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Stop Carpenter Bees From Wrecking Your Deck Without Killing the Pollinators

05/25/202605/18/2026 by Emma Harrington
A natural backyard bee habitat with standing cut flower stems and fallen log

Last May I was drinking coffee on my back porch when I heard what sounded like a small power drill running somewhere behind me. I turned around and watched a fat, shiny black bee hover-fight another fat, shiny black bee over the same cedar joist of my pergola. Within three minutes I counted six of … Read more

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