To book a pest control treatment
Contact Us
01225 396007
Office hours are between
8.30am to 5.00pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
9.30pm to 5.00pm Wednesday and 8.30am to 4.30pm Friday
For general enquiries, you may also email Council_Connect@bathnes.gov.uk
How much does it cost?
For further advice on price click on Residential Properties or Businesses.
What to expect from a visit
On arrival, the pest control officer will want to know where the nest is located. They will be looking for visual confirmation of the insect or observing the pests behaviour. This is in order to identify whether it is a wasp or a bee. Treatment will depend on the accessibility of the nest. Lances will be used to reach sites that are inaccessible. The officers are able to reach approximately 18 feet or 5.5 metres. Consideration is also given to the health and safety of people in the vicinity of the nest when applying the treatment. An information advice sheet is given detailing the poison used and contact details. We would advise that you stay away from the treated nest for approximately 4 hours until you can see no further activity. If on the rare occasion there is still activity around the nest after 24 hours, we will return to retreat.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do I know if I have a bee or a wasp nest?
2. What behaviour would indicate I have a wasp nest?
4. Where would you find a wasp nest?
5. How can I contact my local Bee keeper?
7. Do wasps come back to the same nest?
8. I have had my wasp nest treated, but there is still a lot of activity, what can I do?
9. Do I have to treat a wasp nest?
12. I have a wasp nest in my loft, can you treat it?
14. The wasp nest is on my neighbour’s property, can you treat it?
Answers
A1. Wasps have distinct yellow/black bands around the abdomen whereas bees have a more non-descript light brown/browny-yellow colour. Wasps have an hour glass shape while bees are rounder. You can also look at the activity they are doing. Look at the brick work, Wasps will use a single hole to enter, but mortar bees will investigate several. A further test is whether or not the activity continues on cold overcast days or just warm sunny days. Mortar bees will only be active on sunny days.
A3. We do not treat any kind of bee. If you have a nest of honey bees, then a local bee keeper may be able to collect them. Please see the website www.bbka.org.uk/help/do_you_have_a_swarm.php for further advice on identification and contact numbers of bee keepers.
If the bee keeper is unable to help, then you will need to contact a private pest control company that treats bees. We are unable to recommend a particular company; however, you should be able to find a company in local directories such as the yellow pages under pest control companies.
A11. No, wasps do not swarm. If they are gathered together in a tree for example, they are most likely foraging for food. We are unable to treat wasps that are behaving in this way; the treatment is only effective if it is sprayed into the entrance point and taken by the wasps into the nest.
A14. No, we are unable to treat for a pest that is on someone elses property, they would need to contact us themselves if they want it treated.