Find the flight line first
It's the repeated traffic in and out that usually reveals a nest before you ever spot it directly - the same pattern holds near Kingston, where the riverside market town centre. Watch from a safe distance on a mild afternoon for wasps returning again and again to the same spot on the roofline or in the garden.
Victorian villa eaves near the river
The tall Victorian and Edwardian villas of Surbiton and central Kingston give a queen plenty of gaps to choose from at the fascia, and a nest built high up under an ornate eave here is not one to tackle from a ladder yourself.
Sheds and garden walls in the 1930s suburbs
Further out across New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington, sheds opened only occasionally and low garden walls both shelter nests. A nest low down in a hedge can go unnoticed until strimming or hedge cutting disturbs it.
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 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
By August and September a colony has reached its full size for the year, but the queen has largely stopped laying, so there are fewer larvae producing the sugary secretion workers normally rely on. They go looking for sugar themselves instead, which is why bins and riverside picnics suddenly attract far more attention.
Booking wasp nest removal in Kingston upon Thames
A standard wasp nest removal in Kingston upon Thames 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 Kingston - where the riverside market town centre - or anywhere else nearby, so book wasp nest removal and tell us roughly where the entrance is, with the full terms on the Kingston upon Thames wasp nest removal page.
