Get rid of wasps

1. You need to get rid of wasps and have an active wasp nest on your property.

If you need to get rid of wasps and have a wasp nest on your property the easiest and safest option is to have it treated by a professional wasp controller.

Wasps are naturally defensive of their nests and will sting anyone or anything (without provocation) just for walking near to the nest. So if you have a nest close to your home or in your garden you should have it treated to avoid the risk of being stung.

Wasp stings are not only painful but also carry a risk from infection.
Wasps are predators and spend a lot of time hunting for smaller insects which just happen to like living in nasty dirty places.
When wasps are hunting for these insects they tend to spend a lot of time walking about in these nasty areas and drag their stings through whatever dirt and infection happens to be there. As wasps age, bacteria migrates up the sting and lives in the venom sack, so not only are you receiving a painful dose of venom, but also a unhealthy dose of bacteria.

There are many products available from DIY stores and garden centres that claim to get rid of your wasps, and it is often tempting to try and save yourself a few pounds. Choosing to get rid of wasps yourself is not a decision that should be taken lightly and can be dangerous if not done properly. We are often called after a customer has attempted to destroy the nest themselves but have been overwhelmed by wasps becoming defensive.

2. You need to get rid of wasps but cannot find the nest.

If you are having problem wasps harass you but you cannot find the nest, don’t worry!
We can help you solve the immediate problem and also prevent it from happening in the future.

Wasp traps

Wasp traps have been around for a long time, from simple lemonade bottles cut in half to shop bought purpose made wasp traps.
Most wasp traps look like they are doing a great job, lots of wasps buzzing around them and lots of wasps inside the traps!
When you look at these traps, have you noticed something strange about them?
Most of the wasps are alive?

Wasp feeding behaviour

The reason most wasp traps don't work is because they don't kill many of the wasps they attract and obviously do not kill the scout wasps or the traps wouldn't be heaving with swarm feeding wasps.

What are scout wasps... wasps swarm feed. Sounds complicated but it's very simple.
The wasp nest sends out scout wasps to look for food, when these scouts locate a food source, they go back to the nest to recruit other wasps to help with the feeding. Different colonies (nests) compete aggressively with each other for food and by recruiting help they increase the number of wasps that are able to feed on a food source and overwhelm any singular wasps from a another nest. Wasps will continue to feed on a source of food until it is depleted and then move onto the next source.

So with this in mind, let’s get back to the wasp traps.
Most wasp traps are low efficiency traps. In other words they don’t kill all of the wasps, in fact they kill very few.
You may see lots of dead wasps in the bottom of the traps each day, but compare that number with the amount of wasps that were feeding from the trap throughout the day. The percentage killed is very low. So, in essence by using these low efficiency wasp traps you are in fact feeding the wasps and encouraging them to the area where the trap is set.

Please make sure to recycle used plastic when you throw your old low efficiency wasps traps away.

Controlling the wasp problem.

As pest controllers, we do not always have to kill vast quantities of creatures to take control of a situation instead we can use behavioural patterns to our advantage.

If your neighbour had a wasp nest on their property and they refused to have it destroyed, to protect your own property and well being we need to get control over the wasp population from the problem nest. We cannot destroy the nest and we cannot kill all the wasps, but we can control where they feed.
Setting a normal wasp trap really isn’t going to be the answer as you will need to catch between 3000 – 6000 wasps, plus you will be attracting lots of wasps to your garden.

So! What are the options? High efficiency wasp traps.

High efficiency wasp traps catch every wasp that enters the trap. The wasps that get caught are the scout wasps that are out hunting for food. They never get a chance to report back to the nest and recruit help. Therefore your property does not have wasp traffic as no food source ever gets reported back to the nest from this area.

For the reasons above, Wasp Control UK only recommends one type of trap to get rid of wasps and reduce sting rates, the “Waspbane” high efficiency wasp trap.

The Waspbane wasp trap is available to buy from us online