On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:49:41 -0500, (Stephanie S.
Cunningham) wrote:

They are nesting in the wood in my Carport, as I see the Holes in the
wood

Carpenter bees attack my cedar soffit boards. They seem to like
horizontal boards better than vertical. They are easy to recognize by
the perfectly round 3/8" or so diameter holes they make.

The most effective treatment is to dust the holes with a powdered
insecticide labeled for carpenter bees, like Drione. The bees carry
the dust deep into the burrows where it kills all the bees. After a
few days, plug the holes and then paint. Supposedly a good coat or two
of paint will deter them, but I've not found it completely effective;
they love that cedar.

Here is a place that sells a complete treatment kit; there are many
others online.

http://www.ozarkloghomesupply.com/oz...FQgTWAode3_8JQ

I plan to replace the soffit boards with PVC, painted to match the
siding. That should be a long term solution.

HTH,

Paul Franklin