Find the flight line first
The coming and going usually gives a nest away long before you see it directly. From a safe distance on a still afternoon, watch for wasps returning repeatedly to one spot on the house, garage or a garden structure.
Sheds and garages across the borough
With so many of Redbridge's semis built with their own garage and shed, both make ideal undisturbed spots for a queen to start a nest in spring, particularly a garage that's used mainly for storage rather than a car.
Eaves on Woodford and Gants Hill's semis
Under the eaves of the interwar semis around Woodford and Gants Hill roundabout, a gap at the fascia or a slipped tile gives a queen a way straight into the roof space, and these roofs are often low enough for the flight line to be easy to watch from the garden.
What to do today
- Keep children and pets away from the flight line
- Keep windows shut on the side of the house or garage where the nest is
- Leave the entrance open and don't attempt to block it
- Clear fallen fruit and sweet drinks from the garden, which draw 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 fewer larvae are producing the sugary secretion workers normally rely on. Without that supply, workers turn to bins and drinks, which is exactly why this time of year is the worst point to disturb a nest, true near Ilford too, where the town centre and surrounding streets.
Booking wasp nest removal in Redbridge
A standard wasp nest removal in Redbridge 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 Aldborough Hatch - where a quieter - or anywhere else nearby, so book wasp nest removal and tell us roughly where the entrance is, with the full terms on the Redbridge wasp nest removal page.
