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New Jersey Carpenter Bee Control - As a
rule, bees and wasps are beneficial insects unmindful of the activities of
man, as long as man makes it a point to disregard them. At times the
nests of these insects may be built in such close proximity to the home, or
even in the home, as to make the area too confining for both insect and man.
Although the stings of bees and wasps are usually a painful experience, for
some the consequences may result in a severe reaction or even death.
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Carpenter Bees - These are large,
attractive-looking bees with a blue-black, green or purple metallic sheen.
They often burrow into the exposed dry wood of buildings, fence post and
telephone poles. The burrow of one bee may be more than 12 inches long
and since the bees often colonize in the same piece of wood, the damage may
be quite extensive. They often attack such objects as window sills,
wooden siding, eaves, outdoor furniture and fences. |
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Carpenter bees are so named because they
excavate galleries in wood to create nest sites.
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They do not consume wood. Rather, they feed
on pollen and nectar.
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Carpenter bees are important pollinators of
flowers and trees. Carpenter bees typically are just nuisance pests
that cause cosmetic rather than structural damage to wood.
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Nonetheless, considerable wood damage can
result from many generations of carpenter bees enlarging
existing galleries in wood.
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Carpenter bees somewhat resemble
bumble bees, except bumble bees have dense yellow hairs on the
abdomen and large pollen baskets on the hind legs. Various species
of bumble bees and carpenter bees are similar in size.
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Bumble bees
typically nest in the ground whereas carpenter bees nest in wood.
Carpenter Bees are natures pruners by infesting dead tree limbs over
time the tree limb falls to the ground.

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A carpenter bee infestation is often first detected by
finding large amounts of sawdust on the ground below the area being
drilled.
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The order Hymenotera consists of
sawflies, horntails, wasps, ants and bees. There are some 113,000
known species in this order and more than 17,000 are found in North
America.
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Press Release |
Michael Russell
VP
of Sales/Marketing
Cell: 732-551-6507
Phone:
800-920-0906
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Carpenter Bees Are Emerging in
New Jersey
Nuisance Calls on Rise
May 5, 2009, Toms River, New Jersey:
Action Termite and Pest Control has received between 10 and 20 calls a day over
the last week regarding Carpenter Bees. These large, attractive-looking
bees often burrow into the exposed dry wood of buildings, fence posts and
telephone poles.
"Now is the season for carpenter bees," commented John Russell, General
Manager of Action Termite and Pest Control. "Action believes it is very
important to educate the public about the issues facing homeowners due to
Carpenter Bee infestations."
Common Bees / Wasps:
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Mud Daubers
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Digger or Scoliid
Wasps
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Yellow Jackets
and Hornets
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Paper-nest Wasp
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Bald-faced Hornet
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Honeybee
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Bumblebee
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Carpenter bee
Source: Handbook of Pest Control
Email us directly at:
info@actionpestcontrol.com or
call 800-920-0906.
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