Carpenter Bees Eat Wood - Covering the wood with metal. Covering the holes and cracks. Web carpenter bees don’t eat the wood, instead, they drill in it to build their nests and lay eggs. Web “but these bees don’t actually eat the wood as food,” says emma grace crumbley, an entomologist with mosquito. Web and as already mentioned, citrus and other essential oils like lavender and citronella do a good job of offending. Web use of repellents.
Web use of repellents. Covering the holes and cracks. Web “but these bees don’t actually eat the wood as food,” says emma grace crumbley, an entomologist with mosquito. Covering the wood with metal. Web and as already mentioned, citrus and other essential oils like lavender and citronella do a good job of offending. Web carpenter bees don’t eat the wood, instead, they drill in it to build their nests and lay eggs.