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Curtis L. Spacek wrote:
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> would this work on bumble bees?I got a bee call today and went o check
> it out.this is an elderly woman on a fixed income with about 70-100
> bumbles eating holes in an old garage with old boards over rotten
> boards.there is really no way to find and pioson allthe holes
> individually.would a pine 4x4 with 1/2" holes attract the bees?
> thanks in advance,Pasadena,Texas
Actually, these are not bumble bees but are carpenter bees, the subject
of this thread. This is the typical activity of carpenter bees, but
because they are very large they are often confused with bumble bees.
Bumble bees nest on or close to the ground, in nests of fibrous
material, never in holes in wood.
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