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Subject: [TowerTalk] HORNETs and T2X
From: chutchinso@arrl.org (Hutchinson, Chuck, K8CH)
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:55:00 -0400
Paul,

Make sure that you do not breathe any of that wasp/hornet spray.  It's very 
potent and can make you sick -- very sick!

Can you spray the nest with a garden hose?  That could knock it to the 
ground where you can more easily deal with it.

73,  Chuck  K8CH
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>From: K7LXC
>
>In a message dated 97-06-15 16:45:07 EDT, pash@gdi.net (Paul Ash) writes:
>
>> I was getting ready to climb my tower today when I noticed 1/2 doz
>>  large Hornets buzzing  around one of the lower sections.
>>  Anyone out there in antenna land have any good solutions?????
>
>      Wait until dark when all of the little buggers are back in the hive 
and
>then take a can or two of some wasp/hornet spray up the tower and soak the
>hive. These cans will shoot 8-10 feet or more so you can be a little ways
>away from the nest whilst nuking it.
>
>73,  Steve  K7LXC
>

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