Wasps& hornetsFrom £75

Fixed price from just £75. Discounts for multiple nests.
Treatment is guaranteed.
Rapid response (same day service may be available).

We charge £75 to treat (kill) or remove a single nest. Additional nests are charged at £35 each. Most treatments are guaranteed so if necessary, we will return to re-treat the nest for free. If no wasp nest is located, a £45 call out fee applies.

Prices for business customers exclude VAT.
ULEZ charges will be added to invoices where applicable.

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Things To Know

About Wasps

There are around 9000 species of wasp in the UK. The likely types of wasps you will encounter are the Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) and German Wasp (Vespula germanica). Both species are striped black and yellow and can produce painful stings if threatened.

Wasps begin to hunt for sugary foods in August becoming a bothersome addition to our picnics and outdoor dining.

It is the female wasps who sting in self-defence.

A Queen wasp is bigger than normal wasps at around 2cm long. She hibernates over Winter and emerges in Spring to start building her nest.

Each nest is only used by wasps from Spring until Autumn when the workers and normally the queen die.

The newly mated queens (at least 1000 per nest) go into hibernation for the Winter and create new nests the following year.

Once a wasp colony has died off, their nest is often used by other species including hoverflies.

Identifying a wasp nest

Wasp nests are made from chewed up wood pulp mixed with saliva. The nest itself will have a papery look and could be white, cream, brown or grey in colour. They are usually built in a sheltered location and not always easy to spot. The wasps will have easy access to the outside so you can locate the nest in the busy Summer months by following the flight path of returning worker wasps and finding their nest entry point. This will often be in a crack in a wall, under soffit or fascia boards or under roof tiles. They can also nest in sheds, garages, compost heaps, old tree roots, electricity boxes and cupboards, bird boxes and such. You will never see wasps in huge swarms like you do bees. Instead they tend to create a steady stream entering and exiting the nest.

WASP NEST REMOVAL

We can remove old, inactive wasp nests so long as they are accessible This follows the same pricing structure as treatment (£75 for the first nest removed and £35 per nest thereafter on the same visit). Carpet beetles can live in old wasp nests and they can attract other pests so it can be advisable to get them removed where possible. We cannot remove a live wasp nest! They must be treated and killed before removal can take place.

Inspect & Assess

Wasps pose a considerable threat to humans and animals so it is essential you employ an experienced pest controller to eradicate your wasp nest. A nest left untreated will continue to grow throughout the Summer months and create new Queen wasps come the Autumn, so the cycle can continue on the following year. Nests can be difficult and dangerous to treat.

Our highly trained technician will start by doing an inspection of the property to locate the wasp nest(s) and confirm you have a wasp problem. They will also conduct a risk assessment to ensure the treatment they plan to use is safe for you, your family and pets. We have specialist equipment and PPE in order to carry out a wasp nest treatment.

Treatment

The technician will use one of our company approved products and apply this directly into or on to the wasp nest and/or hornet nest. The aim of the treatment is to kill the queen at the heart of the nest. Once the queen is dead, the wasp nest will die off.

A wasp nest treatment is all that is necessary to kill the nest, but some customers may wish to have the nest removed for an additional charge at a later date. Please inquire at the time of booking.

If a nest is situated in the ground or in certain other locations where wildlife is at risk, we will use an organic pesticide. The treatment is usually very effective, but because it is not our usual pesticide, we do not offer a guarantee in these cases. If treatment is unsuccessful then we will charge our usual fee to come back and give it a second treatment.

Post Treatment

Depending on the size of the nest, how long it has been established and how active it is, nests can take up to 21 days to completely die off. Wasp nests are naturally larger later in the season, and will take longer to die. An effective treatment will kill the majority of active adult wasps and the queen relatively quickly (usually within 72 hours) but it cannot kill eggs or wasps that are away from the nest at the time of treatment. Returning drone wasps and new hatching wasps will not survive without the queen and they will disperse as the nest dies off. This is why you may continue to see wasps for up to 21 days after the treatment - it’s just a case of letting nature take its course!

Our Wasp & Hornet Treatment Guarantee

If our wasp or hornet treatment(s) is unsuccessful we will come back to retreat the nest free of charge. Before contacting us for a re-treat please read post-treatment information. Nests can take up to 21 days to completely die and it may take at least 3 days for activity to reduce. If the activity persists please email us using admin@dcmpestcontrol.co.uk to arrange your free re-treat. Important: standard charges apply where it is a new or different nest to that originally treated. Guarantee does not apply if we must use organic pesticides. You will be informed of this either at time of booking or by the technician at the time of treatment .