Frequently asked questions

Yes, when the job is done the way the label requires. Treatment is aimed at the nest, not the whole yard or the inside of the house.

During the visit, people, kids, and pets stay inside. We do not apply product to animals, toys, dishes, or food. When the treated area is dry, the rest of the property can be used as normal.

Yes. Kids and pets can use the property again once the treated spot is dry.

Spray jobs dry in a short time, usually once the surface is no longer wet. For a ground nest, keep pets off that entrance for the rest of the day. The lawn, driveway, porch, and the rest of the yard are fine.

If someone in the home is sensitive to pesticides, mention that when you request service.

Walking the yard after the treated spot is dry is fine. Keep pets off the wet spray and off a freshly dusted ground entrance.

If a pet does get into the treated entrance, rinse the paws with water. Call your vet if they act unusual. Waiting until the next morning to let a dog investigate that hole is the simplest approach.

This is a targeted nest treatment, not an organic program and not a yard-wide spray.

We treat the nest and the entrance. We do not spray blooming plants. We keep product out of drains, ponds, and water. Honey bees on flowers are not what we treat. The nest on the house or in the ground is.

Two labeled tools, three jobs. Brand names are not listed on this site.

• Hanging and paper nests: an outdoor contact spray that soaks the nest from a distance and also affects insects that return to it. People and pets stay inside until that spray is dry. The nest leaves with us the same visit.
• Ground nests: a residual dust placed at the entrance. Workers carry it deeper into the colony. The ground entrance is left open on purpose.
• Problem-area dusting: the same dust, placed in dry sheltered start points: eaves, soffits, window frames, deck edges. A queen that lands on that surface picks the particles up. This does not take down a nest already there.

Both products are EPA-registered and applied on label by a licensed Wisconsin applicator.

The nest is treated from a safe distance until it is thoroughly wet. Insects still coming back to that nest pick up the treatment when they land.

We wait at least 24 hours before taking an aerial nest down. That wait lets activity drop so the nest can be removed safely.

Dust is applied in the entrance and on the soil right around it. Foragers walk through it and carry it inside. The colony winds down over a few days, not in a few minutes.

The hole stays open. Closing it can push the insects to cut a new exit. We do not flood the nest with water.

We do not post product names on the website.

You are hiring a licensed applicator using products labeled for wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets. If you want the label directions explained before work starts, ask when you book. That conversation happens on the job, not as a public list.

One identified wasp, hornet, or yellow jacket nest that is reachable with a standard ladder.

• Aerial: treat, wait window, remove and bag when it is safe and practical.
• Ground: residual dust in the entrance. Entrance left open. No digging the colony out.

You stay clear. We use full PPE. Quote is the price.

Small, easy-access paper nest, typically smaller than a hand, on a house, garage, or low structure. Short visit. Treat and take it down when safe. This is the low-risk entry job, not a hidden yellow jacket colony in the lawn.

$100 once for the problem areas that already grow nests. Residual dust on eaves, soffits, window frames, and deck edges. Same dust as a ground job, different placement. Not $40 a month all summer.

On dry, sheltered wood and voids the dust can keep working for up to 8 months if it is left undisturbed. Rain, a hose, or pressure-washing shortens that on open trim.

This does not remove a nest that is already there. It does not lock the house for the whole season. It is not a monthly spray plan.

Spray on an exposed nest works on contact. A ground colony takes longer because the dust has to be carried inside.

Typical timing: noticeable drop in 24–48 hours, most activity stopped in 2–4 days, full colony control commonly 2–7 days. If that treated nest is still active after that window, the recheck is free.

Wasps do not reuse the old nest. New queens often pick the same kind of spot the next season: the same eave, soffit, or porch corner.

Activity at the same treated entrance after the wait window is covered by the free recheck. A brand-new nest in a different spot is a new job. We will tell you which one you have.

Insects that were already out foraging come back to the nest. That can look busier for a little while. Check the entrance again over the next one to two days.

The quote is for the nest you pointed out. Before we leave, we can walk the house with you and look for others. If a second nest was already there the same day and we missed it, contact us. That is what the recheck is for.

Stay inside during treatment. Stay off the treated spot until it is dry. Foragers already in the air, or a second nest that has not been found yet, can still sting.

If anyone in the home has a sting allergy, tell us before the visit and stay inside until we are done and the area is dry.

Not while it is still an active nest. Closing the entrance can push yellow jackets to cut a new way out. We dust the opening and leave it open. Once activity has stopped, you can fill or landscape that spot if you want.

This is a side service with flat rates and no monthly contract. The price is for the nest and the service on the menu: licensed treatment, removal when it is safe, and a free recheck if that nest stays active.

No. The quoted price is the price for that nest and that service. If the nest is in a wall void, above a standard ladder, or needs the wall opened, we will tell you it is outside the menu instead of adding charges on the spot.

No. One visit. Pay that visit. Problem-area dusting is a separate $100 if you want it. Free recheck is only for continued activity at the nest we treated, after the normal window.

Yes. A small, easy paper nest can be a short stop. A ground nest is also a short visit on site. Then the colony declines over the next few days. You are paying for the treatment and the recheck, not the number of minutes on the driveway. If that same nest stays active after the normal window, we come back.

No. Wall opening, attic work, and jobs past a standard ladder are not part of these services. If that is what the nest needs, we will say so on site.

No. If it is a honey bee hive, we stop and you call a beekeeper. Paper wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets are the job.

No. We treat the nest you hired us for. New queens can start new nests later. Traps reduce foraging traffic. Preventative dust lowers the chance of new starts on treated eaves. The rest of the property is not a sealed zone.

Tell us when you book. We can still treat the nest. If the hole was already sealed, leave it to us to decide whether it should stay open so the treatment can work.