Bzzz Bzzz

First, I hear an incessant Lilliputian drilling.

Then, sawdust on the table.

Monday morning, I spy one solitary sentry hovering.

The carpenter bee expulsion has lasted but a week.

The exterminator returns to reapply the poisonous treatment into the burrow holes. The courtesy call includes a silicone seal, they check for new holes and treat those, too.

I lie in wait, ready to collect more dead bees.