Anne, I had good luck with a supermarket
once when we had an infested feather headdress (at our former institution). It
would need to be well protected. The store got some publicity from it. Whether
they’d be enthusiastic about a hornet’s nest I don’t know,
but I suppose you could try.
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Freezing
Question for the Charlotte,
NC area
Hi – We have received a large
hornets’ nest that we want to display in our museum, since Charlotte has considered
the hornet’s nest their very own symbol ever since General Lord
Cornwallis dubbed the area “a hornets’ nest of rebellion.” I
would like to freeze it – it was sprayed by the donor, but that’s
no guarantee there aren’t other bits of critters lurking within the
folds. This thing is big – we have it sealed into a large plastic tote,
so I’m thinking maybe 6 cubic feet. We don’t have a freezer.
Anybody in our area have a large freezer, or know of a facility that would let
us keep a well-sealed nest in their freezer for a few weeks?
Many thanks,
Anne
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