In , on 04/15/03
at 09:51 PM, Lar said:

Bumblebees have decided to make my back porch a clubhouse. There's at
least a dozen always hanging around. I don't want to kill them, as we
need them to pollinate things (no honeybees), but is there some way to
convince them to headquarter somewhere else? Some kind of repellent,
perhaps?

They may be carpenter bees. See if you can detect any
wood damage that looks like a perfect 1/2 in drilled
hole. If so, painting the exposed surfaces with oil
based or polyurethane paints will help. If they look
like they have made some holes you will have to decide
whether to kill them or let the few exist for
pollination help.

They're bumbles - I looked up both on the web. There are no holes
anywhere, not even the wooden picnic table. They just like my porch.
I want them to like somewhere else.


Alan

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