How Can You Confirm There Is a Wasp Nest at Your Great Shelford Property?

Larger family houses give wasps more to choose from, so the quickest way to confirm a nest is to be methodical. Work through the property in order and stop when you find a single entrance with steady traffic.

Many Great Shelford homes have generous gardens, mature hedges, garages, lofts and extensions, and some back onto the river Cam or railway land. Any of these can hide a nest, which is why a quick glance at the front wall is rarely enough.

Step by Step

1. Roofline. Walk round the outside and look up at eaves, soffits, fascias, ridge ends and any extension roof.
2. Walls. Look at air bricks, cracks and the joints around windows and pipes.
3. Loft. Do not climb in. If you can see in from the hatch with the light on and a torch pointed from a safe position, look for grey paper. If you hear buzzing, close the hatch and leave it.
4. Outbuildings. Garage, shed, summerhouse, log store.
5. Garden. Hedges, shrubs, compost bin, banks and any ground that has a small hole in it.

At each stage, watch for a minute or two before moving on. The nest is where the traffic is.

Loft Nests

A nest in a roof space may be reached through a gap at the eaves, and wasps then appear around the ceiling lights and in the upstairs rooms. If a loft hatch is warm to the touch or you can hear a constant hum, treat that as a strong sign and keep away from it.

What Not to Conclude

Wasps at the patio table in September are mostly after food and sweet drinks. Seeing a dozen of them does not mean there is a nest on your plot, and equally, seeing none does not mean there is not one in the roof.

Next Steps

If you are unsure, an inspection and survey at £120 fixed cost is available, covering the whole property. See pest inspection and survey.

Using What You Find

Keep a short note of each stage, even if you find nothing at it. Saying that you checked the roofline, garage and hedge and that only one corner of the extension roof had traffic saves time on the day, and it stops you wondering whether you missed something. If two places both look busy, say so, because it can mean more than one nest or a nest between them.

Wasp nest treatment in Great Shelford is £90, fixed, with no call-out fee, and the price is confirmed before work starts. Our Great Shelford service page and price guide set out the detail, and the work carries a 14-day guarantee.

Give us a call on 01223 902388 or WhatsApp us when you have narrowed down, whatever part of Great Shelford you are in, where it is.