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Spire Pest Control’s Carpenter Bee Exterminator Service
Have you noticed bees zooming around when you’re outside your area home? If so you may have a carpenter bee infestation. They are relentless; no matter what you do on your own, you never seem to be able to get rid of carpenter bees. You’re probably worried about your property’s safety, and rightfully so.Spire Pest Control wants to help you control carpenter bees; we want you to feel safe and comfortable in your house again.
Signs of an Carpenter Bee Infestation
You might already know for sure that you have a carpenter bee problem. But here are a couple of the most common signs carpenter bee exterminators look for.
Wood Damage
The most common sign of carpenter bees is holes drilled in wood. Carpenter bee holes can be found in uncured wood siding, roofing, wooden decks or deck furniture, fencing, telephone poles, wooden mailbox posts, etc.
Sightings
An active carpenter bee nest may have a male that patrols the area. However, males are more aggressive than females but completely harmless because they don’t have a stinger.
What You Need to Know About Carpenter Bee
- People often mistake carpenter bees for bumble bees. Here are some ways to pick a carpenter bee out from a crowd:
- They’re about 1 inch long.
- Carpenter bees have a black abdomen, while a bumble bee’s abdomen is covered in yellow hair.
- They drill their way through wood.
- Carpenter bees are so successful at reproducing because:
- The tunnels they’ve drilled can be up to 10 feet long.
- Females lay eggs in the wood cavities, fill them with pollen, and cover the holes with sawdust.
- Because carpenter bees are so crafty, it’s nearly impossible to exterminate them without professional help.
Helpful Carpenter Bee Prevention Tips
Remove fallen wood from your yard & protect wood piles with a waterproof covering.
Carpenter bees are naturally repelled by citrus, citronella oil, and neem oil
Paint exposed wood surfaces on the house to protect them.
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Carpenter Bee Control FAQ
Carpenter bees are extremely hardy. Getting rid of them requires very powerful measures. Non-professional methods often aren’t effective, and the bees simply move to a different location nearby.Spire Pest Control has the best tools that will get rid of the bees for good.
They tunnel into the wood to make their nests. Much like ants, carpenter bees make galleries where they store their eggs. Carpenter bees don’t eat wood; their burrowing through wood is what causes damage to your home.
Only female carpenter bees can sting, and they don’t like to do it very often. Carpenter bees rarely sting unless the nest is threatened. Males can sometimes try to intimidate intruders by flying close to the face, but they don’t have a stinger and are completely harmless.
Unlike honey bees or yellow jackets that make huge colonies, carpenter bees are solitary.
Do female carpenter bees leave their nest?
As the weather gets colder, the carpenter bees look for a nice warm gallery dug out of wood. They stay there until the weather warms up again. Some bees may die during the winter, but many survive and return in the spring.
Count on Spire Pest Control for Comfort and Safety
To ensure our customer's safety, we insist on a thorough screening process for all Spire Pest Control Technicians. They also complete extensive training in the classroom and on the job with an experienced mentor before servicing alone.
See photos of our team by visiting the Meet Our Team page for your branch.
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If a Spire Pest Control customer has an infestation of covered pests in their home or business between regularly scheduled Home Protection Plan treatments, we will come back and perform targeted treatments to get rid of the pest at no charge. If Spire Pest Control cannot resolve the problem after three such targeted treatments, we will cheerfully refund the customer’s last monthly subscription fee, as long as all other terms of the agreement have been met.
And if you see any pest activity between your regularly scheduled treatments, simply give our office a call; we'll come back at no additional charge.
