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Hornet / Wasp Pest Control

Having trouble with hornets and wasps? Whether it’s a single nest or multiple nests please call NIX Pest Solutions to help! With the proper knowledge and equipment, we will find and remove the hive, so you don’t have to be stung! We offer several service options from treating and removing one nest, to looking over your home and removing any visible nests that can be found.

If a hornet or wasp nest is located around your home or business, they are sure to join you. While NIX pest Solutions would never try to scare you into a service program, we do understand and try to stress the fact that wasps and hornets can be very dangerous! Certain species of hornets and wasps, like the Bald-Faced Hornet can sting more than once and leave a pheromone on you to tell the rest of there crew that it is you that they want to sting! With flying speeds up to 25mph you will not outrun them, so please be careful and call a professional today!

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Wasps

Hymenoptera, also known as Wasps, are related to the bee and ant family.  There are more than 120,000 different species of wasps found everywhere in the world except Antarctica.  Out of all of those species these are the top 4 species that are native to Michigan: Yellowjackets (Vespula Species), Paper Wasps (Polistes Dominulus), Cicada Killers (Sphecius Speciosus), and Bald-Faced Hornets (Dolichovespula Maculata).  

There are a few practices that can help keep Wasps from wanting to build nests around your home and yard.  Regularly search and get rid of nests before they have a chance to get larger, pick up any trash, seal garbage cans, cover compost piles, position wasp deterrent plants around your home or areas that you frequent outside, remove any access to food around your home, fill in any holes in the ground, and keep your windows and doors closed. 

 Wasps are very aggressive and guard their nest by stinging any threat to their habitat.  Unlike bees, wasps can sting their target multiple times.


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Fall Season Hornet & Wasp Problems

As the summer season comes to an end and the days and evenings start to cool off, wasp and hornet activity tends to change. This is the time of year when you are more likely to start finding them inside your home. If their nest is in the wall and they can feel heat or see light they will head inside instead of outside, filling your home with stinging bugs! At this point the nest can be very difficult to pinpoint with out the outside wasp/hornet activity showing you where the entrance to their hive is. To prevent this from happening NIX Pest Solutions suggests that you check around the exterior walls of your home for a “bee line” which would be wasps/hornets flying in and out of a hole or crack on the siding of your home, and it will usually be obvious after just a few minutes of watching. Once the entrance to the hive has been found NIX Pest Solutions will use a product that will eliminate the wasps and stop the problem from happening. We suggest that you never fill a hole or crack with a suspected nest inside as this will drive them further into your home and create an entirely different problem. Once the nest has been removed and all wasp/hornet activity has stopped, then it is time to seal up the hole or crack. NIX Pest Solutions loves wasp/hornet work, so please call today, and schedule an estimate and service treatment.

Wasps Nesting Characteristics

Wasps nest in secluded areas that are tucked away.  They like to stay hidden to stay safe.  Wasps also favor locations such as under decks, in rafters, and under your roof.  They are drawn to the food we eat.
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How To Deal With wasps

Although we recommend calling a professional there are a few ways you can try to remedy a small infestation at home.  You can hang wasp traps and plant strong smelling herbs around your home.  Due to the elevated risk of getting stung, inhaling or ingesting harsh chemicals we do not recommend trying to use at home insecticides. Not only could it be harmful to you or pets, it could force the wasps to migrate to a different place within or around your home.

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