Wasp Control for Rempstone Restaurants, Pubs and Commercial Premises
A village-style shop or a stall selling fruit, sweets and cold drinks has a lot to protect in summer. This guide covers how to keep customers comfortable and find the nest.
A shop full of sweet smells
Fruit and vegetables, sweets, pastries, ice cream and fizzy drinks are the kind of goods wasps hunt for. A small shop with a display outside or a door that stays open is particularly exposed. The wasps are not coming for the shopkeeper; they are following the sugar.
What matters is whether they are visitors or residents. If they are visitors, covering goods and closing bins will help. If a nest is within reach, the stream continues all day, and treatment is the only real answer.
The Rempstone area is a good example of a place where a shopkeeper may be the first to notice, since the counter and doorway are always in view.
Outdoor stalls and trestle tables are the most exposed. A crate of plums, a tray of cakes or a basket of jam jars left in the sun will be visited within minutes in August. If you trade in this way, consider moving the sweetest goods to the shaded side and keeping a cover to hand.
Tell your staff what to do if a customer says there is a wasp in the shop: stay calm, open the door wide, and let it fly out rather than chase it round the shelves.
Where the nest hides near a shop
Shops often have yards, stockrooms and flats above. All of these can hold a nest.
- Behind the shopfront fascia, the awning box and the sign.
- In the gap at the top of a stockroom wall, or around a vent or pipe.
- In the eaves of the roof over the flat, and in any chimney that is no longer used.
- Under crates, pallets and tarpaulins in the yard.
- In the soil of a bank or border behind the shop.
Look in the early afternoon, when the wasps are most active. If you see a regular line, you have your clue. Please do not try to confirm by climbing up or poking, since the colony will defend itself.
Deliveries are often the reason a nest is found. A driver who unloads boxes at the back door may notice wasps going in and out of a gap you never see from the shop floor. Ask the people who work in the stockroom what they have noticed.
Display and counter habits that help
You can reduce the number of wasps that settle on your goods without spoiling the display.
- Put fruit and pastries under nets, cloches or domes while they are on sale.
- Keep the sweet jars lidded and the scoops out of sight.
- Take the cash desk away from the door if it is the place wasps gather.
- Wipe the counter and the weighing scales, which collect sticky residue.
- Take bins with fruit waste out of the shop and store them with the lid on, away from the entrance.
Do not wave your arms at a wasp that lands on goods, and do not squash it near customers. Gently covering the item and waiting for it to leave is calmer. If a customer is stung, wash the area, remove the sting if it can be seen and use a cold pack. Call 999 for swelling of the face, lips or throat, breathing difficulty, dizziness or a widespread rash.
Outside the shop, check the pavement or forecourt for sticky patches, where ice lollies, juice and sweet wrappers collect. A bucket of water and a brush at the end of each day are enough to keep the area unappealing, and they cost nothing.
Staff who restock shelves should keep an eye on the lower shelves and the stockroom door, since wasps that have come in tend to settle on cartons and cold drinks cabinets.
Booking treatment for a shop
A nest in or on a shop is treated at a fixed £95 per nest, with £35 for an additional nest on the same property. There is no call-out charge, and the price is confirmed on the phone before the technician comes. Nothing is done until you agree. The technician is trained and fully insured, and we work seven days a week with same-day service offered, for domestic and commercial customers alike.
Tell us on the phone about stock that may be near the nest, the position of the entrance and anyone in the household or team who is allergic. If you would like the empty nest taken down, ask when booking.
The nest can be in the same place for a time, so do not expect it to disappear on its own. A visit is the only sure answer, and early treatment prevents the colony getting larger through August.
If you rent the shop or live above it
Many small shops have a landlord, and many have a flat above. If the nest is in a part of the building you do not control, the responsibility may rest with the owner, depending on your lease or tenancy agreement. Check your paperwork, and speak to the person responsible before you book.
If the nest is in your own part of the building, you can ring straight away. A photo from a distance helps.
If you manage several units in the same row, a word with the neighbours can help. A nest on the shared roof or party wall affects everybody, and sharing a photo makes the discussion easier.
After the visit
Keep wiping and covering through to the end of September, when stray wasps are at their most persistent around sweet foods. If you see a new gap with wasps entering, phone and tell us. To arrange a visit, phone 0116 214 9259 or use the booking form on the contact page and mention the area you are in.
We cover Rempstone and the surrounding villages. Even a small shop or stall is worth a call if the wasps are a daily problem.
Wasps on your property in Rempstone?
Fixed price £95 per nest, no call-out charge, same-day service available.