[TowerTalk] Wasps and tower climbing

[Cameron]

I get this every fall as well. Wear long sleeves, long pants, and gloves. I
got some twall (sp?) which is just some fine mesh material from my wife's
sewing stuff and fashioned a "bee keepers" hat out of it by just putting it
over my head, stuffing the ends down into my collar, and putting a baseball
cap on top. While I got hit by a lot of flying wasps, they pretty much
ignored me as long as I didn't mess with them, no stings. They seemed to be
looking for a place to hide for the winter or something. I've seen it on
several of my towers in different locations. When they swarm like this, a
can of spray does little but piss them off. On my towers, there were
thousands.....not just a nest full. It's strange because I didn't know wasps
swarmed like this, but I've seen it every year for about three years now.

Cameron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Patterson" <mattpatt at 1starnet.com>
To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wasps and tower climbing


> Foaming wasp spray.  It foams up like shaving cream over the wasps and the
> nest so that none of them can fly off.
>
> 73 Matt
> W5LL
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wes Cosand" <wes.cosand at gmail.com>
> To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:11 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Wasps and tower climbing
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>> Today I almost climbed into a swarm of wasps at the top of my tower.  I
>> will
>> wait until it is cool and go up and see if I can clean them out.  But do
>> any
>> of you have techniques to deal with this issue?  In my mind it may be the
>> most significant safety risk associated with my hobby.
>>
>> Wes, WZ7I
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