Wooden Carpenter Bee Trap

Using a saw cut 4 wood pieces of equal size about 10 inches long.

Wooden carpenter bee trap. Once you ve got the tools try the next simple steps to make up the trap for carpenter bees. You can use any wood you like for the box as long as it s unfinished and not pressure treated. Appealing to carpenter bees half inch holes are drilled into a wood box at an upward angle that prevents direct sunlight from shining in. This feature is seen on both the best bee trap and the pinewood bee box trap.

Making carpenter bee traps step 1. Once inside the 45 degree tunnel casts their entry point in the shadows. The trap is set. You can place them next to areas where the bees have already drilled into.

These traps like this one on amazon are designed to look like a carpenter bee s nesting site. Carpenter bees discover one of the outer holes and crawl inside it to lay eggs. Making the bottom of the. Purchase pressure treated wood to make the base of the trap.

The more potent the smell the more potent the trap. Some are better than others but most are based on the same principles. How the trap works. Put on eye goggles and a dust mask before working on the trap.

Carpenter bee booby trap idea if you have a circular saw some scrap lumber screws a container and screw eye you can make this snare for your bees. The aeration holes keep moisture out of the container and spread the pheromone smell of the dead carpenter bees which is extremely attractive to other carpenter bees and keeps the trap active. Cut the wood post until it s 7 in. With the help of a hammer and nails fix these wooden pieces in the form of a rectangle.

Carpenter bees build their nests in soft pieces of wood. Whenever you plan on cutting or drilling wood for the. Place a piece of plywood on the rectangle shaped. They see light coming up from the hole at the base of the trap and move towards it assuming it s the exit.

The trap is a simple wooden box with 1 2 holes drilled in all 4 sides at an upward angle. Cutting the wood 1.