Mexican Honey Wasp Control in Boerne, TX

Short version: if there's a mexican honey wasp nest on your property in Boerne, we can get out there and take care of it — usually same-day, sometimes next morning if the call comes in late. Longer version is on this page. We'll walk through how to tell it's actually mexican honey wasp you're looking at (about a third of our mexican honey wasp calls turn out to be a look-alike), what's making it show up on your property right now, and what we'll do when we get there.

Why mexican honey wasp matters in Boerne #

Why mexican honey wasp shows up the way it does in Boerne specifically — as opposed to, say, Dallas or the coast — comes down to the ground, the trees, and what people have built on top of both.

Mexican honey wasps are everywhere in South Texas, from the Rio Grande Valley to the Brush Country and Coastal Bend. I've seen them pop up more and more throughout Bexar County, and they’re starting to show up in greater numbers in the southern Hill Country, too. According to Penn State Extension, this range expansion is part of their natural spread.

About the mexican honey wasp #

Small wasp with a black body and creamy-yellow banding. It's faintly hairy, which is unusual for wasps, but this hairiness helps them be effective pollinators.

Where mexican honey wasp shows up in Boerne #

Historic downtown / Main Street / Hauptstrasse — "Hauptstrasse" means "main street" in German. The historic limestone buildings here have eave cavities, deep soffits, and attic spaces that paper wasps and red wasps love to colonize every year. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, we've treated places like the Ye Kendall Inn and the 1870 Kendall County Courthouse, along with many other historic structures on this street, using careful methods that won't cause damage.

When to act in Boerne #

Boerne's stinging insect cycle is similar to San Antonio's, but it starts about one week later in spring and wraps up one week earlier in fall, thanks to its higher elevation and cooler nights. According to Penn State Extension, honey bee swarming peaks in May here, while in San Antonio it’s typically in April. Paper wasps start building their nests in early June. Yellowjacket season and cicada killer activity run from July to September. The winter lull lasts from roughly mid-November to mid-February.

How we treat mexican honey wasp in Boerne #

What we actually do on a mexican honey wasp job in Boerne depends on three things: where the nest is, how old the building is, and what the family situation looks like. Ground nest on a lot with young kids and a dog gets treated very differently than an aerial nest in an empty guest house. We'll talk that through on site.

For nests that are truly out of reach, like those high in trees or on unmaintained land away from regular activity, we often take a similar approach as we do with baldfaced hornet nests: leave them alone and mark the spot. However, B. mellifica colonies are different. They stick around year after year and won't die off with the frost. This means these nests can get bigger over multiple seasons instead of just disappearing each year.

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