Photo Album: Carpenter Bees Visit Clothing Store in East Brunswick, NJ
Front of the Store
When we arrived to inspect the area where the carpenter bees were swarming, we noticed a pergola style structure in front of the store that was constructed out of large timbers.
Yup, It's Carpenter Bees
We took a closer look and observed several holes that the carpenter bees had already made in the timbers as well as several carpenter bees creating more galleries! Carpenter bees prefer unfinished wood that they can bore into to create a gallery to lay their brood.
Circular Drill Holes
Female carpenter bees drill perfectly circular ½-inch diameter holes into fascia boards, porches, decks, siding, sheds, and other wooden structures. The most common signs of a carpenter bee infestation are the round, smooth holes that carpenter bees bore into wood, the piles of sawdust ("frass") near where they are digging, and the yellow excrement stains on the wood below their holes.
Exterminating the Carpenter Bees
We injected a residual dusting product and a residual aerosol application into each gallery. Both of these treatments rapidly exterminates the carpenter bees and leaves behind a residual that will eliminate any eggs inside their gallery as well as any returning carpenter bees.