[TowerTalk] Hornet Nest on the End of the Boom - How do you safely get rid of this?

[terry burge]

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 at 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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