[TowerTalk] Yellow Jackets on Tower

Pete Smith n4zr@contesting.com
Sat, 20 Oct 2001 20:03:54 -0400


At 04:44 PM 10/20/01 -0700, Jim Berry wrote:
>
>Hi Pat,
>
>There is a spray you can buy.  It shoots in a stream like 10 or 15
>feet.  The idea is to shoot the suckers nests that are under eves,
>etc of your house, and not have to get on a ladder.  I would get a
>can of the stuff.  Soak down the rotor, nest if you can see it.
>Wait a few days,  or whatever it says on the can to do.  I wish I
>could give you the brand name, but it is very common, and you should
>be able to find it any home supply store.  The trick is to get the
>kind that shoots a stream.

I second this.  I shot a paper wasp nest with it and the first body fell
within 10 seconds.  Within 1 minute there were no wasps left alive.  I too
don't have the brand name, but recall I got it at Lowe's.

73, Pete N4ZR






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