08-26-2014, 06:08 AM
I agree, I wish I could NOT kill them. Unfortunately , the house was left unattended for so long they have made huge tunnels in the wood and are eating the inside of the house, so need to be eradicated. As I mentioned, I will stain over the siding once I have removed them from their burrows. This should prevent them from suing my house as a home. I even have Carpenter Bee traps, which do little good. They already have established burrows in the house, which they prefer over everything.