Carpenter Bee Control and Damage Repair

Carpenter bees are stocky bees that look a lot like bumblebees. One easy way to tell them apart, however, is that a carpenter bee's abdomen is smooth and shiny, but a bumble bee's abdomen is hairy.

Carpenter bees can be annoying, and even scary to some people. They fly through the air, chasing each other around at breakneck speeds during their mating rituals; and their aggressive flight generates an audible buzz, so they can can appear very intimidating and menacing.

Male carpenter bees commonly show off by dive-bombing people at full-throttle like fighter pilots, which terrifies some people. But it's all just a show. Carpenter bees aren't dangerous at all. In fact, male carpenter bees don't even have stingers, and the females rarely sting unless you sit on them or are rude enough to stick your finger in their nests. Most carpenter bee exterminators don't even wear bee suits when removing carpenter bees.

Carpenter bees are also pollinators and, in that regard, are beneficial insects. Like all true bees, they travel from flower to flower gathering nectar and distributing pollen. Although they're not truly "social bees," unrelated carpenter bees often build their nests close together, which can result in a lot of carpenter bee holes in the wood of your home.

Carpenter Bee Damage

All things considered, carpenter bees are pretty likeable as stinging insects go. They're relatively peaceful, they're industrious pollinators, and they help adults and children stay in shape by chasing them around the yard with badminton rackets.

But carpenter bees have one very annoying and expensive habit:

They drill holes.

Carpenter bees drill precise, perfectly round holes in wood, making galleries in which to lay their eggs. Once they find a suitable piece of wood and get inside it, they turn in the direction as the grain, and then lay eggs in the tunnels. Over time, carpenter bees can cause extensive damage to the wooden trim of houses, as well as to other wooden items such as wooden decks, lawn and patio furniture, playground equipment, and wooden fences, often necessitating costly replacement or repair.

Carpenter bee problems can be especially serious in Georgia because of our many fine, old, historic wooden buildings. In historic cities like Columbus, Marietta, Peachtree City, and Atlanta, carpenter bee removal takes on special importance because the bees are drilling holes in our Georgia history and heritage.

Even when the structural damage caused by carpenter bees is minor, carpenter bees create unsightly stains when wax and by-products drip from the holes. These ugly stains can be very difficult to remove and may necessitate replacing the damaged wood for aesthetic reasons.

Carpenter Bee Control

Adcock's Rid-A-Critter provides professional carpenter bee control in Northern and Central Georgia, no matter where on your property the bees are nesting. We have the equipment and know-how to handle any carpenter bee job — even when the carpenter bees are nesting in high-up, hard-to-reach areas like roof soffits and fascia boards.

Carpenter Bee Damage Repair

Repairing even minor carpenter bee damage can be very difficult and hazardous because carpenter bees often drill holes in soffits, roof fascia boards, and other areas that are high up and require ladders or scaffolding. That's why we also offer carpenter bee damage repair, in addition to carpenter bee extermination. We have the equipment and the know-how to do it safely and do it right.

For a prompt, professional carpenter bee removal estimate by one of our highly trained technicians, please contact us today.

Carpenter Bee Gallery

Here are some pictures of carpenter bees and carpenter bee removal jobs we've done. (More to come: Stay tuned!)

For help with carpenter bee removal or any pest control problem, please call us today.