Wasp Removal & Prevention

Wasp Removal in Austin, TX

Fast, professional wasp nest removal and preventative treatment for paper and red wasps — same-day service, backed for six months.

Why it happens

Why wasps love your eaves and porch corners

If you need wasp removal handled fast and done right, that's everyday work for the crew at Keith's Bee Removal here in Austin, TX. We've been taking nests off homes and businesses since 2000, and unlike a honey bee colony, wasps don't get relocated. They get treated and cleared, then kept from coming back. Same-day when we can manage it. Wasps turn a porch, a doorway, or a backyard into a place nobody wants to stand, and that's the sort of thing we settle in an afternoon. Honest work, backed for six months.

Here's the thing about wasps in Central Texas. Our warm weather gives them a long run, often from March clear into October or November, so a nest that started in spring can be the size of a fist by midsummer. They favor the dry, sheltered spots around a property, under the eaves and soffits, in porch corners, behind shutters, and tucked into sheds, carports, BBQ areas, and mailboxes. Older buildings around Austin and San Antonio give them even more of those little pockets. That's usually where we find the first nest, and often a second one nearby.

Our approach

Keeping them from coming back

Taking one nest down is half the job. The other half is preventative wasp treatment, where we treat the eaves, overhangs, and favorite corners so a new queen thinks twice about setting up there. That's the real value in wasp control, keeping the problem from starting again next season. We'll walk the property, point out the spots that keep drawing them, and set up a wasp control service that fits how you actually use your porch and yard. Around here, a place treated in early spring usually stays a lot quieter through the worst of the summer.

Wasp Removal & Prevention

What you should know

Telling paper wasps from red wasps

Knowing which wasp you've got helps us plan the job. Paper wasps are the slender brown ones building those open, umbrella-shaped combs you can see the cells on, and paper wasp removal is probably our most common call. Red wasps are actually a kind of paper wasp too, just bigger, rust-colored, and meaner about their space, which is why red wasp removal takes a steadier hand. Both sting more than once, and both defend the nest hard. If you're not sure what's on your wall, a quick photo tells us plenty.

How we knock a nest down for good

Good wasp nest removal isn't a can of spray and a prayer. We work the nest when the colony's settled, treat it directly at the source so the whole nest goes down rather than scattering, and then we take the physical nest off the structure. Leaving an old comb up is an open invitation for the next queen. For red wasp nest removal especially, we suit up and move deliberate, because a rushed job is how folks get stung. When the wasp nest removal service is done, the spot is clean and there's nothing left hanging for the next colony to build on.

When a nest can’t wait till morning

Some nests can't sit. One over the front door, one by the kids' swing set, or someone in the house who reacts bad to stings, that's when you call for emergency wasp removal and we get moving. We hold room in the schedule for those, and most days we can be out same-day. Fast professional wasp removal keeps everyone off the wrong end of a sting and stops a small nest from turning into a wall full of them.

Homes, businesses, and everything between

Nests don't just show up on houses. We clear them off single-family homes near the patio or front porch, apartment complexes with repeat activity around breezeways and stairwells, and businesses where they build near entries, loading areas, and storage buildings. Offices, retail, warehouses, barns, and workshops all get the same careful treatment, scaled to how people use the space. Whatever the property, the goal's the same, get the active nest off it and lower the odds it comes back.

Where we work

Where we handle wasp calls

We cover a wide stretch of Central Texas — Austin and Northwest Austin, San Antonio and Northwest San Antonio, along with Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Pflugerville, Hutto, Kyle, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Westlake, Bastrop, Elgin, Selma, Universal City, and across Travis, Williamson, and Bexar Counties. If your town's near one of those, chances are we've pulled a nest off a house down the road from you.

Austin (512) 589-9658 San Antonio (830) 484-8986

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Why Keith's Bee Removal

What years of nest work taught us

After doing this since 2000, you learn to read a property. You learn which corners a wasp exterminator will be back at every June, and which nests are hiding a bigger one behind them. You also learn that the second-story eave nobody wants to deal with is exactly the one that grows all summer. We're A+ accredited with the Better Business Bureau, and we earned that one honest job at a time. Reliable wasp control isn't about big talk. It's showing up, clearing the nest, and standing behind the work with our six-month guarantee on wasps.

6 Months

Wasp Removal Guarantee

If a new wasp nest appears in the same spot within six months, call us back and we’ll return and clear it.

What to do before we arrive

While you wait on us, keep it simple and keep your distance. Don't swat at the nest or hit it with a hose, since that only riles them up and gets people stung. Skip the hardware-store foggers too, because a half-treated nest often just relocates a few feet over and leaves you worse off than before. Keep kids and pets inside or well back, close nearby windows, and note where you've spotted nests so we can find every one when we pull up. If anyone in the house is allergic, tell us on the phone and we'll treat the call as urgent.

Frequently asked questions

Do you relocate wasps like you do honey bees?

No. Wasps aren't the pollinators honey bees are, and they nest too aggressively to make relocation safe or sensible, so we treat and remove them instead. It's the safest route for your family and your pets.

Will one treatment take care of the whole nest?

In most cases, yes. We treat at the source so the colony goes down together, then remove the nest so nothing lingers to draw the next one. If a property has several nests, we clear them all in the same visit.

How long before they might come back?

That's what the preventative wasp treatment is for. With the corners treated, most yards stay clear through the season, and we back the work for six months.

Are red wasps more dangerous than paper wasps?

Red wasps are bigger, more defensive, and their sting packs more punch, though they're actually a type of paper wasp themselves. Both will sting repeatedly, so neither is a nest you want to test yourself.

Can I just knock it down myself?

We'd rather you didn't. A disturbed nest defends fast, and folks get stung more often than not. Let a professional wasp removal crew handle it suited up and done in one pass.