I had an extra hole in the boom for a bolt that was no longer needed and
found that the wasps/yellow jackets used the hole to make a home in the
boom. I stuck the nozzle of the spray in the hole and let loose. Some
half-dead wasps staggered out.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower tip: wasps
> In a message dated 2/11/03 11:51:28 PM Greenwich Standard Time,
> kg5u@hal-pc.org writes:
>
> << Seems to me that if one MUST spray the wasps (I've got them swarming
around
> the tower, but have yet to have a problem with them or even find a nest
up
> top), >>
>
> I too have wasps buzzing around the tower spring through fall at all
times.
> I have found only one small nest in twenty years and have never found any
> wasps' nests on any towers or antennas. Although I have grabbed a couple
of
> sections of tower on the ground and found there were wasps in side of
> them....the hard way! I have never even come close to being stung by one
in
> the air. For some reason they like the towers, but are not aggressive
(at
> least the Fla ones).
>
> Bill K4XS
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