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Tue, May 27, 14 at 14:54
| I built an A-frame trellis for the garden this year and planted lettuce underneath. A carpenter bee has taken home in the main beam of the A-frame and I now have sawdust and god knows what on my lettuce leaves and in the soil around them. Do I need to be concerned about toxicity or harmful pathogens being in contact with the lettuce? Is there anything I can/should do? |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Tue, May 27, 14 at 14:58
| I would worry more about the bees eating through the trellis and having it fall down. |
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- Posted by BlueBirdPeony 5b NE Ohio (My Page) on Tue, May 27, 14 at 15:30
| HATE carpenter bees. We have an infestation eating the pillars on our porches (all 3 of them). They are the WORST. Just wanted to share my sympathy. If you aren't treating the wood with a pesticide then I wouldn't worry about the sawdust. |
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- Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on Tue, May 27, 14 at 15:56
| The dust is not a problem, unless the wood itself is. Carpenter bees are among the best pollinators for cucubits. One of the more valuable bees to have but like everything else they can be a pest where not wanted. |
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| I agree that the dust is not a problem, but the bees also put out a sticky something I wouldn't want on my lettuce. It sticks to the window like glue -- we have a carpenter bee hole in the top of one of our window frames, and when they work the hole the window gets splattered with their yellow goo that's hard to clean off. To close up isolated holes, you can stuff them with steel wool and cover with duct tape. |
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