Above the door
Soffits, eaves and porch ceilings
The most common call and the most urgent one, because the flight path crosses the place your family walks through several times a day.
Wasp & Hornet Removal in Omaha, NE
Soffits, eaves, sheds, gables and ground nests. Identified first, because a paper wasp and a bald-faced hornet are not the same job, then removed rather than knocked down.
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Three places, and one of them finds you first
In the ground
Yellowjackets in a bank or a lawn
Usually found by a lawnmower, which is the worst possible way to find one. Ground colonies defend hard and in numbers.
Out of reach
High in a tree or on a gable
The grey football-shaped nest people picture. Thirty feet up is routine for our crews and impossible from a household ladder.
Tell us where it is and how high. That answer decides how quickly we come.
Four insects people call hornets
All yard pest controlPapery, open cells
Enclosed grey shell
Above ground
Above ground / Papery, open cells
Paper wasp
The open umbrella comb under an eave, a rail or a grill lid.
Fewest insects and the least defensive of the four. Handled early it is the simplest nest on this page.
Above ground / Enclosed grey shell
Bald-faced hornet
The grey football hanging from a branch or a gable.
Several hundred inside a sealed shell and genuinely defensive. This is the one that most justifies calling somebody.
At or under ground
At or under ground / Papery, open cells
Yellowjacket, ground nest
A coin-sized hole in a bank, a lawn void or under a step.
Found by a mower or a foot, and they follow. This is what sends people in this metro to urgent care.
At or under ground / Enclosed grey shell
Yellowjacket, wall or soffit void
Traffic in and out of a gap in siding, trim or a shed frame.
Never block the entrance. Sealed out of the yard they tunnel inward, and the problem moves into the house.
Marked cells are the two that most justify calling somebody rather than handling it from a ladder.
Which nests need this week, and which do not
How the job runs
Call this week
402-332-2839A nest above a door, a deck or anywhere children play
A ground nest anywhere near where somebody mows
Anyone in the house with a sting allergy
Activity in and out of a wall, soffit or shed void
A grey aerial nest within about ten feet of a path
Any nest somebody has already been stung by once
It can wait, or be left alone
A small paper wasp nest away from where people walk
Anything at all in late October, weeks from the first hard freeze
Mud daubers and other solitary wasps, which are not defensive
Ground-nesting bees, which are pollinators and are not colonial
A nest on a detached shed nobody goes behind
Honey bees, which we never treat and always refer to a beekeeper
If it is above a door or anybody in the house is allergic, call rather than wait.
What a nest call covers, and what it does not
In every nest removal
Identification before anything is applied, because the four species are not handled alike
Removal of the nest structure where it can safely be taken down
Treatment of the void where the colony is inside a wall or soffit
Ground nests treated at the entrance, at the hour the colony is home
Work done by a licensed Nebraska commercial applicator
A look at the rest of the property for the nests you have not found yet
Not ours, or not something we will do
Honey bee removal — those go to a beekeeper, alive, every time
Opening walls, soffits or siding to reach a void, which is a contractor's job
Repair of the entry point after treatment, though we will show you exactly where it is
Any guarantee that a new colony will not build somewhere else next season
Indoor pest work of any kind, which belongs to a structural pest company
Honey bees go to a local beekeeper, alive. We will help you find one.
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“DJ and his crew came out for three back yard trees to be removed and our front tree to be trimmed. They worked non-stop in the cold and were right back at it the next morning. Beyond excellent service and very reasonable cost.”
What the next three days look like
Talk to us
That evening
Traffic stops
Returning foragers come back to a treated entrance through the rest of the day and do not leave again.
Next morning
It looks worse before it looks over
A few stragglers arriving from a long forage is normal and is not a sign the treatment missed.
Within a few days
Silent
No traffic at the entrance at all. If there is still activity after that, call us back and we return.
Common questions about wasps and hornets
Ask us something elseHow fast can you come out?
Wasp and hornet calls are usually handled the same week, and sooner when the nest is over a door or somebody in the house has a sting allergy. Call 402-332-2839 and say where it is — that answer decides how urgent it is.
Can I just spray it myself?
A small paper wasp nest you can reach from the ground, in daylight, when it is cool — often, yes. A bald-faced hornet nest, a ground colony or anything requiring a ladder is a different proposition, and the emergency room visits in this metro come almost entirely from that second group.
Should I plug the hole if they are in a wall?
No, and this is the one thing worth remembering from this page. A colony sealed out of the yard tunnels the other way, which puts them inside the house instead of outside it. Leave the entrance open and call somebody.
Do you kill honey bees?
Never. If it turns out to be honey bees, we stop, tell you, and help you find a local beekeeper who will take the colony alive. It is not a service we charge for and it is not a judgment call we are willing to get wrong.
Will they come back to the same spot?
The colony will not — northern nests are abandoned after the first hard freeze and never reused. A new queen may well like the same sheltered spot next spring, which is why we point out where they chose and why.
Is it safe around pets and children?
Applications are targeted at the nest or the entrance rather than sprayed across an area, made by a licensed applicator, and carry a re-entry interval the technician tells you before starting.
What if you cannot reach it?
Between climbing gear and the fact that our crews work in tree canopies for a living, height is rarely the obstacle. What we will not do is open your siding or soffit to reach a void — that is a contractor's work, and we will tell you exactly where they need to open.
Do you do commercial properties?
Yes. Restaurants, apartment complexes, schools and business parks, where a nest by a service door is a liability question rather than an inconvenience.
Never block the entrance to a nest inside a wall. Sealed out of the yard, they come inward.
Half of what gets called a hornet in Omaha is a paper wasp
Yard pest controlAlmost every nest call to this office begins with the word hornet, and about half of them turn out to be paper wasps. The distinction is not pedantry. A paper wasp colony is a few dozen insects on an open comb that will tolerate people walking past a few feet below it. A bald-faced hornet colony is several hundred inside a sealed grey shell, and it treats anything within about ten feet of the entrance as a threat.
The ground-nesting yellowjacket is the one that actually hurts people in this metro, and it is the one nobody sees coming. The entrance is a hole the size of a coin in a bank or a lawn. It gets found by a mower or a foot, and the response is immediate, coordinated and follows you. If you have been stung more than twice in one incident in Nebraska, this was almost certainly what did it.
None of which means every nest needs treating. A small wasp nest over a flower bed nobody walks in is doing a great deal of quiet work on caterpillars, and in late October any northern colony is weeks from dying on its own. We will say so rather than sell the visit. What we will not leave is a nest above a door, a ground colony near where somebody mows, or anything at all in a house with a sting allergy in it — 402-332-2839, and tell us where it is.
