Bald faced Hornets are nasty. We had some a few years ago and I got stung in
my arm. It felt like getting hit with a baseball bat.I ended up using a
professional exterminator after emptying several cans of over the counter spray
into where they were nesting near the house foundation. He used a bellows to
pump in a white powder and I never saw them again.73,Gary K9GS
-------- Original message --------From: Jim Chaggaris <jimc@pwrone.com> Date:
7/25/19 10:24 PM (GMT-06:00) To: towertalk@contesting.com Subject: Re:
[TowerTalk] Hornet Nest on the End of the Boom - How do you
safely get rid of this? Well, If it's a round or oval paper nest those are
Baldfaced Hornets. They are truly the most aggressive. Any other hornet,
wasp etc pales in comparison. I had such a nest on one of my beams and
called an exterminator. No can of spray will help and could lead to a
dangerous situation. 73,Jim N9WWJames ChaggarisPresident PowerOne Corp.2325
Dean St. Suite 200St. Charles, IL 60175Phone: (630)443-6500Cell:
(630)669-2241Sent from my iPad Air2> On Jul 25, 2019, at 9:44 PM, john@kk9a.com
wrote:> > It's too bad that you use end caps on your boom, they would then be
inside and out of sight.> > I have a lot of wasps here in North Carolina, I saw
dozens this evening when I came home from work. Their nests are frequently on
my house or inside my antenna junction boxes. The wasps here are not aggressive
unless provoked.> > There are plenty of sprays that will work very quickly and
can easily shoot the 12' from the tower however I would first check to make
sure that they don't damage coax.> > John KK9A> > > Bob Shohet, KQ2M wrote:> >
This is a first at my station.... a large Hornet Nest on the end of the Boom
of my lowest Hygain 105CA (5L 10 meter Yagi) on my 100’ Rohn 45 tower.> > The
nest is located on the underside of the end of the boom (24’ long) and 1st
director, which puts the nest about 12‘ from the center of the tower and 23’
above ground.> > Does anyone have any experience successfully dealing with this
situation? I would appreciate learning how you killed the hornets and got rid
of the nest without getting hurt or doing anything dangerous.> > Tnx & 73> >
Bob KQ2M> > _______________________________________________> > > >
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