Gate Keepers

Whatever we do, we can't stop the steady overtaking of our gate by the carpenter bees - a.k.a. gate keepers.
I'm to the point where ponging them doesn't make me cry any more - which says something about how utterly exhausted I am with this crap. You pong one, and the day after there's 3 more, hovering around you, mock-tacking (well, the attack is real, they just don't sting) you every step you take. Even when I don't have them circling me I can hear their buzzing. I can hear it in my sleep.
IT'S ALWAYS THERE! THE BUZZING! PLEASEMAKETHEBUZZINGSTOP! *rocks back and forth*