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I am having massive trouble with carpenter bees.  They are currently setting up house in the covered area around my back door.  I have tried to plug the holes, spray, and covered the area with a vinyl screen (which they promptly ate through).  I have called exterminators and they don't seem to be much help either.  I am ...

(Yes, I know they make good neighbors, but that's not the subject I've got in mind.) My parents have a big yard, surrounded on three sides by woods, with a wooden split-rail fence along the road.  The fence has held up for a long time, but it's begun to rot and collapse.  The main purpose of the fence is to keep ...