20 Best Bee Brothers Carpenter Bee Trap Stores (2023 Updated)

I have a carport being slowly eaten out from under me by the day. My ‘favorite’ past time in the spring is to take my tennis racket out and serve up the little nightmares. That works, but is not really efficient – though it is VERY satisfying.

Anyway, I bought 2 of these traps and hung them up expecting to wipe out the hoard over night. Three or 4 days later I hadn’t caught a single bee. I was going to return them. Emailed customer service and they encouraged me to wait a day or 2 longer.

I was skeptical at this point, but decided to wait. Literally the next day I had something like 30 bees in my traps! This is the first time I have been able to feel like I’m making progress in my forever fight against these giant flying termites! Well done!.

I recently ordered the Carpenter Bee Trap from Best Bee Brothers because I have been battling these wood destroyers for a number of years with sprays and a tennis racket! I have to admit I was a bit skeptical at first.

After reading the provided tips (re: placing a dead bee in the trap), I set the trap in place and waited to see the results. Within a couple of days there were several carpenter bees in the trap and the damage to my shed has been minimal this year.

I have now trapped over 10 bees and counting. Thank you for making this dreaded ritual of spring much easier to deal with. Chris Pittsburgh, PA.

Purchased a competitor’s version of this and although it would capture carpenter bees and other wasps they could always figure out how to escape. I placed this trap on the eaves where on the first day it captured 6 carpenter bees and on the second day it caught 4.

They can’t escape and the clean up is very easy. One bit of feedback, even though I completely read the directions, I didn’t have a firm understanding of the construction. Sadly, I was supposed to pull down the plastic part of the trap until it clicked.

I never felt a click and pulled it down to far breaking one of the tabs. The trap is still usable but if I’m not careful I can pull the plastic part out way too easy. Was considering taking wood glue and re-affixing it permantely but nervous any kind of new smell might alert the carpenter bees there is something amiss.

Very happy with the product and thinking about purchasing another one.

I’ve had several big nests of yellowjackets, and they are super aggressive. I used this to take the nests out and it worked like a charm. Some things that will ensure success: 1. Go out after dark; wear a headlamp or have someone carry a flashlight.

The yellowjackets will be asleep and won’t come flying out. 2. Insert the long straw nozzle far into the nest hole. You can’t get the same results if you are spraying too close to the surface. 3. Use the entire bottle if possible.

This ensures that the nest is taken out; some nests are huge! I can’t give this five stars because anything that’s growing around the nest area will be affected by the poison. So if the nest is near vegetable gardens or fruit trees, be prepared for it to have negative affects.

This stuff killed my peace tree that had a yellowjacket nest right at the base. I’m an organic gardener and really would rather not use chemicals like this, but yellowjackets are JERKS.

This product does not work!! After finding a carpenter bee, we went and bought 3 cans of this immediately. We found the nest and used as directed, directly into the hole. We did this several nights in a row and it did nothing and they drilled 2 more holes.

With all the positive reviews we threw away the receipt and everything, otherwise We would be requesting a full refund. I will be throwing away the leftover product. What a waste of money!!.

I moved into my family home last year after both parents had passed. They built the house in 1967. Carpenter Bees have been “nesting and feeding” on this house for YEARS. I aways heard that you could never kill them.

I purchased several cans of the Spectracide, it truly helped, for this year. There is so much damage, but I plan to stay on top of it ! I like the product and with the straw included, it is easy to spray in the holes.

I needed a pest control solution for an outdoor gathering. So happy that RESCUE! – WASP TrapStik turned out to be the answer! Specifically I wanted something that would be safe around children, but still could effectively get the job done.

The insects were plentiful in the area where we had the party gazebo, so I had concerns it might not work. After placing the trapstik and leaving it awhile, I returned shocked that the area was no longer swarming with wasps.

I chose this because it traps wasps, carpenter bees around outdoor spaces, and it’s a pesticide-free sticky trap. I didn’t want any toxic chemicals or noxious odors near our food tent, and it did not act as a signal to bugs or attract insects to where the trapstick was placed.

It was tricky placing this close to the wasp nest, but with a ladder and a little effort, we had an insect free family outing. This definitely works and I’d use it again.

I got this a few weeks ago, and I am so impressed. I live in Florida, on a lake, so as you could guess, the bugs are plentiful. We constantly are bothered by mosquitos, wasps, beetles, and other pesky insects that fly around the yard.

I truly feel like I have noticed a difference in the bugs since I got this TrapStik, and the stick shows, as it is covered! Upon opening it, I wasn’t aware of how sticky it actually was, which turned out to be impressive.

It stuck to my hand, a nearby bag, and the box it came in, in a very short period of time. The amount of work I had to do to remove it, lead me to believe that it was going to be a great product. After peeling it off of all surfaces, I touched it lightly, and it was still just as sticky as it was before.

I assembled it, put it near my back door (closest to the lake), and was beyond impressed with the results. After a week’s time, it was covered with all types of Florida bugs. The wasp nest near by was even empty, and they were tightly stuck to the TrapStik.

All I can say is that I am impressed. I am ready to buy more. If you’re thinking about buying this product, just do it. You’ll be surprised too. I give this product a definite 10/10!.

The WASP TrapStik was easy to assemble and hang. I did like the idea of a bird guard, but that’s really where the benefits seemed to end. I hung the trap on the gazebo located on our side deck since we have wasps, mud daubers AND carpenter bees that either build nests in the gazebo rafters or bore holes in the wood framing itself.

The trap has been in use for three weeks and despite seeing plenty of activity from the various wasps & bees where I have the trap hanging, the TrapStick has not managed to actually catch a single thing.

I moved it last week thinking maybe a different sunlight angle or wind direction would help, but no. It hasn’t even trapped a random fly or a mosquito that just flew into it by chance. I’ll be taking a step stool out with me later today to take it down since this thing may actually be attracting more wasps and bees but not trapping them.

It honestly does seem worse than normal for this time of year.

This stuff was amazing I read all the reviews on it and it was true I have not had a single aunt in my house or Millipede and no termites in mulch which I think the pest control guy purposely put in the mulch when doing my “free” termite inspection and tried to sell me their $2400 termite protection!!! They were right under the mulch on top and were brand new looking looking.

I swear he probably dumped them there!!! Beware of pest control people offering you a free inspection.

I am completely sold. This is an absolutely great product to get rid of the Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Fleas, Ticks, Crickets, Spiders as well as flies. I love how this Spray kills 60+ pests on contact, including several types of wood-infesting, stinging, crawling, and flying insects.

The pests are killed immediately on contact. The instructions are easy to read and understand. I will definitely keep up with applications so that my home can be free of bugs. The ergo grip sprayer came with the batteries already so it’s ready for use.

I had an infestation of ants from the summer heat in my home. They were finding their way in from the windows and the doors. This concentrate is pretty big so I actually didn’t need to use all of it.

I made sure to water it down before using it. It was easy to pour into my gallon container with attachable spray. I saw results pretty quick. I sprayed the outside of my house and any popular entry ways that the bugs tend to come in from.

The swarms of ants invading my house stopped after its use. I’m extremely satisfied with this product.

Way smaller than I anticipated, especially for the price. Iv’e seen other manufacture’s products that were twice the size for comparable cost. The bottle is beautifully made but doesn’t appear to be functional.

I am using as per directions but have seen no activity or interest from wasps or flies.

works like a charm…love it..the fruit fly’s are dying by the hundreds…soon will be gone…in the fall in North Dakota we are plagued by them…not anymore…yaaaaa….!

Takes a while for the wasp to find it!! Pretty nifty

I’m a commercial beekeeper and these smokers are much better products than the beekeeping suppliers offer and less than half the price. Its a little thinner metal but that makes it very light weight.

The bellows blows long, hard and is as good as the best smoker I’ve every owned. I also like that the top is slightly looser because I use pine straw and sometimes it hard to get every fiber stuffed into the body but the top wills still slip on without having to spend a lot of time forcing it.

Yet not so loose that smoke leaks out. I bend the feet of the bottom piece down so there is about 3/4 of an inch under the fire allowing the air to blow under the fire and be more effective. Once you get a little fire doing this thing can be packed full of pine straw and will burn for an hour or more.

Then you can just keep packing in more fuel all day long. They last a long time and a really great smoker for any price.

$19. 99+ tax, and very disappointing! I had also considered buying a VIVO electric extractor, but after seeing the poor quality of this VIVO smoker I am very glad I did not do that. Bought a one year old Maxant 9 frame electric extractor on CL for $450.

The Maxant is a BEAUTIFUL piece of machinery. Am returning this VIVO smoker, and ordering from Mann Lake. The smoker at Mann Lake is $39. 95, but hopefully a far better product than the VIVO. I will steer clear of VIVO bee supplies in the future.

After reading directions on the web for how to use the smoker we followed them using a small amount of brown paper bag in the bottom, lighting that and then adding pine needles and wood shavings, stuffing them in pretty tight flling it up.

The smoker was working in just a matter of minutes. It stayed lit until the next day. The design is perfect to keep your hands from getting burnt, by holding onto the cage. Billows were easy to pump.

Just a great product that did exactly what it was supposed to.

The Rescue Multi-Surface Spider traps capture spiders while escaping notice. These traps are a no mess, no assembly required, durable and pet-resistant, and catch more spiders. The pack I received has 3 traps inside that are all a copper color and a double sided foam tape for all 3 traps.

As for the tape – one side is Non-removable while the other is removable. You can place these spider traps against a wall, under toe kicks, on the ceiling, along the baseboards, round doorways, and behind or under furniture.

Basically you can place the traps anywhere spiders are normally found. Set up is very easy and simple – You can set them on the floor or secure them to walls and ceilings using the provided foam tape.

Since both inside surfaces of the traps will catch spiders you can flip it over to continue catching spiders if it is placed somewhere that does not require the foam tape. Each side lasts 3-4 months indoors.

When the trap is full, or after 3-4 months just place it in the recycling or trash. There is also a card that lets you know that you can visit their website for helpful tips and how to videos as well.

Overall, these spider traps are great to have and will be very handy to have on hand. I received this product for free in exchange for my honest opinions,.

The RESCUE! Spider Trap catches a variety of biting and poisonous spiders common in the home, including: black widow, hobo spiders, brown recluse, sac spiders, and wolf spiders. Easy to Use – Unlike many glue traps, these spider traps are ready to go right out of the box, no assembly required! Simply place them in your house where spiders typically travel.

Double-Sided – These traps feature a long-lasting two sided glue dot pattern. Once one side is full, simply flip the trap over to double the life of the trap. Discreet – A decorative plastic shell allows these traps to blend in with your existing décor.

And with two sides of glue, a quick flip of the trap keeps you in the spider-catching business. These traps caught more spiders than then the ones I put down. When compared to each other Rescue spider traps were way better than mine.

I really like the flip process of these as it seems like a new and innovative product. I’m actually excited to see less spiders in my home especially this time of the year,when it’s breeding season!! Highly recommend if you want spiders away from your home.

I haven’t used them outside so can’t say they work well but inside they work great!!!!.

This spider trap is simple to use and also good looking; therefore, it will not stand out aesthetically where it is placed in the home. The spider trap is ready to use right out of the box – there is no placing adhesive or peeling away of paper strips to expose the adhesive.

The only warning with this, is do not stick your finger “inside” the trap as you pull it out of the box or your finger will stick to it. In the spring we get really big spiders in our finished basement and have never come up with a way to trap them until now.

Unfortunately, I have only caught a little daddy long legs and have not seen the big spiders yet this season, but I imagine as time goes on I will definitely catch some with these traps. The other nice thing about these traps is that you can flip them over to double the life span of them since there is adhesive on both the top and bottom of the trap.

Overall, these traps are simple to use, pleasant to look at and should be effective at catching these spiders roaming around the floor in our basement.

In my last purchase of this product, one frame was stapled wrong and another completely missing the foundation. I have noticed in my three yrs of purchasing from this supplier that quality has really fallen.

It seems as they have taken an “anything to save a buck” attitude. This box used to come with slide strips and tacks to install them and no longer does. I will be buying my boxes from a different location from here on.

This had everything to start but the smoker was a little more difficult to keep going than our other one. I would also suggest that a brood box be purchased in addition to this kit. We recovered a hive that split and landed in our orchard.

The swarm was so large that if we wouldn’t have had an additional brood box they would have swarmed again. This kit with the addition brood box works incredibly.

This package is a reasonably good value for the cost and quality. Easy enough to assemble the boxes with dovetailed joints if the wood hasnt warped, which can be a problem with dovetails cut a long time before assembly, since different humidity and temperatures between manufacture and assembly can change dimensions enough to make precision joinery a tad iffy.

I really cant identify the Chinese wood type, but looks and smells similar to North American white cedar. The downside of the wood is that the box sides often are made with up to 3 boards glued together, unlike any domestic boxes Im familiar with.

How these will fare over time is questionable. The top and inner cover joints should be reinforced with screws, since the lightweight staples used wont hold up under use. While obvious for the price, it should be noted that the complete hive doesnt include frames and foundation.

To complete the hive a buyer will need 40 medium and 10 deep frames, plus the same amount of comb foundation. For durability, the box joints should be glued and screwed, with exposed end grain sealed before painting.

Tight, tight cuts. Almost as if dados were laser cut or die stamped, and well-beveled so it took a bit of careful alignment to get them to mesh. All boards flat, straight and square. Few, minor knots anywhere.

The result was a square stack, with no gaps at corners, top, bottom, or where boxes came together. Well enough made to be glued, without need of nails (but I use screws, and couldn’t help following my standard).

Without a doubt, best assemble-boxes I ever put together. and as a dedicated amateur, I’ve put together several hundred. Nice job. Best value I’ve seen or heard of, particularly for those who prefer a 1 (or two) deep & 3 (or 4) super configuration.

If I were forced to whine about something, it would be lack of ‘starter holes’ for joints. I can live with that.

Only four stars because a few minor issues with these beehives kept cropping up. I bought four hives. None had enough nails to finish the framing, fortunately, I had finishing nails on hand. Also, one hive came with an extra medium frame backing, and lacked a deep frame backing.

I made do by gluing the shorter backing in the frame to see what the bees will make of it. And one of the box panels had its handhold carved into the wrong side. These are minor issues, but it shows that these hives are affordable because the quality is not exaclty exceptional.

That said, I like them very much. The price was right, and the company worked to make sure I got them after a snafu with shipping.

My bee traps are very effective and help reduce damage to exposed wood around my house and shop done by the bees. However, I was a little surprised that the rubber grommets did not last longer. I took care not to over stretch them and I did not leave them attached to the traps and its catch jars in the off-season.

Within 3-4 years, each of the grommets split apart, requiring my reorder. I don’t want this to sound like it’s a huge negative; it’s not. Maybe 3-4 years is the average life of the grommets and my expectations are too high.

I am very pleased with the traps overall.

I am glad I bought the carpenter bee trap but I wish that a more permanent solution for connecting the bottle to the bee trap existed instead of the rubber grommet. I think the rubber grommet had to be replaced after a few years.

Perhaps a brass hose connection which connected to the threads of a soda bottle would be better. I do like the new models bee bottle which has holes in it to lets rain water drain and a trap door to dispose of dead bees without having to take the bottle off the bee house.

Just needed replacement grommets for our older version traps with the screw on bottles. If the traps are left out all year, like ours are, the weather changes will eventually crack the rubber. A quick, easy, inexpensive fix.

Well worth it so we can leave the traps out all year!.

Every spring we have bees and wasps searching for nesting spots in our back yard. We have an in-ground pool and these flying child tormenting demons are an aggravation every summer. This year, after reading other reviews we decided to try these.

Not a big investment so if they didnt work, no big deal. We put two of them up, one on our second floor deck and the other at ground level on the deck joists. Before putting them up we already had these winged dive bombers searching for bases.

After putting these deterrents up we’ve only seen one, just one lonely bee and he was a drive-by bee. For us, they work! They are very thin paper of some kind and get blown around easily so we’ve had to pick them up in the yard after a windy day.

We used some fairly thick wire to hang them back up and twisted the wire into the deterrent hanger hook and they seem to stay in place better. We like these enough that we ordered another set to put on our pool shed, last year it had a wasp nest in the roof.

As another reviewer stated, you need to put them up before the buggers establish a beachhead.

Secure them well and they will get wet and shred a bit but I’ve had the entire inside spring poke out of the paper outside and it still deterred wasps from making nests in the usual spots on the house.

If I took the time to knot them well and place them in different spots I think they’d last longer but I am happy with the results the last two years I’ve used these and will continue to buy them. The wasps build nests elsewhere.

I have mine tied to my balcony rail and it looks nice. Wasps do ‘drive-by’ then fly off. Better than using pesticides. The second one I take on picnics and camping. Takes two seconds to pop open, insert wire and hand.

Quite Clever :).

It’s still birthday wrapped! but it’s a great gift, fun and learning at the same time! I also bought 4 other planting container kits for the other kids…

Bought these as an eco friendly alternative to party favours and they were perfect! Great for all ages 🙂

I went on a search for something to kill carpenter bees when all else had failed and I just so happened to come across this! I thought why not! I’ve tried all the silly internet stuff like tunnels, traps and fake hornet hives with no luck and these little pesky bees are literally eating up my front and back porch.

The day I got this in my hubby went to work, it took him over 3 hours but he shot this Android Quick Kill Foam into every bee hole. He even had to use the tall roofing ladder because the carpenter bees are in our roof rafters… you just insert the straw into the bees hole and make sure it’s not against the wall of the tunnel and shoot a very quick 1 second shot of foam in it and it immediately expands 30:1.

After treated he walked back around front and the female bee had already came out of 7 holes but the best thing was a few days latter when we walked outside, looked around and the larva had came out of a lot!!! of holes.

It’s been 2 weeks now and we have no carpenter bees!!!!! We have a lot of roofing and porch about 60ft long on front and 75ft on the back with a lot of bee tunnels and we still have almost a half of a can left.

Best $10. 00 I’ve ever spent, just wish I would have known about this stuff sooner.

This Amdro Quick Kill Indoor/Outdoor Carpenter Bee, Ant & Termite Killer Foam Aerosol, 18 oz. is fantastic! We have had problems for years with ants and termites. This is the first foam I have come across that really takes care of them!! It truly does what it says!! It kills the insects that you see and the ones that you don’t see! The aerosol can comes with an applicator straw that you insert into the nozzle and spray where insects are seen or suspected.

This is great for our house, because we have a dog door on our porch area, that since being cut out and added is hollow between the walls and this aerosol spray is just right for spraying the foam and it expands fast to start killing the insects immediately.

The net contents of the can is 1 pound and 2 ounces. We have used only part of the can, there is plenty left. The can also gives instructions on the back of the can in case of swallowing, inhaled, gets in your eyes and if it gets on skin or clothing.

I think this safety feature is great, especially if you have children. This is some serious business! The can kills termites (including subterranean, drywood, dampweed and arboreal), wood destroying insects (Powder Post Beetles, Old House Borer, Wharf Borer), ants (including Argentine, Ghost, White-Footed, foraging Carpenter; Excluding Fire, Harvester, Leaf cutter and Pharaoh), carpenter bees.

I would definitely recommend this Amdro Quick Kill Indoor/Outdoor Carpenter Bee, Ant & Termite Killer Foam Aerosol, 18oz to anyone having any problems with these insects and it does cover a long list of them!.

I read instructions, mixed product as directed. Did not kill carpenter bees as stated. Added another ounce of product. The same bee kept coming coming back at me for a 5th drenching. I sprayed the area where they have made many nests and there are no bees laying on the ground where they should have dropped from the nest.

Many more carpenter bees keep coming back looking for a nesting area of my car port. Very disappointing.

I bought two of these at TSC in the early spring ’22. After installing it was only a few weeks and the plastic bins broke at the connection point between the wood box and the plastic. The plastic loop hole with screw broke off likely from not being properly UV protected in manufacturing the plastic.

Then the plastic bee holding tank cracked. I have now used duct tape on one end to continue using the trap. It has caught a few bees, but not as good as the three other brands of carpenter bee traps that I already owned.

They need to address this issue. I will personally NOT buy another.

Had carpenter bees last year in the eave of my garage. Killed the nests and caulked the holes in the fall. Got this trap at tractor supply and hung it up in early spring before they emerged. When they emerged they headed for the trap and my caulked holes remained intact! I only had about 8 holes to caulk.

You would likely need multiple traps for large populations.

I really didn’t believe carpenter bee traps worked, but had to do something and fast. I sprayed pesticides supposedly designed for carpenter bees and it did nothing. When all else failed, I purchased one “Bees and Things Trap”.

It took about 30 seconds to install. The next day I checked the trap and it was empty. I thought well, that didn’t work either. One week later (7 days), I checked the trap for the second time and was amazed to find “37” bees in the trap.

This trap works great!!! I’m off to purchase two more traps for my out buildings!.