Unfortunately woodpeckers will cause more damage by drilling into the wood beside nests to get at the grubs.
Carpenter bees wood damage. They will tap out the length of the tunnel pulling the grubs from each chamber. Carpenter bees don t actually eat wood. However if the infestation is extensive or has been going on for years the sheer number of tunnels can cause problems including. Unlike other common bees such as honeybees and bumble bees that live in colonies carpenter bees are not social insects and build individual nests into trees outdoors or into the frames eaves or sides of buildings.
The females bore holes by using their mandibles as a rasp against the wood while vigorously vibrating their bodies. Carpenter bees are one of the primary wood damaging insects in the u s. Eastern carpenter bees are easily distinguished from common honey bees but. Carpenter bees may damage your garden furnishings and structural beams in your home.
Nesting and favored habitats. Carpenter bees do not eat wood but cause damage to structures by drilling circular holes to create tunnels inside wood. Structural damage it would take a lot of tunnels to compromise a structure but over time they can weaken wood. Once the eggs have hatched and the larvae start fattening up they make delicious little morsels for woodpeckers.
Distinguishing carpenter bees from others.