A hornet nest is rarely visible. What shows is the traffic at a crack in the render, and whether it returns depends on the opening being closed.
Vespa orientalis, the Oriental hornet, is confirmed in Lebanon across four governorates. The nests sit in wall cavities behind cracked render, in shutter boxes and in parapets.
Work is done at dusk or early morning with the foragers inside: treatment at the entrance, the comb out where access allows, then the cavity sealed. A honeybee swarm goes to a beekeeper instead.
The Ministry of Public Health has banned aluminium and zinc phosphide in residential areas, so no agricultural product is used in a flat. Call +961 3 265900.
Tell us the area, which floor, and whether they are large and reddish brown, or a hanging swarm.
Comments from households and businesses we have worked with in Lebanon.
We take out the comb and brood, not just the outside
Shutter boxes, weep holes and parapet joints sealed after removal
Very little. It goes into the nest entrance, not across the room.
You stay in the property, clear of the area being worked on.
Leave the nest alone. A disturbed colony moves deeper in.
Usually. A cluster with no comb to defend can be rehived.
Say so when you call, because it changes when the work is done.
GRMC Pest Control works out of Beirut, treating flats, whole buildings, restaurants, hotels and offices from Beirut to Batroun. Every job starts with an inspection, and the treatment is chosen for the pest and the building in front of us.
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