Professional prevention takes care of existing wasp nests and also treats to discourage rebuilding. Then they help you figure out how to stop attracting wasps in the first place.
If wasps rebuild every year in the same eave or shutter, you’re not merely unlucky. There is a biological reason the wasps keep doing that. And left unchecked, it will keep happening.
Every fall, wasp colonies make new queens that overwinter in protected crevices. When the weather warms, the queens start scouting. They prefer places they’ve worked before like sheltered eaves, wall voids, deck framing, soffits, and grill covers. This is why the first thing professionals will do after taking down nests is treat former nesting areas. Otherwise, wasps will find the chemical traces around the former site, and just start building again. This is why DIY wasp removal often results in spraying nests in July, feeling victorious, only to fight it again next year.
Professionals deal with the immediate wasp problems, but they also ward off future ones. After treatment, scouting queens and returning workers come back to a treated surface instead of the same favorable environment they once did. This helps stop the “build in the same place” problem. While there, the technician can then point out gaps, vents, and voids that funnel wasps into structural spaces. They can also scope out the conditions that keep attracting the wasps in the first place like exposed trash or standing water.
Timing matters a lot with wasps. If you deal with them in early spring, you only have to knock down a golf-ball-sized nest. In August, a wasp nest can hold thousands of yellowjackets with strong opinions. It’s better to treat early than to find out just what those opinions are.
If the same corner of your house keeps growing wasps like a perennial, Mosquito Squad of North Jersey can help. Mosquito Squad removes nests and treats the sites wasps return to. This can help you to protect your home with recurring service that intercepts colonies before they establish.
