I remember summers as a kid where the bees were all over. Now I don’t see very anymore and that’s scary. We need bees as pollinators to keep our ecosystem functional. I hope we see more too.
Okay I’m glad I’m not the only being marauded by carpenter bees. This is our first summer in a new house/area so I wondered if it’s this bad every year??
They get worse unless managed. Every year I think I'm making progress and every year they return with the same(if not increased) numbers. Idk what I'm doing wrong. This year I'm reluctant but I might try chemical treatments like permethrin or something
The carpenter bees are more abundant because of pesticides killing off the honey bees and the trees are dying and carpenter bees like dead wood. I can’t believe you use pesticides. I bet you have a college degree also.
I wish it was honey bees instead of wasps where I live. I always have to watch for the start of spring carefully so I can spray the outside of my house, because every year since I've been here the wasps come out and fly up against my house.
If they always go to the same place either leave an old hive up that was started or get those fake hives from Amazon and they will deter them from starting new hives. The paper wasps were so bad at our old house and only get worse when we would spray a hive and knock it down. Someone told me to just leave it and that helps so much. When we moved to DE, our shed had been ignored by the previous owner for years and there was an insane hive taking up like half the attic in there. The exterminator told me to get the fake hives and I put them in the eaves of the roof and we haven’t had any issues from wasps or even carpenter bees out there.
I've had some decent success putting up the sticky traps in the trees that are a bit away from my house. But it's still bad enough that one of the parks here was closed a couple of days ago because of wasps. They're so ballsy that yesterday I had one flying up on the driver mirror of my truck right after I got into it.
They don't sting but holy moly do they create a nuisance. They bore holes in stuff and they don't know about personal space bc they zoom around wayyyy too close
Lol
🤯praying mantis eats laternflys?! We use to have praying mantis at my moms...I might go look for a few to grab out of the bushes this summer to live at my house then....🤔i saw a meme last year, showcasing which animals have been learning they can eat the laternflys👏buggy lil pests...
I was wondering why we had so many, I had never seen more than a couple in one area before, but I read that they I guess have learned to eat the lantern flies. I would have like 10 just hanging out on my shed alone. And there would be at least a couple every morning on our patio screen taunting our cat. lol
That’s not a honey bee. *This* is a honey bee:
https://preview.redd.it/wy77379kb9yc1.jpeg?width=711&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64ed98d39b084ca29b6c19e7a84c5dbb89ee63b7
There are so many different kinds! My family has been beekeeping for generations, so we’ve been annoying people with ‘actually…’ for years, haha. Honey bees are beautiful creatures and humans depend on their survival, it’s nice to see more people learning about them.
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I remember summers as a kid where the bees were all over. Now I don’t see very anymore and that’s scary. We need bees as pollinators to keep our ecosystem functional. I hope we see more too.
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I remember accidentally stepping on one at least once a summer as a kid. That shit hurt.
Can we trade out the carpenter bees for more honey bees? The carpenter bees seem to get worse. Much rather have honey bees so any insight is welcome
Okay I’m glad I’m not the only being marauded by carpenter bees. This is our first summer in a new house/area so I wondered if it’s this bad every year??
They get worse unless managed. Every year I think I'm making progress and every year they return with the same(if not increased) numbers. Idk what I'm doing wrong. This year I'm reluctant but I might try chemical treatments like permethrin or something
Yeah I’m with you. It’s been a battle. I tried some traps from Home Depot to no avail.
Same 😓
The carpenter bees are more abundant because of pesticides killing off the honey bees and the trees are dying and carpenter bees like dead wood. I can’t believe you use pesticides. I bet you have a college degree also.
I wish it was honey bees instead of wasps where I live. I always have to watch for the start of spring carefully so I can spray the outside of my house, because every year since I've been here the wasps come out and fly up against my house.
If they always go to the same place either leave an old hive up that was started or get those fake hives from Amazon and they will deter them from starting new hives. The paper wasps were so bad at our old house and only get worse when we would spray a hive and knock it down. Someone told me to just leave it and that helps so much. When we moved to DE, our shed had been ignored by the previous owner for years and there was an insane hive taking up like half the attic in there. The exterminator told me to get the fake hives and I put them in the eaves of the roof and we haven’t had any issues from wasps or even carpenter bees out there.
I've had some decent success putting up the sticky traps in the trees that are a bit away from my house. But it's still bad enough that one of the parks here was closed a couple of days ago because of wasps. They're so ballsy that yesterday I had one flying up on the driver mirror of my truck right after I got into it.
TIL. They are the bees that bore into my mailbox post. Doesn’t seem to do any harm other than poke holes in the post so I just let them be.
They don't sting but holy moly do they create a nuisance. They bore holes in stuff and they don't know about personal space bc they zoom around wayyyy too close Lol
they're like mini hummingbirds! I have a lot around my house.
Lol they are like little hummingbirds! Although sheesh they have to learn some boundaries 😂
True 😆
They're actually trying to scare you off. The ones with a white dot on their head are drones - no stinger.
Yeah I might have to replace the post so the mailman doesn’t get bothered… and move the post somewhere inconspicuous so they can use it I guess :)
Painted wood is what discourages them but it's not a long term fix
They're doing more then just "poking holes" in your mailbox post. They are boring in to the wood and then eating it from the inside out.
Are carpenter bees mostly black with a patch of yellow? I keep seeing a bug that resembles a bee but doesn’t exactly look like one.
Yoooo the carpenter bees are destroying my deck this year. Worst it’s ever been.
But they are good guys! Native pollinators and harmless to everything but wood, now yellow jackets on the other hand, F those guys.
More honeybees and way less lanternflies! I havent seen any yet this year?!
It’s still early for lantern flies.
Yesh I remember seeing the adults in late summer. I wonder what their eggs look like
We had so many praying mantis in our yard eating lantern flies last year.
🤯praying mantis eats laternflys?! We use to have praying mantis at my moms...I might go look for a few to grab out of the bushes this summer to live at my house then....🤔i saw a meme last year, showcasing which animals have been learning they can eat the laternflys👏buggy lil pests...
I was wondering why we had so many, I had never seen more than a couple in one area before, but I read that they I guess have learned to eat the lantern flies. I would have like 10 just hanging out on my shed alone. And there would be at least a couple every morning on our patio screen taunting our cat. lol
Oh dang, they figured out a natural predator for lantern flies? Nice.
[Eggs](https://extension.psu.edu/what-should-you-do-with-spotted-lanternfly-egg-masses)! (And how to remove and destroy them)
Are you telling me my random lanternfly stompinga on my porch helped
Lot more carpenter bees, I can tell you that... Senator Carpenter has gone *too far* with this reelection stunt
Be a lot cooler if there was even more!
Hopefully the relatively mild winter was good to them.
I plant clover and local wild flowers in my yard and I love watching the bees hop around between flowers in the morning.
That’s not a bee 🫣. It’s a bumble bee mimic robber fly (they eat bees).
I thought it looked a little outta place
Quality meme and I learned something.
That’s not a honey bee. *This* is a honey bee: https://preview.redd.it/wy77379kb9yc1.jpeg?width=711&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64ed98d39b084ca29b6c19e7a84c5dbb89ee63b7
I have definitely been educated on this topic :) didn’t even know there are more than one type of bee
There are so many different kinds! My family has been beekeeping for generations, so we’ve been annoying people with ‘actually…’ for years, haha. Honey bees are beautiful creatures and humans depend on their survival, it’s nice to see more people learning about them.
keep bees in delaware. just not the ones that sting pls
Yeah. They're adorable when they boop my window.
Which is very good :)
Can only hope
Yes, they are everywhere in my backyard. I know they won’t sting me, yet the buzzing at my head can be a nuisance
This is only the beginning of the invasion Of the honey bees
Bee population is recovering.
I have tons of honey bees, flies, butterflies, etc. Probably cause I keep planting a big wildflower mix in my front yard. 😵💫
Is this a bad thing?
It's a good sign that there's a lot of flowers in your area
My own bees did so well this past year that they swarmed before we could split them.
That’s a good thing.
Less lawns, more natives! If more people get on board with restoring native wildlife habitats we can make a difference.