Wasp & Hornet Removal
Down comes the nest. And it stays down.
Serving Massachusetts & Connecticut
By late summer a paper wasp nest under a Connecticut eave can hold hundreds of increasingly defensive workers — right above your deck, your door, your kids' play area. Yellow jackets are worse: they nest underground and in wall voids, defend en masse, and each wasp stings repeatedly.
DIY spray cans knock down what you can see and reach; they do nothing about the dozens of workers away foraging who return and rebuild, and they're genuinely dangerous on ladders and with ground nests.
What we handle
The Playbook
How Seaport treats wasps & hornets
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Nest knockdown from the ground
Our extendable poles take down nests from eaves, siding, and soffits up to 30 feet — no ladder against your gutters, no one getting swarmed at the top of it.
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Residual powder treatment
After knockdown we treat the nest site with a light powder product. Returning foragers contact it and die instead of rebuilding — this is the difference between removing a nest and ending one.
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Underground yellow jacket treatment
Ground nests get a direct application into the entrance at the right time of day, when the colony is inside. This is the single most dangerous DIY job in pest control — the entire colony defends the hole. Don't pour gasoline in it; call us.
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Eave pre-treatment against return
The same natural residual we use for spiders deters queens scouting nest sites in spring. Homes on our recurring program rarely develop a large nest at all — queens start elsewhere.
What to expect
Active-nest calls are typically handled within a couple of days — sooner for stinging-risk situations near doors and play areas. Expect residual wasp traffic at the old site for 24–48 hours as foragers return and contact the treatment; then it goes quiet.
Timing & seasonality
Queens emerge and scout nest sites in April–May — the cheapest wasp to stop is that one queen. Colonies peak August–September, which is also when defensive behavior and sting incidents spike. First hard frost ends the colony; only new queens overwinter.
Wasps questions, answered
Do you remove honey bee swarms?
We don't exterminate honey bees. If a swarm or colony turns out to be honey bees, we'll refer you to a local beekeeper for relocation — they want the bees alive as much as you want them gone.
Why do wasps keep rebuilding in the same spot?
Sheltered, sun-warmed eaves are premium real estate and knockdown alone leaves it on the market. Our residual powder at the site plus eave pre-treatment takes the location off the market entirely.
I think there's a nest in my wall — I can hear it. What now?
Don't seal the exterior hole. Trapped yellow jackets will chew through interior drywall to escape — into your house. Wall-void colonies need a direct treatment through the entrance first; sealing comes after the colony is dead.
Other services we offer
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