Bob Brown

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@thomasceciliamartin275 Ай бұрын

Oh my God you are brave, I thought we had them bad in America. We might have about 100 to 200 and it's worse in my town, switch on deathly allergic so that's not good. They love our house because we have a 90 foot deck long the back upstairs of the house. But you had to of had 5000 or more on you. Bless your heart ❤️

@bissigerChristian Ай бұрын

Really pretty! Seriously, I have a question for you too, which I have never understood: If New Zealand has involuntarily imported the "German wasp" - WHY did you not also import the German "wasp buzzard" ("Pernis apivorus")? In English it is called the "European honey buzzard", but that is probably a wrong name, because it mainly digs up the nests of your little wasp friends and this sinister guy eats all the larvae. Sometimes even the queen! Every day, every week! The poor wasp. 😉 Did the feminists in New Zealand politics vote against the naturalization of the wasp buzzard because wasp states are a peaceful matriarchy...or why do you ban the wasp buzzard from entering the country?

@CallemJayNZ Ай бұрын

Youre amazing Bob, could you give me some pointers on getting these reestablished in North Island lakes? I want to start with Kākahi/Freshwater mussels and then move onto the freshwater crayfish. I've actually been considering whether farming freshwater crays would be a good idea

@manpreetdhami6650 10 ай бұрын

clearly doesn't agree with your fashion sense

@manpreetdhami6650 10 ай бұрын

it's like a whale breaching ......

@bob3brown 10 ай бұрын

I was just very lucky! Nowadays I always keep my TG-6 next to me when doing nest/colony maintenance. I started cleaning the mould (you can just make some out in the cells closest to the camera) when I noticed that there was Volucella larva that was still moving into its final cell. I just grabbed the camera and started recording never daring to hope it would play out as well as it did!

@rupertsoskin3546 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic capture Bob! How long were you waiting?

@marvinthemaniac7698 11 ай бұрын

What do you do with the wasps after the nest is gone?

@billinct860 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to know about your research projects!

@hoverboverer 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I once had an enquiry from a woman who had these dripping by the dozen through a gap in her loft hatch! She was much relieved to be told that they were harmless hoverflies. Is Volucella inanis established in NZ - or are evaluating them as a possible biocontrol agent? Also: are they feeding on the wasp larvae themselves and/or do the adult wasps feed them directly? Are you investigating the chemical mimicry angle?

@bob3brown 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. We are in the process of introducing them in NZ as biocontrol of invasive Vespula. The fly larvae feed directly on the wasp grubs/pupae, while the adults flies only feed on pollen and nectar. Definitely keen to investigate the chemical ecology of these when we have enough!

@hoverboverer 2 жыл бұрын

@@bob3brown Thanks for the reply. Did you also evaluate V. zonaria? If so how do they differ in their feeding habits? Re: Chemical ecology. Are familiar with the work of Karston Schonrogge? If not , you might want to contact him for pointers/possible collaboration.

@tbear4pa 2 жыл бұрын

Overwintered nests have the capability of reaching into the hundreds of thousands of wasps including perhaps upwards to tens of thousands of new queens ready to either expand the big nest or start their own new ones right away instead of hibernating where hundreds or even thousands of new nests are to follow from the larger nuclear nest. The workers for the most part don't die out over the winter months in the overwintered nest and remain active even in the springtime making it year round. They continue to build combs and even reuse them to both produce more workers as well as queens instead of doing it just one stage at a time like a single season nest in colder climates.

@rdzawek5694 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Good video. How can I make contact with you?

@bob3brown 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, sorry for the late reply. You can email me at [email protected]

@ccdimage 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much diversity there is in different populations of Fresh Water Mussels. I imagine a population in a lake or river would not have much contact with other populations. Maybe birds will move a few around? Isn't there a risk that if you release them back into the wild in a different area than you gather them you might alter the genetics of unique populations?

@dzevs5312 3 жыл бұрын

а почему сразу не травите? они разлетаются и снова норы делают

@thevillager8102 3 жыл бұрын

Can we see the nest?

@Maklolm 3 жыл бұрын

I'll let you in on a little secret, buddy: Wasps don't make honey, so you're wasting your time. Try to find some bees instead (the more orangy/bronish guys). You can thank me later.

@mcbarnhart 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet!

@Thatguy-cb4qs 3 жыл бұрын

I hate those things. Don’t seem to be many in NSW but they plagued our summers in NZ.

@chrisanderson2204 3 жыл бұрын

Future killers

@phongdothanh6295 3 жыл бұрын

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@kira-sus 3 жыл бұрын

Eu ia tacar fogo nessa m****

@bregiz 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Bob. Interested in what you needed to do to get the mussels to breed and any info you might have on the conditions they require to thrive.

@redluck01 4 жыл бұрын

If " invasive to NZ", chemicals are a good thing.

@kylepittman2752 4 жыл бұрын

How many times did you get stung that day?

@richardanthonygilbey 4 жыл бұрын

To not bugbomb that nest is simply unforgivable

@slapshot1343 4 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSS!!!!! MORE OF THESE VIDEOS PLEASE!!

@nulpointr 4 жыл бұрын

You’re doing the lords work 🙏🏿

@mealex303 4 жыл бұрын

Have you tried expanding foam on a ground wasp nest?

@notlisztening9821 5 жыл бұрын

I think if this was im my backyard, i'd put on my motorcycle gear and remove the motherfuckers for good. No way they can sting anywhere through that.

@jhat12345 5 жыл бұрын

Reddit /wtf brought me to your channel. This larva, please tell me they eat the wasps? I would be ever so happy if they do.

@bob3brown 5 жыл бұрын

YES! They do eat wasps. They first feed from the larvae by piercing their "skin" and later on will devour am entire wasp pupa (the cells covered with white silk).

@jhat12345 5 жыл бұрын

@@bob3brown Thank you so much for telling me about this. I just met them and now I love Volucella inanis.

@emmaloumaketheworldbetter2482 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my god this guys got some serious cojones !! My skin is crawling I was about to attempt a small hive in my garden 😩 definitely not 😭

@steviedee132 5 жыл бұрын

Set nest in a box and leave. Come back in a day or 2 and the queen pluss all the workers will be captured

@VA3KAMA3 5 жыл бұрын

Wheres part three??

@Eisdax 5 жыл бұрын

Would it harm them too much if you would vacuum them up (without that soapy water they use to remove a nest from a house or something like that and terminate them) so you can take them with you without having to deal with all this?

@patriciawright8786 5 жыл бұрын

Bob Brown--I swear on GOD'S name.(don't know anything else to "Swear-On") The first 30 seconds of your 1st. video. Before, I had read ANYTHING about you, I said to myself:"Now here's a guy who came prepared, & knows what he is doing!" I was really rather impressed by your video. Especially, compared to ALL the others. That's why I went looking for who was in a great suit. I am going to find out what your up to.

@Donnyf3841 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@mcbarnhart 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@mcbarnhart 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Bob, watch the one in the lower right carefully. You can see the pseudofeces piling up at the anterior end of the incurrent aperture (the lower end as oriented in the picture…). Then you can see the excurrent aperture closes just before it ‘coughs’ to blow them away.

@mcbarnhart 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!