What is the point of Wasps?
What are WASPS? 
A wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. The Apocrita have a common evolutionary ancestor and form a clade; wasps as a group do not form a clade, but are paraphyletic with respect to bees and ants
What is good about wasps?
In early summer wasps, like bees, pollinate plants and flowers as they feed on nectar. Wasps do serve a purpose, and despite being a problem at certain times of the year, they are a beneficial insect. In the natural world, wasps although irritating to humans, have their role to play.
What is its life cycle?
In social wasps, workers (sterile females) have an average lifespan of 12-22 days, drones (fertile males) have a slightly longer lifespan than workers, and queens (fertile females) have an average lifespan of 12 months.
Do they hibernate?
Throughout Winter, the queen wasp hibernates in a cocoon, or golf ball sized hibernation cell, having been fertilised by male wasps before hibernation. In Spring, the fertilised queen wasp emerges from hibernation and looks for a suitable nesting site to build her colony.
What do they eat?
Adult wasps capture insects, chop them up and carry parts back to the nest feed it to their young.
Instead of eating insects and spiders, adult wasps – both social and solitary – only feed on sugars. In the wild, sugars come from flower nectar and honeydew produced by aphids. Wasp larvae also produce a sugary liquid that the adults consume.
How many Wasps are there in a nest?
Up to 300 eggs being produced every day and up to 5,000 adults feeding grubs and building the nest structure.
How many stings can kill a human?
Unlike bees, wasps do not die after they sting someone. In fact, they can sting multiple people, multiple times during their lifetime. This is one reason why wasps can be so deadly, especially if you are allergic.
The average person can safely tolerate 10 stings per pound of body weight. The average adult can withstand more than 1000 stings, although 500 stings could kill a child.
How can the infestation be treated?
To remove wasps, you don’t need to remove the nest, but you will need to treat it. Standish Pest Control in Wigan has the technical knowledge and access to professional use insecticides (not available to the public) and the appropriate protective equipment to avoid getting a nasty sting.
We will usually apply an insecticide near the entrance of the nest. The wasps then carry the chemical into the nest. From a few hours to a few days you should see a difference to the numbers of wasps.
Standish Pest Control in Wigan will have the tools to reach and treat the most inaccessible nest in the safest way possible.
Our application of control measures are more accurate than some Pest Controllers that only work at ground level. We have Public Liability insurance, qualifications and experience that cover us to work up to 10 meters high. Access from either a ladder, mobile scaffold tower or MEWPs.
If we haven’t removed the nest on our first visit its possibly because it’s not accessible. Although you could request that we come and remove the nest after a few days if it is possible. But this will normally incur an extra charge.
Alternatively, you can wait until the Autumn or Winter when you are certain no live wasps remain and remove the nest yourself. If the nest has been treated with a pesticide we suggest you wear protective clothing and gloves.
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