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From: Marilyn Parkhill
City: Champaign, IL
I am having a proble with carpetender bees making hole in my cedar siding home. They also leave very messy waste trails on the windows and siding. I have had a few in years past, but this year there seems to be more. Presently I see 8 to 10 new holes. In the past I have sprayed them with cygon(?sp) and filled the holes with wood filler.

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From: Sandra Mason
State Master Gardener Coordinator
Champaign/Ford/Iroquois/Vermilion Unit
slmason@illinois.edu
Marilyn, Unfortunately carpenter bees love unfinished wood so a longer term solution is to paint or varnish wood surfaces. Seven (carbaryl) dust can be dusted on the entrances. do not plug entrances until fall. good luck, Sandy

 
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