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Wasps, yellowjackets, hornets, honeybees, bumblebees, bumblebees, tree bees, mason bees and carpenter bees are annoying and sometimes frightening insects.
But don’t worry! We can deal with them safely. Our pest control company specializes in wasp and bee control and prevention, and can also help with swarm relocation and nest removal.
The life cycle of wasps
The queen wasp emerges from hibernation
When it comes to wasp, a single-mated queen emerges from hibernation in the early spring. She establishes her nest any where she wants such as in a cavity in the ground or a tree, and as she builds each cell, she lays an egg in it.
Her offspring emerge
After about 30 days, her first offspring – the workers, emerge as adults. They are all female at the point. The workers take over the foraging, brood care and nest building and maintenance duties: the queen become a stay at home egg laying maching.
Larvae Hatch
After a few days carnivorous larvae will hatch from the newest eggs. The adult workers bring insects back to the nest to feed to the hungry larvae, which offer a sugary reward to the workers, via a process called trophallaxis. The larvae grow over a couple of weeks before they spin their pupal cap and pupate.
The colony grown
Over the next couple of months, the colony will grow, possibly to include thousands of wasps, depending on the species. Once the colony is big enough, the queen will switch to laying a sexual brood: these are males and the sexual females capable of becoming next year’s queens.
Wasps mature and leave the nest
When the sexual brood emerges, they leave the nest to mate and then find somewhere to hibernate over the winter such as ‘lofts are a popular choice’. After this point, the nest has served its purpose but the workers are still alive with no brood to feed and this is when they start to bother you.
Why do wasps sting in autumn?
Wasps tend to be at their most irritating in October – but why? The answer actually lies in the unusual ecology and bizarre anatomy of social wasps. In the spring, queen wasps wake from hibernation and start to build their nest, laying eggs and raising their first brood of daughters. These workers wasps cannot produce fertilised eggs so spend their time helping their mother expand the nest and raise more young.
Social wasps only really become a nuisance in the later summer. At this time there are no larvae left to feed so instead of hunting of prey the workers turn their attention to sugar such as nectar and your picnic. Wasp stings to defend themselves so this is an evolved strategy to combat vertebrate predator at the nest: swatting at them may elicit the same innate collective behaviour. Some wasps’ stings trigger the release of an alarm pheromone that attracts more wasps.
How do you know if you have a problem with wasp nest?
Large number of wasp
You will normally see a large number of wasps going in and out of a hole on a regular basis.
Located
Nests are usually found in air vents, eaves, lofts, shed and sheltered spots with easy access to the outside.
Take couple of Minutes
To locate a nest, carefully watch the flight path of the returning wasps, this becomes easier later in the summer as the number of wasp increases.
How do you know if you have a problem with wasp nest?
Don't not try it at home
You will normally see a large number of wasps going in and out of a hole on a regular basis.
Risky
Nests are usually found in air vents, eaves, lofts, shed and sheltered spots with easy access to the outside.
Professionally done
Call the professional to carry out a full assessment, we can treat your wasp nest fast and efficiently guaranteed.
Wasp Nest Removal
Additional Information
- A full site survey will be carried out to identify if there are any other nests on the property. We cannot guarantee that all nests will be identified on this visit but we will do our best to locate them.
- Our wasp nest removal consists of one visit.
- Wasp’s nests are controlled by applying an insecticidal dust into the entrance of the nest at high pressure. During which time high activity from the wasps is to be expected. The wasps will naturally attempt to protect the queen.
- The 1st hour after treatment will show a gradual decrease in wasp activity as the treatment takes effect. Many of the wasps will enter the nest to protect the queen, continuing the spread of the treatment.
- The 2nd hour after treatment there will be very little activity if any. The nest and queen will be contaminated and most if not all wasps will be destroyed at this point.
- After 24 hours there will be no sign of activity. On occasion, you may see the odd wasp as it returns to the nest. These wasps will also be destroyed.
