I am going to post this and duck: I have LOTS of problems with carpenter bees digging into my cedar trim, and the siding that looks like cedar to them. It has been recommended that I spray all the wood with Sevin, double strength. Thoughts? Recommendations? Warnings? (I have a mask ready to wear, and will wear full body clothing)
I did a search of the forum for "carpenter bees." Here's one of the threads that came up:
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=133084
Read down the thread (not the OP) for some non- and less-toxic ideas.
Sorry for the "drive-by" response.
Cynthia H.
(btw post-op Vergil and my work--11 billable hours yesterday--I'm smashed pretty flat right now)
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=133084
Read down the thread (not the OP) for some non- and less-toxic ideas.
Sorry for the "drive-by" response.
Cynthia H.
(btw post-op Vergil and my work--11 billable hours yesterday--I'm smashed pretty flat right now)
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Have you been READING the previous pages of this thread?
Did you read the articles that were linked on the first page?
https://www.dontspraycalifornia.org/carbarylog.htm
https://www.healthyworld.org/sevin.html
Read them again! And then go get the citronella based paint/stain additive to keep the carpenter bees away.
Did you read the articles that were linked on the first page?
https://www.dontspraycalifornia.org/carbarylog.htm
https://www.healthyworld.org/sevin.html
Read them again! And then go get the citronella based paint/stain additive to keep the carpenter bees away.
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lakngulf, ya better duck -- and low! 
I thought you lived in a picturesque cabin by the LAKE (hello, a body of water with aquatic life?) with an artistic wife for whom you've just created a presumably edible herb garden right by the house, and have a grandson who comes to visit and NOT eat the squash now that he knows what it tastes like (unless you hide it in the banana bread like I told you 
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I thought you lived in a picturesque cabin by the LAKE (hello, a body of water with aquatic life?) with an artistic wife for whom you've just created a presumably edible herb garden right by the house, and have a grandson who comes to visit and NOT eat the squash now that he knows what it tastes like (unless you hide it in the banana bread like I told you ) 
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