Early summer may offer homeowners the best hope of preventing an influx of carpenter bees from infiltrating the exterior surfaces of their houses by season's end. If these pests have already mated on your property this spring, they're busy burrowing into wood fixtures of your dwelling in early summer to lay their eggs.
Unless you take significant steps in home pest control or rely on the pest control management of experts like those at Abell Pest Control, you could be facing the addition of a new generation of carpenter bees outside your house when hatching takes place at the end of the summer.
Carpenter bees are drawn to eaves, decks, wood siding and window and door trim to create a series of tunnels in the woodwhere they can place their eggs. Unfortunately for homeowners, once they find a location they like, they're probably going to return to it in future years. Whether they create new tunnels or make the old ones bigger, the damage they leave behind in the wooden supports of your home can be extensive.
Homeowners often mistake carpenter bees for bumble bees when they're seen flying around their property. In spring, they become particularly aggressive as they try to set up housekeeping on your property. Males don't have stingers, although they're more likely than females to dive toward humans that are nearby. The female bees are equipped to sting if they feel threatened when humans approach.
One way to discourage carpenter bees from settling into your property is to paint wood that's become weathered from the elements or is bare and untreated by stains or paint. Carpenter bees gravitate toward bare, unpainted wood, and this is the simplest step you can take to discourage them.
If they've already arrived for the duration of the mating and new life cycles, they've probably done some work in undermining your home's exterior wood areas. All is not lost, however, and pest services can inspect the situation, treat the problem and make recommendations for future actions homeowners can take to prevent another infestation.
Like many pest issues, homeowners sometimes think they can treat the problem themselves and then find the conditions that pests create is unsettling, to say the least. In worst-case scenarios, it can be downright dangerous if stinging insects like carpenter bees are involved. To avoid a late-summer influx, it's best to let the professionals remove carpenter bees before they multiply.
You probably already know that most people are repulsed by the simple sight of cockroaches. If you are personally dealing with a cockroach infestation, the feelings of disgust are probably even more intense. Unfortunately, the cold winter weather tends to be one of the reasons this pest ends up in your home in the first place, according to Any Pest. While you may know that you don't want to share your home with cockroaches this winter, there are a number of interesting facts about this pest that you've probably never heard.
Because of the high amount of traffic and the versatility of the facilities, pests are naturally attracted to long-term care institutions. Many nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and other care facilities include on-site kitchens and cafeterias as well as private rooms and common spaces. All of these places are susceptible to attracting pests because of the presence of food, water and viable habitats.
During the summer months, some people love to go camping with family and friends. Yet this fun trip can be ruined with a few unwanted visitors, most notably different types of bugs. Crawling spiders, hungry mosquitoes and buzzing flies can become annoying quickly. How can you avoid these pests when you're outdoors? Consider these tips to keep bugs out of your campsite.
Carpenter ants can chew through the strongest studs and stringers in a house as they hollow the wooden beams out for nesting. The resulting damage can weaken the home's structural support and require expensive repairs. Professional pest control workers can remove a colony of ants, but the best practice for homeowners is to learn the best ways to keep out an ant colony and prevent the problem before it begins.
As the weather cools, you'll probably see fewer pests than you did during the warmer months, but that doesn't mean they're all gone just yet. Some insects can actually come out in full force during the autumn, while others might seek refuge in your warm home. Here are some key tips to keep in mind as fall gets underway:
As the middle of summer approaches, you need to be vigilant about keeping your garden free of pests. Many insects breed during the summertime, which means they're on the lookout for great places to lay their eggs. For many bugs, that means near a source of food. In fact, some species of insects will lay their eggs inside budding vegetables and fruit so their larvae have something to eat as soon as they hatch. That's why you have to keep harmful bugs out without damaging the bugs that could help you, such as bumble bees.
You might have noticed that, with the exception of the kitchen, you find more pests in your bathroom than in the rest of your home. This is because insects and rodents see the bathroom as a convenient watering hole. Pests love leaky pipes and standing water because these offer them a hydrating oasis in the otherwise dry biome that is your house or apartment. And if your bathroom develops mold, all the better for pests, who may eat fungus or use it to lay their eggs.
The kitchen is largest gathering place for pests in a residential home. The reason is simple: pests can grab a bite to eat and take a sip of water while they're here. And when they find such a bountiful place, they will return home to their nests and report the finding - before you know it, your whole pantry is a buffet for ants! The problem could get even worse if a piece of food falls somewhere and begins to rot. Similarly, fruit and vegetables you bring into your home may be harboring unseen pests waiting to hatch.
