wasp nest in aileron

[tony roberts]

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

[Ben Jackson]

In article >,
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/

[Pepperoni]

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

[Robert A. Barker]

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

[Robert A. Barker]

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

[Salem Farm & Garden]

Tony:

I would be afraid to spray wasp killer on aluminum on a regular basis. Is
the plane close enough to power to suck them out with a shop vac? You could
also hang a couple of pheromone wasp traps around the plane. Good strong
pheromones would seem like a much better time to the wasps than building
nests.


"Robert A. Barker" > wrote in message
news:CeRmc.278$z06.132845@attbi_s01...
> 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
>
>

[Roger Halstead]

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
>

[G.R. Patterson III]

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.

[tony roberts]

Thanks for all of the advice on this - much appreciated

Tony
--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Almost Instrument :)
Cessna 172H C-GICE

[Roger Halstead]

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.

[Ben Jackson]

In article >,
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/

[G.R. Patterson III]

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.

[Roger Halstead]

On Tue, 11 May 2004 02:59:21 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
> wrote:

>
>
>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.

There are several brands (and kinds) of Wasp and Hornet Killer sold
widely. Make sure you get the one(s) that shoot a stream about 25
feet. They also have some that is a foam you can use on nests (after
dark). Doesn't work worth a darn when they are chasing you.

The brand I purchased was "Spectracide" and I'm pretty sure "Black
Flag" makes something similar. Net wt is 15 oz. There's no sticker on
the can, but I believe it was $4. something.

Stuff works, but it can be like shooting skeet. I had a bunch of them
take exception to my desire to eliminate them. They were coming out
of a hole in the roof about head high (I was on a step ladder) and
headed straight for me. None made it, but I'd guess there were over
400 laying on the roof between me and the hole.

It's called a strong incentive to shoot straight.
Good Luck,

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.