Watch the flight line first
Wasps returning again and again to the same spot on a house or in a garden usually give a nest away before you can see the entrance itself. Watch from a safe distance on a still, mild afternoon and let the flight path lead you to the right part of this guide.
Eaves right across the borough's semis
Wasp nests in Bromley turn up under the eaves of 1930s semis right across the borough, where a gap at the fascia board or a slipped tile lets a queen into the roof space in spring. Checking a semi's eaves is worth doing early in the season, wherever in Bromley the house is.
Woodland edges near Chislehurst and Petts Wood
Where housing backs onto woodland, as it does around Chislehurst Commons and the wooded streets of Petts Wood, sheds and fence lines shelter nests that can go unnoticed until strimming or hedge-cutting disturbs them. Garden trees here also give queens plenty of quiet, hollow spots to choose from.
What to do today
- Keep children and pets away from the flight line
- Keep windows shut on the side of the house where the nest is
- Leave the entrance untouched rather than trying to block it
- Clear fallen fruit and sweet drinks from the garden, which attract wasps late in summer
Why late summer feels worse
By August and September a colony has reached its full size for the year, but the queen has largely stopped laying, so there's less of the sugary secretion workers normally rely on from the larvae. The workers go looking for sugar themselves instead, which is why bins and drinks suddenly draw far more attention.
Booking wasp nest removal in Bromley
A standard wasp nest removal in Bromley is a £90 fixed price, guaranteed: if the nest is still active within 30 days we come back at no extra cost, and that applies equally whether the nest turns up near Petts Wood - where a wooded suburb of 1930s houses laid out around the railway station and shopping - or anywhere else nearby, so book wasp nest removal and tell us roughly where the entrance is, with the full terms on the Bromley wasp nest removal page.
