Carpenter Bee Load

[kyswede]

Up the powder charge to 3.0gr. This will set the case back reseating the primers and avoid the backed out primers. No need to drill a perfectly good case.
I used Speers data for their shotshell loads as starting data. 3gr of Bullseye did same thing in the .45colt. I use 5.0.

I have several nickel plated 38 cases with scratches from a steel sizing die. I have had them for years and don't load nickel plated cases so these will be easy to keep separate.

[ohiomadman]

I am 12 for 14 shots the last couple of days. The weather finally warmed up and the big bees have come out.

I have been using 3.7gr of Red Dot with rice and a bit of walnut medium. Great fun and gets rid of the bees.

[wmitty]

.300 Win mag case sized to fit .375 H & H chamber, primed and loaded w/ 10 grains Bullseye and remainder of case filled w/ corn meal and case neck plugged w/ tissue paper wad will be effective and makes an interesting short necked wildcat case...

[bobthenailer]

Check out the BUG ASSULT gun, fires table salt to kill bugs about $50.00 or less

[ghh3rd]

I took a (crappy) video of my first attempt using ground walnut shells and a tiny amount of bullseye. The little wasp nest on my boat had a few wasps on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSuNXSSHAY

[crowbuster]

I am 12 for 14 shots the last couple of days. The weather finally warmed up and the big bees have come out.

I have been using 3.7gr of Red Dot with rice and a bit of walnut medium. Great fun and gets rid of the bees.

Very nice. I love it when they hover close.

[Down South]

Check out the BUG ASSULT gun, fires table salt to kill bugs about $50.00 or less

I have one of those. They are a blast for the common house fly out to about 3-4 ft. I keep one out on my patio to get rid of the flies and have some fun doing it.
All a Bug-A-Salt will do to a carpenter bee is make him mad.

[Nueces]

I've used a Bug-A-Salt indoors for years and find it a complete hoot on flies and other small critters. I agree with Down South that it would be too weak for serious use outdoors on wasps and bees. However, the Bug-A-Salt site is touting a new outdoor version that is designed to discharge a heavier salt blast. If I were getting my first one, that could be the ticket.

[rintinglen]

I have one of those. They are a blast for the common house fly out to about 3-4 ft. I keep one out on my patio to get rid of the flies and have some fun doing it.
All a Bug-A-Salt will do to a carpenter bee is make him mad.

They are dangerous when they are wounded.

[deadeye ruck]

I saw the salt shooter not long ago and I wonder how salt would do as a projectile in a "pseudoshotshell" load? Course salt for the range or fine salt for the coverage?

What would it do to the barrel in a revolver?

On a side note, we have a shed that is plagued with carpenter bees. They have nearly destroyed a couple of the joists. We got a product to eradicate them. It looks like white baby powder that you squirt into the holes they have bored. In some joists, you squeeze the powder into the holes and watch the powder "puff" out at the other end of the tunnel. It is a little tedious but is nasty medicine for them. It keeps them from coming back and kills them quick.

[Down South]

When I was a kid, a Blackcat Firecracker stuffed in the hole worked well.

[244]

The white powder is probably Boric Acid. It seems to be very effective on most insects.

There is a water soluble formulation of boric acid that is used to treat wood. Boric acid does not degrade over time, so if it can penetrate the wood it will keep working.

[Jack Stanley]

I don't think I've ever seen a carpenter bee but , what looks like a bumble bee is boring into the boards of my sheds . only seems to do it on the underside of horizontal wood though. Aren't carpenter bees rather small ?

Jack

[Wayne Smith]

No, Jack. Look like bumble bees, but burrow into wood. Sounds like you got them.

[centershot]

No, Jack, carpenter bees look like great BIG bumblebees! I've found the Bug-A-Salt to work pretty well on them. They like to hover, be slow and carefully line up the shot. They fall to the ground and get crushed by my boot.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Took out 4 last weekend with a tennis racket.
Two singles and a double. Not a bad day hunting. I haven't got around to making more loads yet though. I'm thinking now that I have a 44 mag that might be the new case of choice over the 357

[Jack Stanley]

Yes that guys sure do burrow into wood . I don't have the bug-assault ...... but I do have a S&W .44 that doesn't get used much .

Jack

[RED333]

Well I got in on this bee killing, 44mag, 5 grs of green dot, 3 paper cards, case full of billed corn( when a chicken eats ground corn it will kick a bit out on the ground with it beak, it is called billed corn) card on top and crimped so to hold the card in. Shot a red wasp nest with 10 to 15 wasps. Vaporized most of the wasps, found 3 or 4 still kicking on the ground. Nest was pulp and on the ground. Made the shot from about 3 feet. Went "hunting" and found 3 more nests that did not make it to sunset. Thanks to all that posted and giving me the idea.

[wills]

Don't confuse orchard mason bees (beneficial) with carpenter bees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmia_lignaria

http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/inse006/inse006.htm

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/no...9/note109.html

http://www.beediverse.com/

http://www.knoxcellars.com/

http://www.farminfo.org/bees/mason-bees-m.htm

http://www.everythingabout.net/artic...ees/mason_bee/

http://www.virtualorchard.net/glfgn/.../masonbee.html

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/inf29.html