Recently I had to get rid of a yellow jacket nest. I waited till about 2AM and
sprayed it thoroughly with Raid. Bought a double can pack from Bi-Mart for a
good price. Comes out like spray foam and can shoot quite a distance. Actually
dissolved the nest while spraying it. Never saw one yellow jacket flying around
me but I was a good 10-15 feet away. The following day they were all gone (or
dead). Figure it would do the same for hornets although I would not want to try
up on a tower to find out.
Terry
KI7M
> On July 26, 2019 at 8:23 AM Zoli Pitman HA1AG via TowerTalk
> <towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Bob,
>
> The best way to deal with them is to leave them alone. I suspect you are not
> lingering around your 105CA's boom end often.
>
> Most common wasps are predatory creatures but their diet excludes humans
> unless they find a sufficiently decomposed body. They hunt flies, Mosquitos
> and lice laerve to feed their own laervae. Those things are more annoying
> than wasps in your boom and wasps decimate them efficiently. They feed
> themselves on nectar. If you really wanna be a nice guy with them, place a
> small tray with sugar water far away your porch or terrace and they will
> never come to fight your evening beer.
>
> Their vision is very bad but they sense motion of air and smells. So keep
> your motions slow and under control and take care of your hygiene when you
> need to work close to them.
>
> They will all die naturally when winter comes and the overwintering queen
> will leave the nest. When that happens spray a bit of wd40 into your boom
> ends and they will never return there next year.
>
>
> 73,
>
> zoli ha1ag
>
> ps: This advice is given with solely good intentions. I know that your QTH is
> exposed to Nature's extremes so I will not accept any liability if you get
> killed by any mutant killer wasps endemic to Newtown, CT.
>
>
>
>
> 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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