The woodcutter expert

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hymenoptera

Suborder: Apocrita

Superfamily: Apoidea

Family: Apidae

Genus: Xylocopa

Wooden bees (Xylocopa violacea) or Carpenter bee are big hairy bees that belong to the order of Hymenoptera in the Apidae family. This bee itself consists of approximately 500 species with 31 subgenuses found throughout the world. Named bees because this bee hobbies once hollow wood to make a nest. One of the signs of a wooden bee attack on building construction is the existence of small holes the size of a finger 7-10 mm. Most often the wooden bees do an attack on the wooden roof frame structure.

The wooden structure that has been attacked by wooden bees becomes filled with many holes down to the inside. This results in less power. You must immediately fight against the attack of the insects because if left unchecked they will continue to make the nest in the same place. How to use insecticide-shaped powder is inserted into the hole / honeycomb. Do not forget to immediately close this hole then so the bees can not escape. As an alternative insecticide, you can use gasoline at.