Controlling cantankerous carpenter bees

By Joy Crane Summer is here, and the South African Wood Preservers Association (SAWPA) is fielding calls from horrified homeowners threatened by large buzzing woodborers attacking and eating the truss overhangs on their roofs. However, the culprits are not woodborers or bumble bees, they are indigenous Carpenter bees (Xylocopa species) that are usually active from October […]