Watch the flight line first
Nests tend to be given away by the coming and going around them well before you spot the nest itself - the same pattern holds near Stoke Newington, where victorian terraces around Church Street and the reservoirs. From a safe distance, on a calm afternoon, watch for wasps returning again and again to the same spot, wherever that turns out to be decides which part of this guide applies, much as it does near Hoxton, where warehouse conversions and estate housing close to Shoreditch.
Roof spaces above the terraces
Above the Victorian terraces around Homerton, Clapton and Stoke Newington, a gap at the fascia or a slipped tile gives a queen an easy way into the roof space in spring. Eaves like these are often easy to reach from ground level, so a quick check in spring is worth the effort, much as it does near Hoxton, where warehouse conversions and estate housing close to Shoreditch.
Garden sheds behind the terraces
Sheds opened only occasionally, tucked at the back of a small terraced garden, shelter nests across the borough. A nest low down in a hedge or along a fence line can go unnoticed until strimming or hedge-cutting disturbs it.
Old warehouse roof voids
Occasionally, a queen finds her way into the roof void of one of the borough's converted warehouses around Hoxton or Shoreditch, where large, quiet roof spaces above the converted flats below give a nest room to grow largely unnoticed.
What to do today
- Keep children and pets away from the flight line
- Keep windows shut on the side of the house or outbuilding where the nest is
- Leave the entrance open and the nest untouched
- Clear sweet drinks and fallen fruit from the garden, which draw wasps in late summer
Why late summer feels worse
A colony reaches its full size by August and September, but with the queen laying far less, there's far less of the sugary secretion the workers normally get from the larvae, just as near Hackney, where victorian terraces around the town hall and Mare Street. With that supply gone, workers turn to finding sugar themselves, so bins and drinks become a magnet, and it's also the worst time of year to disturb a nest - the same pattern holds near London Fields, where terraced streets around the park and lido.
Booking wasp nest removal in Hackney
A standard wasp nest removal in Hackney 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 Hoxton - where warehouse conversions and estate housing close to Shoreditch - or anywhere else nearby, so book wasp nest removal and tell us roughly where the entrance is, with the full terms on the Hackney wasp nest removal page.
