Wasp Control for NZ Fruit Growers & Orchardists
Across New Zealand, fruit growers and orchardists of every kind — from lifestyle blocks to commercial orchards — face the same late-season threat: German and common wasps building to peak numbers just as crops ripen and harvest begins.
Whatever you grow, wasps put pressure on two things that matter to your bottom line: the bees that pollinate your crop, and the people who pick it. Bee-safe, reusable wasp control protects both.
The wasp problem
Why wasps are a problem across NZ orchards
Wasps are a nationwide pest in NZ. They prey on honey bees and weaken the pollination your crop relies on, feed on and damage ripening fruit, and sting workers during the busy harvest window — causing pain, downtime and serious allergic-reaction risk.
Because wasp populations build through summer and peak in late summer and autumn, they hit right when most fruit crops are ripening and being picked. Without control, wasp pressure can mean lost grade, lost time and lost people.
- Prey on pollinating bees
- Damage ripening, high-sugar fruit
- Sting pickers at harvest
- Nest in ground, banks and shelter belts
The solution
How GotchaPest helps fruit growers
GotchaPest's reusable, bee-safe wasp trap gives every orchard a simple, chemical-free layer of wasp control. Deploy traps along orchard edges, near hives and around work areas to pull wasps away from your crop and your crew.
Traps are NZ-made, durable and reusable — one set protects your orchard season after season, with no spray drift and no yearly plastic waste.
Reusable, Bee-Safe Wasp Trap
Fast, safe, and seriously effective — NZ-made wasp trap that protects pollinators.
Why growers choose GotchaPest
Built for NZ orchards
Bee-safe by design
Protects the pollinators your crop needs.
Reusable season after season
Durable, low-cost protection per hectare.
Less fruit damage
Intercepts wasps before they feed on ripe fruit.
Safer for pickers
Fewer wasps in the rows at harvest.
Protecting orchard workers
Whatever fruit you grow, harvest puts workers among the trees or vines where wasps forage. Traps deployed along orchard edges and near work zones in the weeks before harvest draw wasps away from people, cutting sting incidents and keeping your busiest period safe.
Protecting the bees that pollinate your crop
Nearly every NZ fruit crop depends on bee pollination. GotchaPest wasp traps are tested bee-safe, so you can suppress wasp pressure right through flowering and harvest without putting the pollinators that set your crop at risk.
Questions, answered
Practical guidance for fruit growers.
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Protect your fruit crop this season
Reusable, bee-safe, NZ-made wasp traps that protect pollination, reduce fruit damage and keep your workers safe.