Photo Album: Excluding Carpenter Bees in Red Bank, NJ
Here's a long-term solution to prevent carpenter bees from causing further damage to this home in Red Bank,NJ.
How to Spot for Carpenter Bees
An easy way to identify that you have a carpenter bee infestation is the yellow stains underneath the 1/2 inch circular holes drilled into the wooden areas of your home. Those drill holes are their galleries.
Always the Sunny Side
Carpenter bees typically go for wooden areas of a home that get the most sunlight. We treated each of the galleries with a direct-contact dust residual that will rapidly exterminate the carpenter bees.
To Prevent Further Damage
To prevent the carpenter bees from inflicting any more damage to the home, we're cutting a product called Ridge Vent into long strips...
Under the Fascia Board
...and installing it underneath the entire fascia board.
Deters the Carpenter Bees
This product prevents the carpenter bees from getting up underneath the facia board and deters them away from the home. Now the homeowner will no longer have any issues with carpenter bees drilling into his home.