Throughout Leeds, both in the inner-city and the rural outskirts, pest control services are inundated with calls from concerned residents. For a number of years, the City of Leeds has been facing an unprecedented rise in requests for pest management assistance related to not just the influx of rats and mice, but flying insects too, including calling on pest control for nest removal services to get rid of ants, hornets, and over the summer, wasp nests.
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Before you figure out how to remove a wasp nest, be sure that paper wasps are the insects you're dealing with. The removal of wasp nests can differ from bee removal, some of which look very similar to bee nests. The yellow-faced bee and rusty-patched bumblebee are protected under the Endangered Species Act, which means you could face a huge fine for killing them or disturbing their habitat. Therefore, it is important to be sure that the nest you want to remove belongs to a wasp.
So how do paper wasp nests look? They have an umbrella-shaped shape and are attached to a horizontal surface with a single stalk in a protected location. There are several places a wasp might hang its nest, including:
Attics
Tree branches
Soffits
Porch ceilings
Window corners
The undersides of porches and decks
The insides of grills or hose reels
A professional nest removal service can accurately identify if you are dealing with a paper wasp nest or something else.
A wasp nest's purpose is to protect the queen and breed a new generation of wasps. Since the queen normally dies during the winter, construction of the nest starts in the spring.
Wasps begin building their homes by scraping wood pulp from fences, logs or cardboard, moistening it, and attaching it to your house. You'll notice hardly any wasps and a paperlike substance attached to your house when the nest is just getting going. However, this nest can become increasingly strong and complex within weeks.
Since the nest contains both the queen and the larvae, you can expect violent responses if you choose to interfere.
Protecting its queen and young is a wasp’s number one priority, so if it feels any kind of threat, it will attack. Thousands of wasps can live in a hive, and homeowners dislodge nests themselves and put themselves and others in dangerous situations. It is extremely dangerous to handle any kind of stinging insect and should be dealt with only by an experienced professional who has the necessary tools and training to remove the nest safely.
In full swing, spring means household pests are becoming more active than they were during the cold months of winter. This includes paper wasps.
The nests of paper wasps normally build underneath soffits and porches. Needless to say, you probably don't want them around if you have small children, an allergic person in the house, etc.
Learn how to get rid of a wasp nest if the queen wasp decides that your porch is the place she needs to start a new colony.
When you come across a paper wasp nest on your property, you’re going to want to get rid of it. Although it’s not part of a paper wasp’s mission in life to attack you, it is possible to be stung by them.
The queen wasp is extremely important to the colony’s survival when trying to figure out how to get rid of a wasp nest. This means that if you try to knock down, dismantle, or even spray the nest, the wasps will think you are attacking them. They will expose only the other defenses they have, which are their painful stings, in order to defend their queen wasp.
In addition, removing a paper wasp nest by yourself can expose you to dozens of wasps, who can sting you multiple times. Because of this, wasp nest removal is best left to a professional pest control company, such as an Apex Environmental Leeds specialist.
Generally, a professional pest control service may be better able to distinguish between bee and wasp nests, and will know how to deal with wasp nests. After assessing the issue, your wasp control service technician can help create a wasp control plan, so that hopefully you won’t have to worry about new wasp colonies in the future. If you suspect a paper wasp nest near your home, contact Apex Environmental Leeds today.
Hiring a professional wasp exterminator
Want a pro to take care of the job? Most pest control companies offer nest removal services.
The total price for a professional wasp nest removal will depend on the size of the nest and how you want it removed. You should hire pest control professionals to come out to your home, assess the nest, and recommend an appropriate insecticide.
Don't trust any wasp exterminators who say they will do the work while you are away.
Removal of wasp nests should take only one treatment, and the company should be able to answer any questions about safety. Find out how long you need to stay away from the area if there is a possibility of contamination to nearby trees or shrubs, and what to do if the wasps return.
We believe excellent wasp pest control begins with first-class customer service delivered by highly trained professionals. All our staff take part in continuous training and development and we are confident that our team is the best in the business.
We use all the latest pest control techniques and technology and keep the use of chemicals to a minimum. Many customers choose us because of our green way of working and our Exclusion, Restriction and Destruction (as a last resort) way of working.
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