Carpenter Bees Control Services

Have been noticing perfectly round 1/2 inch holes drilled into your wooden siding or deck?  Chances are Carpenter Bees are hard at work excavating tunnels in the wood.   These bees rarely sting, but can cause quite a mess. 

Home Paramount offers dependable, flexible, and effective residential and commercial bee treatments and bee extermination services. Clients can choose from a range of preventive and responsive pest management services and solutions, all delivered by trained and dedicated pest control professionals. Home Paramount is the premier pest management company serving Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, Georgia and Washington DC.

We can identify your carpenter bee problem and help you get rid of bees.Request a Free Inspection today!




What do they look like?
Size:

Color:

Bee



3/4 inch in length

Black and yellow

Identifying Characteristics:

Adult Carpenter Bees are large, black and yellow bees similar in appearance to Bumble Bees.  Carpenter Bees have shiny black abdomens and often drill perfectly round holes (1/2 inch in diameter) into wood into which they lay eggs.

What does it eat?

Similar to most other bees, adult Carpenter Bees eat nectar.  They collect pollen to feed to the developing larvae.

Where does it hide?

Carpenter Bees are often found hovering around the holes that they drill into wood.  They can also be seen collecting nectar and pollen at nearby plants.

What can it do to me?

Female Carpenter Bees can sting, but rarely act aggressive.  Males will often buzz around the heads of curious humans when they get too close to their holes.  Fortunately, males are unable to sting.  Like all male bees, wasps and hornets, they lack a stinger.  Carpenter bees are considered wood destroying insects do to the damage that they cause to wood during the construction of the brood galleries. The sawdust and excrement stains at the entrance to the galleries can devalue exterior wooden surfaces.

 

 
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