Wasps can be a real nuisance in summer, but a simple but effective chemical-free hack involving one unlikely item may help deter them from your garden and home for good15:54, 11 Jul 2026While the warmer summer months encourage more people to spend time in their gardens or local parks, it can also bring unwanted guests, such as wasps. This can become even more of an issue if the insects decide to establish a nest on your property.‌It's widely recognised that wasps become increasingly troublesome during this time of year, as they grow more active and frequently find their way onto our properties when temperatures rise. When searching for shelter, wasps can become hostile towards people, and a nest can be incredibly challenging to remove once it's properly established, making prevention far preferable to tackling an existing colony.‌Fortunately, there's a straightforward trick you can employ to deter them and discourage them from lingering in your garden or attempting to enter your home.‌Sharing their advice, the Ideal Home Show - which offers home and garden inspiration while hosting the UK's Biggest Home Event - has revealed how adding just one simple decoration to your outdoor space could help keep wasps away."Love to host but hate the wasps? Hang a disco ball in your garden," the woman in the video advised viewers as she demonstrated hanging up a disco ball.Content cannot be displayed without consent‌"We thought this was a joke until we tried it... Remember: Keep the disco ball moving to deter those bugs and avoid direct sunlight," they explained in the post's caption.Will disco balls keep wasps away?Hanging a disco ball in your garden is a viral, chemical-free hack used to deter pests.The idea behind it is that the mirrored surface scatters sunlight, with the erratic, flashing light reflections confusing and disorienting flying insects such as wasps, bees, and flies.‌The woman in the video explained: "The sunlight will create moving patterns and flashes that wasps and other bugs will avoid."This operates in much the same way as it does when some gardeners hang CDs around their plots, which helps shield their flowers and crops from being damaged by insects or birds, without the need for any chemical repellents.However, it's worth bearing in mind that you should avoid hanging the disco ball, or CDs, in direct sunlight, as the reflection and curved surface can act like a magnifying glass, focusing the sun's rays into a concentrated beam of heat powerful enough to set alight dry leaves, mulch, or patio furniture.Article continues belowThe straightforward hack quickly drew praise from viewers, with one person commenting: "Oooo we need to try this and definitely have a few space disco balls."Another said: "I live abroad in Cyprus and this works a dream, I have loads of little disco ball garlands around and keeps them away.""Is this why the previous tenant put CDs everywhere in my garden," a third person mused.