Pest control for homes and businesses across metro Atlanta
Max Pest Solutions removes wasp, hornet and yellowjacket nests across metro Atlanta. Honey bees are relocated where possible rather than destroyed - they are pollinators, and an abandoned hive in a wall leaves wax and honey that attracts other pests.
Customized Pest Control Solutions
A wooded acre and a slab-foundation subdivision home need different work. In metro Atlanta we quote after walking the property rather than from a price list, so what gets applied follows what the inspection actually finds.
Call Us NowPest Control for Homes and Businesses
The same technicians handle a kitchen ant trail and a restaurant health inspection. Commercial work in metro Atlanta is scheduled around your trading hours and documented for auditors; residential work is scheduled around your family.
Call Us NowLong-Term Prevention and Follow-Up
Most treatments are one visit plus a check. If anything is still active when we come back to your metro Atlanta property, we treat it again - that return visit is part of the job, not a second call-out.
Call Us NowYellowjackets nest in the ground or in wall voids and become most aggressive in late summer, when the colony peaks and its food supply drops. Paper wasps build the familiar open umbrella nests under eaves and are far less aggressive unless the nest is disturbed. Bald-faced hornets build large enclosed grey nests in trees and shrubs and defend them vigorously.
Honey bees are a separate matter. They are protected pollinators and a colony inside a wall cavity should be removed and relocated rather than killed – an exterminated hive leaves comb and honey behind, which ferments, stains and draws ants, beetles and rodents.
Wasp and hornet nest removal in metro Atlanta typically runs $150 to $400, depending on how accessible the nest is. A paper wasp nest under an eave is straightforward; a yellowjacket colony inside a second-storey wall void is not.
Honey bee relocation is quoted separately, since it involves opening the structure and removing comb rather than treating.
What our customers say
FAQ
Wasps and hornets are treated and removed. Honey bees are pollinators and, wherever it is practical, a colony is better relocated than destroyed. Identifying which you have decides the whole approach, so it is worth a look before anything is sprayed.
We would advise against it. Disturbing an active nest provokes a defensive response, and unlike bees, wasps can sting repeatedly. Nests near a doorway, in a roof void or above head height are particularly poor candidates for a ladder and an aerosol.
Late summer into autumn, once the colony is at full size and the workers switch from feeding larvae to seeking sugar. That is when nests that were unnoticed all season suddenly become a problem.
Usually yes. An untreated nest left in place can attract other insects and, in a roof void, cause staining and odour. We remove the nest where it is accessible rather than just treating the insects.
Keep people and pets away from the flight path, close windows on that side of the building, and do not spray or block the entrance. Blocking the entrance often drives the colony further into the structure.
Wasps do not reuse an old nest, but a location that suited one colony often suits the next, so the same soffit or shed can be colonised year after year. Treating the site and closing the access point is what breaks that pattern.
