Expert Pest Control Services in Roswell, GA

Bald Faced Hornets As fall approaches and the leaves begin to fall, you might spot a frightening but amazingly beautiful creation of nature, the nest of a bald-faced hornet. The nest is truly a work of art. During the spring, the queen collects wood material, cellulose, from nearby decaying wood. She chews the cellulose, combining the wood material with her saliva, and creates a type of pasty material. This pasty material becomes a sort of paper mache which she uses to construct the nest. Although the typical height of a hornet nest is 10-12 feet off the ground, Georgians have found them chest high in a bush and more than 60 feet off the ground in a tall tree. The football shaped, grayish nest can be larger than three feet tall in size! The nests have been spotted in tall trees, bushes, and on the eaves of buildings. Read more...