Here’s how to discourage carpenter bees from making their homes in yours. Gardeners know pollinators are essential, ...

Bee houses are structures, usually made of wood, that contain dozens of small tubes or tunnels for solitary bees to burrow into and nest, and their upkeep is surprisingly simple. Though native ...

If you've ever noticed a circular hole, or perhaps a pile of sawdust, in your wooden pergola or even the cedar siding on your house, you can be quite sure that carpenter bees are the culprit.

These bees earn their name because of their natural tendency to bore one-half-inch holes that appear to be perfectly round on exterior wood surfaces. These bees remain active through the summer.

If you start to see little round holes on wooden surfaces, decks, and furniture, you might be facing a destructive pest in the form of a carpenter bee infestation. They they are beneficial insects ...

For example, get a 4-inch square piece of wood and drill holes that are 3 ½ inches deep. Protect it. Cover the holes with chicken wire to help keep birds away from the bee house. Place it.

Gardeners know that having bees around is a big help in the garden. Some gardeners even turn to urban beekeeping to attract some industrious pollinators to the yard (and reap the reward: honey).

Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected] ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A hundred wooden bee houses sit side by side on the porch of a south St. Louis County home, like a tiny, buzzing cityscape.

Q: When we recently replaced the windows in our 1969 home, we removed the dilapidated wooden shutters. (Bats were roosting behind them!) I’m not sure we should replace them with wooden shutters ...

If you've noticed large bees buzzing around your deck, siding or other wooden parts of your house, you're likely dealing with a carpenter bee infestation. While these bees may look intimidating ...