German Yellow Jackets Nest INFESTATION in garage soffit | 7,000 Yellow Jackets! \ Wasp Nest Removals

This was the largest German Yellow Jacket (Vespula germanica-anthic) nest I removed this season (2022)! I vacuumed over 5,200 yellow jackets! I pull out a 7lbs nest and feed it to my Emus, Rhea, Chickens, and squirrel!
What should I do with all these frozen yellow jackets!? Leave a comment and let me know!
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[@FryV2]

Mad respect for actually counting them all.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you! Appreciation makes it more worth while!

[@marygambrell6051]

I'm guessing you can't get stung when they are dead?

[@gavynhohman5720]

Agreed. Respect for the counting lol. Could help But wonder if you could weigh 100 of em using a gram scale, remove the paper, weigh the bag of jackets to give you a rough estimate. Or weigh a cup of material, count the yellow jackets in the cup and multiply by number of cups. Curious to see how close you’d get😉

[@beezum]

I agree with this comment. So, if anything, he was probably UNDERestimating the amount.

[@rockysmith6105]

Absolutely, as a mathematics guy- I'd never lol. But mad respect

[@AgeraXXX]

I learned more from you in the first 5min about Yellow Jackets than I learned in 18 years of education. Thank you Hornet King!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@AgeraXXX]

@@HornetKingOfficial sure thing 🐝👑

[@playerone1450]

one thing tho bees can create new queens for themselves using royal gel, so their queen usually means nothing

[@AgeraXXX]

@@playerone1450 thanks!

[@mikeworkman3593]

@@playerone1450 Who asked about bee queens? Where is this coming from?

[@KayLoo202]

As much as I love the actual removal, the educational aspects are truly what keeps me coming back. You could have done just removal videos, but we get to see the birdies and squirrelly squirrels too!!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you, Kay! I'm glad you enjoy all my yammering! 😆

[@lunacy3]

I love the way he says “squirrel”😭 so adorable. Also I could watch his animals eat the eggs for hours and hours on end lol they’re so satisfying to watch

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Awe haha! Thank you! 🥰

[@marygambrell6051]

They are enjoying the heck out of the nest remnants good old protein. Lol

[@jackiechapman8189]

Mister Squirrely Squirrel..🤓😍👍💕🔥🤙

[@katethielen3883]

This has joined my vernacular as a well 🤣

[@Whammytap]

I read a story about an entomologist who couldn't resist an opportunity to collect a nest of particularly aggressive African hornets. He donned his souped-up bee suit, grabbed a bag, climbed the tree, and bagged the nest. The hornets eventually figured out that their stings had no effect on his suit, and started aggregating on the mesh face shield, squirting venom into his eyes en masse. The entomologist was temporarily blinded and had to climb back down the tree, clutching a bagged hornets' nest for dear life. Questions for you, Hornet King: 1) Does this story sound plausible to you? 2) If so, do you think that those hornets were intelligent enough to have planned that maneuver? 3) What is the most intelligent thing you've seen a vespid (or colony of vespids) do?

[@desolatefox]

Wow, you've made me ALMOST feel bad for them, when you pointed out they weren't attacking you, just randomly swarming out of confusion. Almost.

[@SpookyBur]

I feel the same. I’m like that’s awful sweet of them but I also don’t want them on my street let alone my house near my kids.

[@uhtred7860]

I hate them, they are an introduced invasive species here in NZ, they destroy honey bee hives and even kill native baby birds. No pity or mercy from me.

[@rwodka21]

This has to be one of the best ones yet and with you counting them it really shows how many can be in a nest. I would collect some more and make an acrylic table with those in the acrylic or something else that could be put in your studio

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks, Rich! This is great suggestion!

[@GingerSnape46]

Wow! Look at all those animals you care for and about! You are truly a good man. (Also, I love the sound the chickens make. So cute!)

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you very much!

[@akilla4reala669]

The way you talk to your squirrel, is EXACTLY how I talk to my min pin. My wife thinks I’m a fruit cake. 🤣😂🤣👌

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Hahaha its the only way to talk to our fur babies! Youre in good company!

[@akilla4reala669]

@@HornetKingOfficial I agree 100% Stay safe. ✌️

[@emzu690]

Wow! That colony had more wasps than people in my village, good job and greetings from Kressbronn Germany. I loved this video, I always enjoy watching you vacuuming the wasps and feeding your animals, counting them was a good idea. A comparison of the different species would be nice!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you very much! Im glad you enjoyed it! Great idea! Ill be doing a comparison video!

[@wishbone1231]

That nest was huge and 17:04 I love how you had there hopes up in the first bag but pulled out a second bag lol

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Haha! And yet they were very patient! lol

[@theslavicimmigrant4795]

I wish I had someone like you in my area. I live in a similar house, and wasps kept coming up into the attic via a soffit above a window; got a wasp removal 3 times(each time a different person), but they were all incredibly lazy and would not remove the nest, vacuum it up, or even check if it's wasps(they were 100% sure it was bumblebees, but they were not.) Cost me £400ish total, problem still wasn't fixed. All they did was get a telescopic pole and sprayed some powder and foam up there. Helped for 3-7 days, and then it was back to business as usual. Nest finally got removed and soffit sealed when I was getting new windows, but I spent 3 years being afraid of getting stung in my own home.

[@jstbtwnume9110]

These videos have really helped me understand the nests that develop in the spring on our property. Thank you .

[@joysmetaphysicalnaturechannel]

Wow, that is amazing how many were in there. Thank you so much for taking the time to count them. I like the way you told the chicken to go lay her little egg. :) cute.

[@kat050107]

This video was a vacuum junkies DREAM! Thanks for the great content! I found your channel a couple of months ago, and I've been obsessed ever since.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

YES! I left extra vacuuming in just for my vacuum junkies! Thanks for being here!

[@marygambrell6051]

I agree 💯 % . I would like to see what a larger vacuum end would look like. So many more would be collected.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

@@marygambrell6051 Having a larger vacuum nozzle would lessen the suction. It would also have taken longer to vacuum the same amount that I caught here.

[@midiandirenni8315]

@@HornetKingOfficial Larger diameter plus mo powa babeh!

[@kristgeo]

Great video! I'm amazed at just how many can be in a colony. As usual the highlight for me is the footage of your animals. I just love them!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@darkhunter2003]

Awesome job

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@darkhunter2003]

@@HornetKingOfficial your very welcome keep up the good work hornet King

[@cristinadavis3578]

I don’t know how you had the patience to count all those yellow jackets. It’s amazing how they all fit in that gallon plastic bag!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

People do anything for money, Mama 🥰

[@VexingVelvet]

Get a big resin mold, pour resin in it, fill it with the yellow jackets, then show your clients and be like "this is about 10,000 yellow jackets, and this is what I remove from each nest on a daily basis."

[@brian70Cuda]

Happy to see you back my friend, glad to see you are doing well. Love to see a new removal:) Almost 600K, Told you! I knew you would get there!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks brother!!

[@breauken910]

I definitely don't know a whole lot about yellow jackets, but I was just surprised to that they didn't all swarm on you and try to attack. Most all of them were just flying around seeming confused. I accidentally cut into an old stump one time that housed a colony of ground wasps and they immediately started swarming me and stinging. Luckily I made it out with just 7 or so stings, but still, I feel like if I had stuck around too long they would've completely enveloped me.

[@Linkbowler]

I always like the ground nest removal videos, seeing the amount of soil those tiny wasps are able to move can be pretty spectacular. Idea for the bag of dead wasps: I basically follow you and a bunch of cooking KZbin channels, so I'm curious, is it possible to make a wasp stock out of the carcasses, and what would a hornet soup taste like?

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks for your suggestion and your video preference! Idk about cooking with them! Make a suggestion on the cooking channel you watch! They can reach out if they would want to try some!

[@_Aeolus_00]

@@HornetKingOfficial I do know that grasshopper recipes are a delicacy in many cultures, just a thought lol.

[@Limbbiscuit]

Yes, Eat ze bugs

[@joshuadannelley2574]

That is quite tedious, thank you for doing that for us.. way more than one would actually expect.. love the videos.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

I appreciate you appreciating it!

[@joshuadannelley2574]

@@HornetKingOfficial anytime

[@philiponeill6903]

Seriously, the hilight of these HK videos is watching him feed his birds (and squirrel) at the end of the show. :D

[@rosedavid5174]

WOW.. I would have never guessed there were that many. You are so awesome to not let anything go to waste. The fact that you collect all the "paper" left over & even use that for your wood stove.. wow.. you rock

[@joeyd7728]

INCREDIBLE!! Thank you for sharing! I have the hee-bee gee-bee’s!! 🐝

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you!

[@mauricebruce8907]

Great video! I have to admit, I’m obsessed with your videos. I had a nest just starting in my soffit outside of my sliding glass door leading to my deck this summer. I’m out there all the time with my dog, so when I started noticing the yellow jackets flying in and out I contacted my exterminator and he came out and took care of them. The nest wasn’t very old. I noticed a few bees flying in and out one afternoon, but the numbers were not near anything like in this video. Through my research of what was happening, I stumbled upon your channel. I live in north-west Virginia. Now I’m obsessed of what the nest could have become. Pretty amazing and satisfying to watch you remove these things. Keep them coming.

[@Brian-cr6rb]

Yes! I've been waiting! I'll probably have more to say, not past the ads yet! I caught the Beetlequise reference! Epic! Also loving all your new friends, the birds are super cool!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks Brian!!

[@hollimessenger237]

Love the counting! I can't wait to see all the footage you have but the Bald Faced guys are my favorite!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks, Holli! I have some great baldie removals to share!

[@MMaDness21]

It was nice to actually hear you give commentary in this video. The last couple of videos were mostly silent and I didn’t really hear much about what was going on and other things that you usually talk about in your videos. Thank you for continually bringing content that should be triggering my phobia but it’s actually strangely cathartic and engaging.

[@teddymercury9905]

These videos honestly make me so happy

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Awe Im glad!

[@garrettbenedek1036]

This channel is awesome, and half of what ive been watching the past 2 days. Thanks yo!

[@executioner_ecgbert884]

When I was a kid, this happened to our house. My parents sprayed it and the swarm almost blocked out the sun, they form a massive formation and took off. It was like some science fiction stuff

[@DannyNGraysOfficial]

Seems like forever since upload !! Really enjoyed a lot !!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks, Danny!

[@DannyNGraysOfficial]

@@HornetKingOfficial your welcome

[@haroldsmith7044]

I don't know why I find this stuff fascinating, but I do. Thanks for posting these!

[@John-ih2bx]

Thank you for educating me. Nothing goes to waste, you are very ecologically minded. This is true from your other videos. You feed the larvae to other animals. You also educate me on the proper construction of houses (such as the soffit), the difference between the yellow jacket queen and queens in other species, etc. Very informative, and done in a succinct manner.

[@donnaleighjenkins4952]

Great video!! Love the ground removals too!! Watching the animals gobble that up is so fun to watch! I can't believe you counted all those! Lol

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks Donna!!

[@shanieyoung4300]

It was so cute how your rhea and emu were taking it in turns to take a peace from the comb in your hand

[@trevorjennings720]

Hello Shanie, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@LexEllisOG]

Just more videos in general!! I absolutely live for your videos and I look forward so much every time you drop a new video. Just keep doing what you’re doing and you’re amazing!

[@beverlyburch4467]

One of the beat videos you've ever made IMO. The lengths you go to for your viewers is astonishing! Thank you for being patient enough to count them.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you so much, Beverly!

[@southernsasquatch8404]

Love your channel and content! Awesome videos! Love all the critters that live at your home property that truly benefit from all the nests you remove on the job! :)

[@TheLogicalAnswer]

Nice to see you uploading more

[@HornetKingOfficial]

More to come! Thanks for being here!

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Brilliant video, thanks for all the information you put in them.

[@crunch805]

Love the commentary. You are extremely knowledgeable about your craft and these insects. Enjoy these videos! Thanks!

[@panther1911]

These videos are so cool and satisfying

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@REXOB9]

Once we get a hard freeze, I'm digging up a yellow jacket nest in my back yard, and another one at a local dog shelter. Love your channel. Love your chickens, emu, and squirrel.

[@snoopfurlow1275]

Use some Surrender ant powder

[@899redyoshi]

the big head joke never gets old 😂 great work!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Haha youre OG to remember that! Thanks for being here!

[@899redyoshi]

@@HornetKingOfficial ❤

[@LT-hg7fc]

Yay!!!!! I've been waiting and waiting and waiting!!! So glad to have you back!!!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Yay! Thank you! I appreciate you being here!

[@naychiv9325]

Have you ever eaten any of those baby larva wasps yourself? They are actually very popular in some parts of Asia! I used to have Laotian friends who would eat them raw whenever they could get their hands on them! Maybe try gently sauté them with a little bit of salt would make them even tastier!

[@AliciaW17]

Can we just appreciate the fact that this man spent all that time counting over 5,200 wasps so he could prove some trolls on the Internet wrong? 😂 this is why we love The Hornet King

[@trevorjennings720]

Hello Alicia, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@HornetKingOfficial]

I love trouncing Trolls! 😁🥰

[@UraniumFractal]

I don’t see how being skeptical of something makes someone an internet troll but go on

[@HornetKingOfficial]

@@UraniumFractal I guess you would have had to see the comments I was referring to 🤷‍♂️

[@darklordojeda]

Lol, love the way you talk to your birds.

[@millw1]

Awesome video! Thanks for taking the time to show us how it is done. I for one very much enjoy watching and I find wasps fascinating.

[@middysmamma]

Well worth the wait!!! Excellent job!!!!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you, K!!

[@IsoPreP089]

Absolutely love your videos!!! Your love for the insects is amazing!!! I would like another micro close up video plz!!! Love watching you

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Great suggestion! Thanks so much!

[@TheNixonian]

This popped up randomly on my KZbin FYP. This is so interesting to watch and listen to!

[@smokymtnmama]

My favorite part of your videos is when you talk to your animals. You can tell they are loved. 💜

[@hadla]

Love the emus and how they tower over the chickens 😂 who don’t even reach their knees The chickens crack me up with their egg laying announcements If the ones in the bag are still alive, itd be cool to let them out and see if any queens start building a nest. It would be hard to track them though

[@gsp0113]

Great content, as usual. Very interesting to see the count of the colony. I think your total estimate (in the title) of 7K has got to be close. My guess: 5,219 in the vacuum + 100 left hiding in the space + 100 foragers uncaught + 750 dead adults on and around the combs fed to the chickens + 1,000 larvae and pupae = 7,169.

[@elizabethbradley7621]

That was very interesting. Thank you for the information.

[@Grandma_Lori]

ANYTHING and EVERYTHING!! I get so happy when I get a notification for you.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you Lori!

[@patriciakinsinger8193]

How often do you get stung? Do you ever get stung taking the layers apart at home? Enjoy watching your videos and the way you talk to your animals :)

[@HornetKingOfficial]

I get stung maybe once every couple weeks. Not consistently. I've gotten stung once or twice taking nests apart at home. Rare. Thanks for watching!

[@robins_corner]

It's been a while since I've popped in to peak at your videos- look at you with 584K subs! WoOt! Great video, I always seem to learn something new. What a feast for the birdies!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you, Robin! Thanks for stopping in! 🥰

[@nashguy207]

Another awesome video by my buddy Hornet King!! I am loving your zoo. lol

[@SinaFarhat]

Hello! Good to see you!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

You too!

[@donaldavid]

Great Video! I am curious as to why the yellow jackets in the nest in the bag were all dead, while the ones in the vacuum were still alive? Maybe you could compost the frozen ones. Which brings up another question, how long can they survive being frozen?

[@HornetKingOfficial]

The ones in the bag were chilled in the fridge for 24hrs. They weren't dead, just immobile. The ones in the vac were not sprayed or anything, so they were all still very much active.

[@jenihansen7201]

MAD RESPECT FOR YOU CUZ I SURE COULD NOT DO THIS.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks, Jeni!

[@Honey_Daddy]

I gotta give props for counting them. That's an amazing amount of work and I got lots of respect for it. It's crazy how much you've grown since around 1000 subs. Proud of you, brother. Never lost the philly area accent in all that time. Reminds me of my childhood in trenton. Keep doing your thing, hornet king. ;)

[@Ughmahedhurtz]

5:57 "If they were southern yellow jackets, they'd be all over me." Yep, can confirm. Mom hit a stump with the lawn mower many years back and once she bailed for the other side of the yard, they were doing their best impression of Pearl Harbor on the lawn mower and gas can. Scary stuff. Years later, the memory reminds me of that scene from the movie 300: "Our arrows will blot out the sun!"

[@franka7691]

Have you seen the movie Hero?

[@iamdarkyoshi]

Discovered the channel a couple weeks ago, and I'm hooked. I was expecting some low effort clickbait mess since youtube's algorithm seems to love that crap. But I was instead very pleasantly surprised to see an educational channel with real content, as well as real effort to care for your animals and wildlife. Keep up the great work!

[@wolphin732]

Once in a while actual educational content slips through the net of trying to make us all ignorant. :)

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you so much, Yoshi! I appreciate that encouragement!

[@noeraldinkabam]

If you’re gonna count you can do the “guess how many peanuts in the jar” thing. We can guess for the glory or a month watching early video’s (for the poor people among us) Is it much warmer than usual this time of year over there too? Does that lengthen the wasp season?

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Great idea! Actually this was a slow start year for wasp season. A lot of indwelling species this year though!

[@paulhutchinson5556]

I Enjoy your videos , What i enjoy is any learning capabilities . Your a very smart man beautiful family ... Whatever you share is a blessing to some of us ... Where others will take it elsewhere. Thank You for what you do. God Bless

[@pamlongwhite4747]

Your birds sure love those treats ! ❤️

[@dern3813]

I’m an HVAC tech here in PA and to be honest I’m pretty scared of wasps and other stinging insects. Any advice for getting over the fear or dealing with little friends who make nests where I need to work?

[@HornetKingOfficial]

My advice, is anytime you need to go in an attic, take a walk outside around the house and look for any wasp activity! You don't want to go into an attic blind and start moving around batten insulation and disturb a yellow jackets nest! As for getting over general fear, learn about them. Helps take away irrational fear when you understand them better!

[@panicmosem5969]

And put on more coverage than you would normally wear, just in case!

[@thatguyhere1170]

HVAC guy here in the Bay Area and I can attest for running in to nest in shut off boxes or under curbs. Luckily it was always in the early am so do that work in the morning when they are cold and sluggish!

[@Nalla762]

@@HornetKingOfficial You are right; I even crocheted a silver hornet's nest that is hanging in my room! And it's because of your videos! I had always been terrified of wasps/hornets. Now, when I do a catch and release (vented sauce jar!) from my screened patio, I can look closely at one and notice its beauty!

[@tammiegamble4737]

How can I save my German yellow jacket nest over the winter? I have followed and protected it all summer. I learn so much from you, thank you

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Unfortunately they are seasonal and you cant block the colony cycle. The queen will die naturally and the colony will dwindle. Its the cycle of their life.

[@tammiegamble4737]

@@HornetKingOfficial that makes me 😔 but if that's what they do, then I'll let them be. Thank you

[@obelisk2676]

Glad to see that you're still going at it!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@caroljmcbr]

Love every minute of your work!!!!!

[@TSUNAMI-MAMI]

I don’t think you can understand how much i love your squirrel voice!!!! 🐿️ 🐝

[@anniesh1955]

You are an amazing man, to take the time to count all of those bees! Thanks for doing this for us. It was such a huge nest. Was this the biggest one you've ever done?🐝❤

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! Nope! Not the biggest, by far! But a highly populated nest!

[@whitefishedits]

First

[@TheStonerKoala]

Here you are, your reward: 👑

[@woahhbro2906]

You should start your own breakfast cereal with all those wasps. Hornet O's. Yummm

[@moonlark]

Loved the Beetlejuice impression! 😂😂😂 “I got somethin good for ya!” … “how bout a lil nash!?”

[@drsultan115]

please keep posting videos. the most satisfactory moment is when you remove the whole nest as one piece.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you for the encouragement, brother!

[@ostenfelnextpbenshored]

You’re a legend for actually counting all those! You’re videos are epic btw!

[@mattmanmv13]

my god, keep doing what your doing you rock!!!!!

[@ChuckRussell87]

holy crap homie really put the work in counting these!!

[@evettemariedepew]

I’m sure the king knows and was just trying to save time, but for the people in the comments, honey bees don’t necessarily die when you take the queen out either. They can make a new queen but then she has to go mate and may not come back, honey bend will even supersede their queen if they don’t like her production rate. Fun stuff 💕

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you for sharing! I appreciate your elaboration!

[@JohnSmith-kf1fc]

I think you're the kind of person i like to have as friends. Keep on keeping on

[@utsavthecunt]

It always feel amazing to see you vaccuming these hornets. Always good content thank you.

[@pamelabiery2606]

That's a lot of yellow jackets! Great video. Love seeing you animals! Thanks!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks for watching!

[@YappyBeeman]

Absolutely loved it. Great info and always fun to watch them removed. Hope you and the family are doing well.

[@theresavandever1387]

I can't believe you've still got the squirrel. I'm glad he's flourishing. And the voice you use to say Rea the Rea just makes me giggle.

[@bulletproofdee9886]

Great video!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BugRod64]

Glad to see you back.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@classicaudioadventures]

Your videos are always a joy to watch

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you!

[@Angela-zp2gy]

Love it when you say "reah the reah" cracks me up😂😂😂

[@chockrosakatt]

I've watched a lot of your content and I love it! The first ones I was scared the whole time, now I can watch them without any problems. It seems my phobia is getting better, that's awesome. I've also learned a lot about hornets and wasp from you. I just wanted to say thank you! :D

[@chriswilson2543]

Another informative video. Hornet King is the best!! My husband and I watch all your videos and we learn so much from you. Your persistence in counting those is admirable.. We enjoy videos involving Hornet Queen too.. 😉

[@AgeraXXX]

Emus and Rheas!!!!! Ur a legend to me Hornet King!!!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you, Agera!!

[@OhlumaGege]

Love your vids

[@closotezuka]

those birds absolutely love the larvae oh my goodness theyre going HAM

[@mikejooones1050]

Interesting learned lots thank you!