4. Several holes are drilled in the house to attract bees.
5. The roof is fixed with hooks, screws so that it can be removed at any time.
6. Half the soapy water is poured into the bottle.
7. They hang the structure near the house where the tree bees settled. Necessarily from the sunny side, in the shade, carpenters never justify nests.

The trap is extremely effective, you can get rid of wood bees at home within 2 weeks. Periodically, empty the bottle and fill in new water.

On a note!

On sale there are special traps for insects, especially mosquitoes, midges, flies. But in the case of wood bees, the device also works. It is a lamp with ultraviolet rays. Current flows through the metal grill. The insect approaches a trap, sits on a grate, receives a deadly shock by current.The trap is powered by electricity, battery, batteries, gas bottle. Price from 100 rub. up to several thousand.

Folk remedies

Tree bees can be brought out of a wooden house using cardinal methods:

• In the discovered nest, fill in diesel fuel, gasoline, soap. The procedure is recommended to be carried out at night or in the early morning, when the whole family is assembled. Insects die instantly.
• The carburetor cleaner or engine oil is drawn into a syringe, poured into the crevices of the bee house. The tool does not kill insects, but creates adverse living conditions. Individuals soon leave the nest, the larvae die.
• Wood bees do not tolerate loud sounds, noise. One of the most humane and simple methods is to install or hang on the wall where the carpenters live speakers of the music center. Turn on loud music. A man enjoys his favorite compositions, carpenters are slowly leaving their place of residence. Such a folk remedy is also an effective method of prevention.
• The wood, the board where the carpenters settled, is treated with a spray with a strong smell of herbs, essential oils, citrus fruits. With daily processing with decoctions of mint, lavender, thyme, onion tincture, you can drive out wood bees in a matter of days.

Purple bees tend to hang in the air without movement. At this moment, they are easy to catch, slam. We must act quickly, preferably in mittens. If none of the methods help, the entrances to the nest are filled with foam.

On a note!

As a preventive measure, in order to prevent the re-settlement of insects, it is recommended to treat the tree with varnish, paint.

Professional methods

The remedy for wood bees is an insecticidal drug with a wide spectrum of action.

• Often used pesticides in powder form. Boric acid powder is suitable for the destruction of wood bees. The drug is poured into the holes of the nest, but do not clog the inputs and outputs. Otherwise, insects will be forced to build new passages, will be able to avoid contact with the poison.
• Spraying the nests is carried out with any solution. The executioner, Tetrix, Get, Kukarach, Karbofos possesses high efficiency. The maximum effect of the poison is 2 hours, does not lose its properties within a month. Reprocessing can be done after 14 days. When working with the drug you need to use rubber gloves, a respirator. The cost of funds on average 500 rubles.

Carpenters are caught in primitive traps with water in a basin. You can fight with poisonous baits. Boric acid, any insecticidal substance is mixed in honey, jam, fruit syrup. Poison pests gradually. After successfully getting rid of wood bees, one should always remember about prevention. Otherwise, the removal of carpenters will continue for years.