Common places for bees to hide and build nests include overhangs cracks window frames shutters door frames and underneath the siding.
Bees in wood siding.
My house has vinyl siding.
Install siding or maintain paint.
And unlike honey or bumble bees carpenter bees nest in wood rather than in the ground matts says so they leave behind round drill like holes.
I ve also had one get in the house as i was going in the door.
Bees will usually sequester themselves away in overhangs cracks window and door frames and under siding basically anywhere they can build a cozy nest.
Here is an example of carpenter bees finding untreated wood.
They don t actually eat wood though.
Most people tend to find carpenter bees hovering around their deck shed porch or wood siding.
Now you might think that a hive hidden away inside of the siding on your home whether it s wood vinyl or aluminum is hard to get rid of but actually they re pretty safe and easy.
To make sure carpenter bees don t invade the outside of your home again either install vinyl siding or have your home painted regularly.
Where the siding meets the concrete foundation of the house bees are going up there and i assume they re building a hive of some sort.