Paper Wasp Control in Kansas City

A single queen starts a small nest in April or May. By late summer a nest can have dozens of wasps and several nests may be spread around the eaves. Colonies die off with hard frost and nests aren't reused.

We treat and remove nests near doors, decks, play sets and windows, check the eaves, soffits and shutters for others, and treat the overhangs where they are building. In fall we look at attic and soffit gaps where queens try to overwinter.

A one- or two-wasp nest in spring, away from doors, can be knocked down from a distance with a long-handled broom after dark. Anything larger, near an entry, or with wasps actively defending it is ours.