Wasps Control
How do I know I have a wasps nest?
Wasps are probably our most common and annoying pest problem. If you see wasps entering & leaving a hole in the ground, a wall, roof or any other part of a building between May & November then you probably have a wasp nest.
Do not be tempted to block the hole up, this will make them angry and aggressive but will not kill the nest, they will merely find another entrance. Some species of wasps will build outside in bushes and trees. You will see a grey or brown structure made of a papier-mâché type material. Wasps are aggressive and will sting readily if they think the nest is in danger.
Why should a wasp nest be treated?
If you don’t treat a wasp nest it will eventually die out but before this happens the nest will produce approximately 100 fertile Queens that will hibernate and start nests the following year. Wasp stings are particularly painful and every year a number of deaths occur from wasp stings. Wasps will become aggressive and will sting if they feel threatened. They are attracted to sweet sticky foodstuffs and are especially troublesome when people are eating both indoors and outdoors. A particular danger is wasps entering drinks cans un-noticed. A wasp sting in the mouth is particularly painful and difficult to treat. They cause massive amount of damage to fruits in the Autumn.
Treatment
The wasp nest will be treated using an insecticide containing the chemical Bendiocarb. This is a modern biodegradable insecticide that is not highly toxic to mammals, but is extremely so to the hymenoptera group of insects (Wasps, Bees and Ants). The entrance to the nest or the nest itself will be treated using this insecticide by our technician who will be wearing a full body suit to avoid being stung.
What we need you to do after treatment.
After treatment the nest will remain in a hyperactive state for up to 3 hrs, but usually Wasp activity ceases much sooner. A treated nest can never be reused. A Wasp nest can’t move its location, once started it is there for the duration of its life (7-8 months), nor can Wasps move from one nest to another. All nests are started in the Spring by one Queen wasp. Depending on the weather this can be anytime from March and is never later than May. The nest will start slowly and the expanding populations are not often noticed until much later in the year. A wasp nest at its peak will contain up to 10,000 wasps.
The nest itself is made of a substance similar to papier-mâché, which will not rot or smell, so it is quite safe and hygienic to leave where it is. If the nest is accessible and you do decide to remove it, wait for at least four weeks as this will ensure that no one will get stung by any larvae that have hatched out after the queen has died, occasionally scratching may be heard from the nest during this period but as long as outside activity has ceased, don’t worry as this will soon die out. If the nest is treated in the Autumn dying wasps, Queens and Drones may still appear for up to 20 days after treatment. Never block the entrance to a nest unless you are quite sure the nest is dead e.g. Wasps are not flying in and out of the entrance. The treated nest(s) are guaranteed never to be used again and the actual location of the treated nest(s) is guaranteed not to be reused by other Wasps for the remainder of the calendar year.