[GovernmentShrinker]

Do people really build homes out of beetle infested logs (wood-eating beetles, I presume)? Just wondering.

[moondoggie]

Do people really build homes out of beetle infested logs (wood-eating beetles, I presume)? Just wondering.

Actually, the beetles bore hundreds of holes in the trunks of the ponderosa which causes the trees to bleed out losing their sap and dying.

The lumber from infested trees has gray streaks in it after processing but is otherwise usable lumber.