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

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.

Although pest control companies offer lethal solutions such as carpenter bee traps or chemical treatments, the best way to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Carrie Davis, a senior at Miller Place High School, constructed and installed three wooden bee houses to help expand the population of solitary pollinator bees and revitalize the area’s plant life.

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 ...

“It doesn't matter if it's steel studs, or you have wood studs or a block ... Walk the perimeter of your house to identify if there are any holes where bees could potentially enter.