On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:26:42 -0700, "The Ranger"
wrote:

I was at the side yard, opening the gate to put away my mower when
two of the largest bees I've ever encountered flew out from inside
a knothole in the lower portion of the 4"X4" post. They weren't
too aggressive, simply floated at my eye level and watched me
until they'd decided I wasn't a threat. One was blonde, the other
black. Judging by what I've found through google, the blonde is a
male and the black female.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/carpenter.html

Since I'd rather _not_ get stung removing the fence post (it
cracked loudly when I opened the gate), is there some preferred
method for evicting said colony?

Many thanks.

The Ranger
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[Our] butchers used to say the only thing on an animal they
couldn't recycle was the squeal of a pig and the moo of a cow.
strider, afb, 10/Jul/2005



I've found 'fixing' would just mean the carpenter bees would return.
So I've changed my approach, and dust the holes with an insecticide.
This way probing females get sick and leave. Once the ladies leave,
the guys leave too.

tom @ www.BlankHelp.com