So once again there seems to be a bee problem. This time I don’t have bees in my room, they’re outside on my porch. This time they aren’t little bees, but large - no make that humongous - bumble bees. I first noticed one or two of them flying around. Then I noticed that there was a small hole in the 2×12 of the porch/deck above me that it was flying to. The hole is maybe 3/8″ in diameter. The bees fly to it, land and crawl inside. Kinda freaking me out. So the past couple days I’ve been sitting on my porch watching them go in and out. I wasn’t too worried because there seemed to be only one.
Well then on Sunday there was definitely more than one bee flying in and out. Now I’ve started to get a little worried. I don’t like bee hives in close proximity to my living space. My plan was to just fill the holes with some caulk, but I don’t have any. Luckily, Jim came by yesterday and I told him about what was going on and he had some. So we stuffed the holes, sealing at least one bee in, and waited.
At first the one bee didn’t come back for a while. When it finally came back it seemed confused and was flying all around. It couldn’t find its home anymore. To top it all off, I was unabashedly berating and making fun of said insect. Eventually Liz and I went back inside because it was getting hot. A while later though, we had some confirmation that the bee was most definitely pissed off. Until now we would just see the bees, not hear them. Now we could most definitely hear the bee outside buzzing around in the most angry of manner. Is it really angry? I don’t know. It sure sounded like it though.
So today I’ll need to check those holes to make sure they haven’t chewed through to either A.) Make an escape or B.) Make a rescue attempt. Either way, I think I’m going to win this fight.
Those pesky little bore bee’s are everywhere on our farm. Sometimes they cut so many holes in an exposed rafter or beam that it weakens and breaks. I would suggest spraying the area with a people friendly insecticide, not a strong one as for termites. (maybe some liquid spectracide if your state allows it’s use)They can really do damage if left alone. We fight them all the time. And we firmly believe that HUMANS RULE!
Interesting I should read this, and then just a few mintues later a spider falls out of my hair onto my keyboard. I guess he’d been there for an hour or so.
Thanks for the advice Uncle Bob. I was telling Joe about them and he informed me that they’re actually carpenter bees. I had never heard of them before.
I was looking up some stuff online and saw that painting the wood is a good way to keep them away. Apparently they don’t like chewing through paint. I think I’m going to let the landlord take care of this one though. One of the joys of living in an apartment.