Yes, the blasted carpender bees are back. As an old time bee keeper, I always like bees, but I have to kill them or they will eat me out of house and home. Unfortunately my house is covered with 13/4 spruce, and they love it. The drill all spring, then the woodpeckers make huge holes all summer pecking them out.
Marshall Ode Coyote wrote: > I've observed that the wood bees seem to prefer 3/4 inch by 8 inch > spruce over heavier rafters. > Places I've seen that had exposed rafters and 3/4 facia board on the ends > suffer massive damage to the facia and none to the rafters. > I'm going to try hanging a 10 foot length of scrap [warped] wood under > the eves to attract them away from the important house pieces. > > Dang it! I like bees. [But not yellow jackets] > ..if they'd just stop drilling holes in the wrong stuff... > > I have a little tiny mouse living behind the stove clock I can't trap. I > call him Enor. > Can't kill him, so I feed him. He likes peanut butter, green beans > and peas. > If he keeps eating them, he'll live up to his name [Enor Mouse] > Then he'll be heavy enough to spring the trap..but now I like him. He's > one smart cookie eater. > > Ode > > At 02:02 PM 3/13/2006 -0500, you wrote: > > >In a message dated 3/13/06 7:22:32 AM Central Standard Time, > >[email protected] writes: > > > > > >>then, there's the sport of bad-bee-minton. > > > >I spend a lot of time on that sport during May, in our part of the > >country. MA > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1 - Release Date: 3/10/2006 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1 - Release Date: 3/10/2006 > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
