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wasp nest in aileron
At this time of year the wasps start a nest in my ailerons a couple of
times each week. I'm allergic to wasps so each time that I go out to the airport I look for the newly started nests and spray them with Raid flying insect killer. Obviously to do this involves spraying the insect killer inside the aileron and it just ocurred to me that I don't know whether or not this stuff is corrosive. Anyone know? Anyone got any other suggestions for getting rid of them? Flying with them in the wing is not an option. If the find their way into the cockpit I'm in trouble. Thanks -- Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Almost Instrument Cessna 172H C-GICE |
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tony roberts wrote: At this time of year the wasps start a nest in my ailerons a couple of times each week. Can you plug the holes with foam? I'd think the accumulation of mud would be just as bad as the wasp killing spray. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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They have a Wasp Killer that will shoot a stream 15-20 feet. It not only
kills them instantly, it soaks the nest and remains lethal. I shot some between some glass windows and it killed them so fast that they didn't even fall off the nest--- just stayed there like a taxidermy display. (It comes with a straw for shooting the stream) I don't have the can here, but I believe it has a petroleum base. Much more effective than the regular bug spray, produces a sticky foam. Black can 14oz, about $5 "tony roberts" wrote in message ... At this time of year the wasps start a nest in my ailerons a couple of times each week. I'm allergic to wasps so each time that I go out to the airport I look for the newly started nests and spray them with Raid flying insect killer. Obviously to do this involves spraying the insect killer inside the aileron and it just ocurred to me that I don't know whether or not this stuff is corrosive. Anyone know? Anyone got any other suggestions for getting rid of them? Flying with them in the wing is not an option. If the find their way into the cockpit I'm in trouble. Thanks -- Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Almost Instrument Cessna 172H C-GICE |
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Tony:
I am also allergic to wasps and hornets, in fact I was pronounced d.o.a.at a local hospital many years ago from the sting of 2 yellow jackets.Needless to say they were able to revive me and I carry an emergency kit with me at all times except for winter. I will be checking the effect of sprays on aluminum and will let you know what I find out. I have the wing vents in my Cessna 150 plugged with those plastic curly scrubbers. Lets the air in but not the bugs. Bob Barker N8749S "tony roberts" wrote in message ... At this time of year the wasps start a nest in my ailerons a couple of times each week. I'm allergic to wasps so each time that I go out to the airport I look for the newly started nests and spray them with Raid flying insect killer. Obviously to do this involves spraying the insect killer inside the aileron and it just ocurred to me that I don't know whether or not this stuff is corrosive. Anyone know? Anyone got any other suggestions for getting rid of them? Flying with them in the wing is not an option. If the find their way into the cockpit I'm in trouble. Thanks -- Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Almost Instrument Cessna 172H C-GICE |
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On Fri, 07 May 2004 19:21:56 GMT, "Robert A. Barker"
wrote: Tony: I am also allergic to wasps and hornets, in fact I was pronounced d.o.a.at a local hospital many years ago from the sting of 2 yellow jackets.Needless to say they were able to revive me and I carry an emergency kit with me at all times except for winter. I will be checking the effect of sprays on aluminum and will let you know what I find out. I have the wing vents in my Cessna 150 plugged with those plastic curly scrubbers. Lets the air in but not the bugs. "I think" which means I don't know for sure, but the wasp and hornet killer is probably more like a shot of WD40 than something damaging. I make no guarantees, but I haven't found anything corrosive listed on the can I have here. I removed over 40 Yellow Jacket nests from my yard last year and even more the year before. There are two nests in the ridge vent on the hanger, but I'm getting ready to plug off that with the mesh filler. Kinda looks like a brillo pad, but it's not abrasive. Then on the inside I'm going to use the perforated plastic. I used to be allergic to the things, but not from the anaphylactic shock. I just swelled up a lot around the stings. *a whole lot* 5 years of allergy shots have basically eliminated the reaction. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com Bob Barker N8749S "tony roberts" wrote in message ... At this time of year the wasps start a nest in my ailerons a couple of times each week. I'm allergic to wasps so each time that I go out to the airport I look for the newly started nests and spray them with Raid flying insect killer. Obviously to do this involves spraying the insect killer inside the aileron and it just ocurred to me that I don't know whether or not this stuff is corrosive. Anyone know? Anyone got any other suggestions for getting rid of them? Flying with them in the wing is not an option. If the find their way into the cockpit I'm in trouble. Thanks -- Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Almost Instrument Cessna 172H C-GICE |
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Roger Halstead wrote: I removed over 40 Yellow Jacket nests from my yard last year and even more the year before. These are true yellow jackets (that nest in the ground)? Or are they paper wasps? If the former, what are you using? George Patterson If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said. |
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On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:14:23 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote: Roger Halstead wrote: I removed over 40 Yellow Jacket nests from my yard last year and even more the year before. These are true yellow jackets (that nest in the ground)? Or are they paper wasps? If the former, what are you using? When you get this many they nest anywhere they can find. They like the crawfish holes along the ditch, but they will build above ground as well. The things are terrible around here. A few years back my step daughter ran over one of the in ground nests with the rotary lawn mower. The thing set there running for about 20 minutes (and two cans of spray) before I could move it. You'd have thought they were trying to protect the lawn mower. We did have a couple nests of the little ones get under the garage floor and apron. For some strange reason they'd never bother me, but they chased one guy down the driveway and went right around me. We also have wasps, but they look different and aren't quite as bad tempered. Two of these guys got me between the shoulder blades and I thought I'd been hit by a hammer. About 30 seconds later I was well aware it hadn't been a hammer. And we also have hornets. Their sting isn't quite so bad and wears off sooner. Burns like grabbing the end of a cigarette. I haven't smoked in 25 years, but I still remember. I used a whole case of "Wasp and Hornet Killer" two years ago. The stuff that is advertised to shoot 25 feet. (You do need the distance). The last two years the Local Lowe's outlet has been bringing the stuff in by the semi load. It sells fast too:-)) Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com George Patterson If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said. |
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Roger Halstead wrote: When you get this many they nest anywhere they can find. They like the crawfish holes along the ditch, but they will build above ground as well. The things are terrible around here. I know a guy who had so much trouble with them that he set up a long row of traps along the edge of his property. I guess they're pheremone based with some kind of opening that yellowjackets can't get out of. His problem then was that the traps filled up so fast and then you have to dispose of thousands of yellowjackets... -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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Roger Halstead wrote: I used a whole case of "Wasp and Hornet Killer" two years ago. The stuff that is advertised to shoot 25 feet. (You do need the distance). The last two years the Local Lowe's outlet has been bringing the stuff in by the semi load. It sells fast too:-)) Lowes. Wasp&Hornet Killer. Got it - thanks a bunch. George Patterson If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said. |
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Tony:
I am also allergic to wasps and hornets, in fact I was pronounced d.o.a.at a local hospital many years ago from the sting of 2 yellow jackets.Needless to say they were able to revive me and I carry an emergency kit with me at all times except for winter. I will be checking the effect of sprays on aluminum and will let you know what I find out. I have the wing vents in my Cessna 150 plugged with those plastic curly scrubbers. Lets the air in but not the bugs. Bob Barker N8749S "tony roberts" wrote in message ... At this time of year the wasps start a nest in my ailerons a couple of times each week. I'm allergic to wasps so each time that I go out to the airport I look for the newly started nests and spray them with Raid flying insect killer. Obviously to do this involves spraying the insect killer inside the aileron and it just ocurred to me that I don't know whether or not this stuff is corrosive. Anyone know? Anyone got any other suggestions for getting rid of them? Flying with them in the wing is not an option. If the find their way into the cockpit I'm in trouble. Thanks -- Tony Roberts PP-ASEL VFR OTT Night Almost Instrument Cessna 172H C-GICE |
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