Review of RiverRunner's Carpenter Bee Traps

[big bend gyrene]

Simply wanted to share they work, and work well!

In total have now quickly kept over 60 of the boogers from drilling more holes in my dock.

Really has made walking down the dock a much more enjoyable experience too. Know the video I'm sharing is different species (true bumblebees) but honestly about what it felt like trying to get down the "gauntlet" now once again peacefully known as my dock!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7K3j1b8cu0[/video]

[bman]

I bet those suckers would be great bream bait!

[RiverRunner]

Glad I could help you out bud! Thanks for the kind words.

[mraquatics]

So do you have to secure these traps to the holes they are already using? Or do you simply hang it near their hive and wait for them to investigate the trap and get stuck?

[MarkM]

I've got several of Riverrunners traps. Plug as many existing holes as you can. Hang it up near the peak and, that's it.

[Flint River Pirate]

Riverrunner is the man!


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[RiverRunner]

As MarkM said. Plug as many holes as you can. The bee's bore the holes to lay larva in them and when those hatch, they return to same hole. So, if they can't find their hole, they will go looking for new ones. It also helps if you have a new trap to swat a bee down with a tennis racket and place it in the bottle. It drives the other ones crazy trying to get to it. I've seen Wasp and dirt daubers get in and not be able to get out also.

[big bend gyrene]

For whatever it's worth, I didn't plug a single hole, nor did I worry too much about exact placement. Have carpenter bees pretty much trying to drill the entire length of the dock so I guesstimated equal spacing of traps down the dock, then just did as RiverRunner has said baiting the traps with a stunned bee or two in each.

DO plan on trying to get under the dock this coming winter and taking care of that part of the equation too so that I have fewer hatching next year.