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Everything you need to fight carpenter bees Introducing Best Carpenter Bee Control Kits! It’s finally here – The BEST gift of the season for those who need help with carpenter bees! Packed with all your spring carpenter bee exterminating needs, the Best Carpenter Bee Control Kit combines our most popular items for getting rid of carpenter bees for an unbelievably good price. The Bee Kit includes: 2 of our popular Best Bee Traps These traps are our #1 selling carpenter bee trap. They are easy to install and amazing at catching carpenter bees in the spring. 1 tube of Bee-Licious...

Year-Round Yard Protection Protect Yourself and Your Yard with a Mosquito Bundle Kit! Mosquitoes are nothing if not persistent. Insect-repelling sprays can help protect your skin, but they won’t keep mosquitoes away from your outdoor living area. To really tackle your mosquito problems, having an all-around approach can help you manage and mitigate these pests. With our Mosquito Bundle Kit, you can protect both yourself and your yard. Best of all, we use only all-natural ingredients that are DEET and paraben free! And they smell great! Wearable Protection Our Mosquito Bundle Kit comes with enough wearable pest-repelling gear to last...

Mosquito-spread diseases continue to develop and impact lives. Recently another mosquito-spread virus – Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV)  – has caught the attention of the CDC. You may have heard it referred to as the EEE virus. The EEE virus, though rare, is found in the eastern and southern US. On average, 7 cases are reported annually. EEEV is most commonly found around freshwater hardwood swamps by the Atlantic and Gulf Coast states and the Great Lakes. The mosquito species that carries EEEV primarily feed on avian hosts, but horses are also susceptible, hence the name. Fortunately, since the virus...

Did you know that certain natural oils are shown to repel ticks? In studies supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many natural plant-derived ingredients were found to be effective tick repellents. Among those supported in the studies are peppermint, thyme, eucalyptus, rosemary, and lemongrass essential oils.1 Lavender is also generally regarded as a great repellent for many kinds of insects.2 Most of these same oils are in our mosquito-repelling Bug Bands. The powerful essential oil capsules in these bracelets are packed with lemongrass, lavender, eucalyptus, peppermint, silvery wormwood, and chamomile. Not only are they effective at repelling...

Contrary to popular belief, carpenter bees do not eat wood! On the front of the female’s head is a set of large mandibles. With these she is able to vibrate against the grain of the wood and carve out a tunnel. After the female removes a bit of wood fiber, she pushes it out of the tunnel. Traces of wood shavings that look much like sawdust around the tunnel or directly below it are a telltale sign of a carpenter bee nest.   So what do carpenter bees actually eat? Like all other bees, they eat nectar and pollen.  Because of...