HUGE Yellow Jacket Wasp Nest INFESTATION | Wasp Nest Removal

This Yellow Jackets Nest was in someone's home, swarming around their front door. This nest house over 2000 wasps! As the wasps swarmed me, I took the nest apart and bagged it up. Once getting it home, I put it in my refrigerator to put the wasps into a state of suspended animation, and then they would die from the cold. The nest was then taken outside and fed to my chickens!
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[@janicebanks3443]

Thank you for all of the updates! I am sorry about all of your animal deaths!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you! Unfortunately thats life, but Im looking forward to new friends!

[@elizabethtaylor5044]

@@HornetKingOfficial Today a queen yellow jacket got into my house when my mom was bringing in the groceries. Instead of killing her like the old me would’ve probably done, the new me scooped her up in a paper cup and drove her out in the country and sent her free. It made me feel so good as she crawled away! It was things to you that I learned so much about them that I do things a little differently now! :-)

[@elizabethtaylor5044]

@@HornetKingOfficial I also did like you said and checked around my house for the startings of new nests and found a queen on my back porch starting a new nest. I collected her and I’m going to relocate her as well!

[@tennweakass]

@@elizabethtaylor5044 I’m not who you were talking to, but I’m proud of you :)

[@elizabethtaylor5044]

@@tennweakass Oh thank you sweetie! ❤️

[@TGo-n-Roscoe]

I think the best part about finding channels like this is all the content you get to binge to catch up with.

[@mjs5323]

Sorry for the loss of your father. Then you mentioned the other animals that I came to love watching this channel. Ginger and the squirrel, the way the squirrel ate them🥹… Could you find a way to include more good footage of different animals eating the grubs. It’s always so satisfying after watching the removal. Thanks for your hard work doing all these videos.

[@stacyrussell460]

Rest easy, Ginger, Humphrey & Belle. They definitely lived great lives with you.

[@annetteleavitt2222]

Really enjoyed this video but sorry to hear about the squirrels, I really enjoyed your interaction with them. And I also love to see the chickens. Keep up the good work your majesty.😊

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the love!

[@maureencornell7151]

I'm sorry to hear about Belle squirrel...my condolences there. I'd known about Ginger, Humphrey, and had been wondering about Goosey, your turkey. Thank you very much for the update on her. You did the right thing re-homing here given what you described. It's awesome that she's with your neighbor and her turkeys - so you can still see her occasionally. Take care and best wishes to you and the family.

[@cdub9007]

Happy to get a notification for a Hornet King video again! Love the videos! Thanks for all you do! Condolences on your animal losses. They lived fabulously, thanks to you. ❤️ Do you have any more ground nests to show us? 😊

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you for the love! I do have another interesting ground nest to show!

[@nickcortese5640]

@@HornetKingOfficial when do yellow jackets and bald faced hornets start building their nest outside ? They haven't started yet

[@HornetKingOfficial]

@@nickcortese5640 Late May, early June.

[@nickcortese5640]

@@HornetKingOfficial do they ever start later than early June. Like mid June ? Is their anything I can do to attract them to my yard ?

[@sleepdeprivedbutstillalive5808]

I’m so sorry about your loss, animals are some of the best friends I think we can have. I more recently found your videos due to a random hyper fixation my adhd brain decided to have at 2 am after seeing your videos on my page. You seem like a really fun person to be around, generously filming your removals, uploading them, and answering your clients and our questions. Thank you, for everything you do keeping others safe and teaching us so much that we’d probably never learn without you. 💛

[@treehuggingbuddhist]

I am so happy I found your channel! I am also a former LPN from PA. Recently we retired to live in the temperate rain forests of the PNW and I don’t miss the yearly battles with wasps of all varieties trying to take over my house and garden! I also have squirrel friends 🐿 thanks for sharing your adventures with us. 🌞🐓🦃

[@seclusionworks7547]

Oh boy have I missed your content! You have been missed! Like C Dub asked, more ground nests please! Oh man... I am sorry to hear the animals passed away.. I enjoyed seeing them and when you did the night cams of the animals eating the larvae, it was awesome.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you for the love! I appreciate the feedback!

[@anniedevore6554]

You are so fascinating to listen to. When I get subscribed you had 389 thousand subscribers ..Now you are over 500 thousand. People can’t get enough of your videos

[@imjustheretocomment7]

just started watching your vids and feeding your farm animals were always a major highlight. sorry for your loss but im sure you gave them all a good life. hope to see more night critters especially possums

[@PhantomDetectivesLLC]

Doing good Bret. Keep up the good work old friend 🙂.

[@PhantomDetectivesLLC]

Started doing my paranormal investigation/ghost hunting channel Bret. 👍

[@ChuckRussell87]

I like how much you covered with updates etc in this video, nice to get everything kind of bulk answered in one place. Sorry for the losses of your pets. Looking forward to seeing the new chickens when you get them and more nest removals of course. Have a good one man.

[@wildething709]

Thank you for your videos. I am a third year beekeeper and tonight I removed what I believe was a German Yellow Jacket nest in my soffit. I was amazed that they were so calm. Inside of the hive looked just like this one. My bees at times are much more aggressive that these guys are. Your videos gave me the confidence to get it done. Thanks again!

[@thebignewsmosley2908]

LETS GOOOOOOOO! Ive been waiting anxiously, Happy to hear

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you for being here!

[@mikebrown9718]

As always, great video! Excited for the bald face hornet video. The only wasp you can hear getting sucked up by the vacuum! So sorry to hear about Ginger, I knew you had her for long time. Have you ever thought of making a video of the top 5 or 10 craziest wasp removals (does bald face hornets, pruning pole, tupperware container with lid and the “Rocky” poise jar any memories?). Or a blooper video. Keep up the great work and be safe out there!

[@anniedevore6554]

It’s fascinating how you explain it all

[@rabcoyle3408]

Great to see your removals again. Quality as always is amazing. Can’t wait for more content. 👍

[@JudgedMentalMusic]

He’s not a “professional” he doesn’t have a license and cuts holes in peoples homes when it’s not needed. I’m going to record my next yellow jacket kill. It will be MAYBE a 5-10 min video.

[@rabcoyle3408]

@@JudgedMentalMusic are u a professional? Or don’t u like hornet king?

[@JudgedMentalMusic]

@@rabcoyle3408 I’m a professional. Only very very rarely do we ever cut into peoples homes. Most of the time when he cuts into a house he wouldn’t have had to if he was licensed to use dust. How to solve yellow jackets. 1. Dust hole 2 wait 3-7 days 3 repeat step 1 if still active

[@CFStang]

Another vote for more ground nests. Excited to see the content you have planned this season.

[@matthewwheeler7499]

Welcome back!! Keep the vids coming.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks! Will do!

[@zubby00]

The chickens eating at the end is my favorite part

[@sheridanmarshino4589]

Glad you can be back… Love the show!!!

[@adampross848]

Thank you for the update. I can’t wait to see the new content. I do have a question about this video. There was another smaller nest below the one you were removing. What kind of nest was that? You are awesome Hornet King!!

[@voiceoftheguns27]

I know I'm way late to this video, but I've noticed the sparse content, and I'm glad that I'm subscribed to see if you have posted recently (I don't have notifications on for any channel). It's a shame that you've had animal losses and family loss recently, but glad to see you are still on the grind. I'm here for the wonderful educational content, no matter how plentiful or sparse you post. Always wish nothing but the best for you.

[@cristinadavis3578]

Enjoyed the video Bret! Nice to see the removal start to finish.

[@meadowviewlawncarellc8079]

Learned so much from this channel over the last few years.

[@ChalupaGames]

So excited for the new series ideas! Really excited to see the colonies start from the ground up!

[@jayrobbinstacks4574]

I was gonna say, it would be cool of you to get a head start at documenting a nest throughout the season. thanks for the update on the animals.

[@halhenry7229]

I'm in LOVE with this accent, the way you say "home" 😍

[@carolavw]

Good to see you back!

[@carsofsouthernmaryland4066]

That box idea actually sounds like it would be an interesting series. Can't wait!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@annesmith708]

Thank you for clarifying why your nest removals seem to happen in vinyl/aluminum sided houses. This was an extremely informative video on behaviors as well. Condolences on the losses of your animal friends.

[@MamaBear_2629]

My absolute FAVORITE part of your videos is when you show feeding the larvae to the chickens and the baby talk. Again, I am so so sorry for the loss of Ginger, Humphrey, and Bell. I was so upset when you told everyone of Ginger and Humphrey death. Especially Humphrey :( such a sweet squirrely squirrel 💔

[@glidershower]

Oh man, this reminded me of the one time I removed a huge cluster of red wasp nests that had sneakily nested inside a decorative wood window cover at my home. I'm usually very adamant in removing the pests whenever I see them spawning, but for years I wondered why every time I took one comb down, two more would spawn? Well, they were all having reinforcements coming from the motherbase, lolz. One night, a sixpack and enough chemicals, I went ham on them. Afterwards, with the motherbase down, their spawn rates have been far, far more manageable over the following years. It's amazing to see how crafty and sneaky these insects can get in their choice of habitat.

[@michaelmcdermott1054]

Hey Man! So glad you’re back! So grateful KZbin notifies me of the latest videos! Thanks for all the incredible knowledge you share with us all about these amazing creatures! You’ve helped me educate my 4 year old son not be so afraid of these guys, live and let live :-) ✌🏻

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thats awesome!

[@ellenorwiseman2745]

Love watching you feed the larva to your chickens

[@Jiggleslinky]

Had a wasp in my apartment today so I opened the blinds for one window and then used the vacuum to suck it up. I knew watching your videos would come in handy one day!

[@monsterbrine]

I never thought I’d be so transfixed by something like this. Thanks for the satisfying entertainment. I for one would love to see an unedited removal in an upcoming video.

[@FLIPPER1439]

I just LOVE ❤️ your CHICKENS 🐓🐔 and your squirrels 🐿 I lived on a Dairy Farm and we had every animal one can have on a farm…plus huge fields of vegetables 🥦 🥕 🍅 🥔 cabbage 🥬 ,and fields of sweet corn 🌽 We had a Vegetable Stand…I sold mega vegetables, plus Watermelons 🍉 + cantaloupes 🍈 I played my accordion 🪗 and people bought more vegetables..plenty by the bushels 😊

[@TroyArmstrong]

good to see you it's new season and here comes the spring then summer and will keep you busy and us educated and entertained

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks! Yup, I cant wait!

[@shannonstraughan4383]

I'm so sorry about Ginger. Chickens are such awesome pets. So much personality. I've got a question... we live in a mobile home community and of course have yellow jacket nest all around our Park. We live in Boulder County Colorado. The last couple of years we have had some pretty large nests they built underneath our stairs. Two years ago, 2020 we had a pretty large Nest under our back stairs. We would walk past that area to take our dogs out. Within one week my husband was stung first, I was stung the next day. The one that stung me actually hooked onto the side of my hand and was stinging and biting me at the same time. A third day one of our dogs was stung. I finally found the nest of course and took a couple of weeks to get rid of it. I would love to check under the stairs and see what it looks like at some point. Last year 2021 we had a pretty large Nest under our front staircase where we walk out of. They were not quite as aggressive as the other ones were and we walked past them more than we did The Back Stairs so I don't know what was up with that. A few weeks to totally get rid of that nest. We put a couple of those hanging traps up and they worked really well. I noticed a couple of different sizes. We also have an apple tree that had a huge crop last year yard was full of apples and Yellowjackets everywhere oh, they were coming from all around the park not just our nest. I was wondering why there was a different in the sizes Ella jackets that queer caught in the traps. The first ones were really large and then towards the end of the summer early fall they were smaller. Do you know why that might be? I didn't know if they were in a different group of yellow jacket or if they were from the same group and just smaller because of age or type of worker or forager or if they were just juvenile. I've tried Google but was not very successful at getting any information. Appreciate your help if you have time to get back to me no rush at Really appreciate and enjoy watching your videos. They are absolutely fantastic creatures and such hard workers. Their nests are absolutely fascinating. Their engineering skills incredible. We have bentonite clay here in our part of Colorado at least so I've I have not encountered an underground nest, I'm guessing because the clay is so unstable when it rains or snows. The ones up in the awnings do not get very large or detailed. Unfortunately I do have to euthanize those. Also thank you so much for your love for all of your Critters. I just absolutely adore them. My husband and I are big animal lovers ourselves. Thanks again and look forward to hearing about the size difference. God bless you and your family and y'all take care!!! Oh!! I'm originally from Texas and have never seen a bald-faced hornet in my life until the past 3 or 4 years. When our apple tree gets a good crop, will you stay in quite a few. Those are some scary looking bugs. I have a great photo of one eating a rotten apple, lol.

[@hobosloth3242]

Looking forward to the new content. Always enjoy the videos. Very entertaining and informative!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Much appreciated!

[@madmattdigs9518]

I love the ground nest videos. Something about the vacuuming when they all come pouring out is very satisfying. Maybe it’s because when I was a kid I stepped on one while out in the woods… and I didn’t have a vacuum, or a suit! It was bad…

[@KraftyKeelah]

Been missing the vids but hard times for you and your family. My thoughts are with you mate. I hope you're doing OK ❤

[@Tbone50970]

Watching your videos saved me at least $500 today. Appreciate you

[@stacyrussell460]

Glad to see you post!! Agreed, weather has been miserable lately.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

So nice to see the sun again! "Here comes the sun, doo doo doo doo!"

[@stacyrussell460]

@@HornetKingOfficial hahaha... Was humming that song today while dropping kids off at school.

[@petewg56]

Thanks for the update and another great video!

[@Newnamd]

Great to see you back I haven't been notified of your video's for at least 4 months

[@jawaanflythe635]

Good to see you back.

[@robbpatterson6796]

Really looking forward to more content, you seem like you're doing better which is great to see :) do you ever get called out for bees or is it just wasps and hornets? And what are your favourite of the three? Either looks, how they behave(beehive) or just personal preference? You've covered so much in your videos that I'm running out of questions. Thanks for the update on the animals, I was curious about a few

[@jemcraftscreations]

I'm so happy to see more content but sad that you've lost a few animals. Sorry for your loss but you definitely gave them all top notch lives. I love to watch your videos even though I'm afraid of wasps. LOL. Thanks for the updates! ❤🥰 PS I loved the collaboration you did with Dirt Rooster Bees some time ago.

[@Figgatella]

Love your videos. Glad you will be adding to the flock!

[@MyUsernameIsGuess]

You answered a LOT of my questions with this video. Always interesting.

[@lorrainecampbell6448]

I was impressed with their sewage system. It seemed they had one hole coming out the bottom.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Yup! Did you see the old nest underneath completely saturated in waste?

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello dear how are you doing?

[@shotamerican]

you're hands down one of my top 3 favorite channels

[@edgufler1122]

I always love the education I get from watching your KZbin channel. I learn a lot.

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

Excellent high quality video, Hornet King!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@nepahistoryandarchaeologys8623]

Thanks for the interesting video, enjoyed it! Sorry to hear about the animal friends you lost though. I was wondering, do you ever do honey bee removal or relocations? Think that would be an interesting topic for a video. Look forward to the next video, good luck!

[@SinaFarhat]

Nice! Good to see you! Have a good weekend!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks, Sina!

[@AgeraXXX]

The GOAT!! I love you hornet king 🐝👑

[@kyleegullickson4316]

Loving the videos and everything you do! I also love the facts on these stingy critters 💛🖤💛🖤 Also: Yellow Jackets on the camera lens: "Imma getcha" "ATTAAAAAACK" "Helluuuu?"

[@mackmilly6715]

The envelope on that nest looks so beautiful

[@markpettis2896]

Nice to see your video again from you. Good luck with building the nest in the woods you do have the skills. I’m sure it will be successful!!!

[@kerrispillman9528]

Just subscribed! These videos are amazing I just watched him today and I fell in love with how he got rid of them for his clients :)

[@slockwood83]

I’ve been waiting on a new video from you., I absolutely love your channel I farm honeybees and do cut outs but after finding you last year and watching your content I added wasps removal‘s as well

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@LITTLE1994]

Yellow Jackets are always the good ones. Another great video after myself being absent on the channel for a while, Hornet King!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Welcome back!

[@JessicaSmith-dy8kc]

CAN'T WAIT for more videos rewatching your videos waiting for new ones to drop hope to see you soon, I miss the wasps, the animals and of course you

[@burhanuddinabbas4974]

I love how much work/effort and time to do this

[@nicktwolf]

I was thinking about how uninformed about wasps and hornets until I started to watch your channel. I have a greater appreciation for the things they do in nature and that we should just leave them alone unless they are creating a problem(that or if someone is allergic to them). I was watching a video where people were saying that hornets make honey in the comments section and wanted to bang my head into the desk. I saw all the hate they get and thought about what you have said. They were talking about how all wasps and hornets are just like the Japanese giant hornet. I wanted to beat my head into a wall when I saw people talk about how they think every species of wasps and hornets need to be wiped out without realizing their role in the natural world. Thank you for what you teach us through your videos and show us what we don't see. Also, found a book that made me think of you called The Sting of the Wild.

[@katherinefranklin2586]

Sorry for all your losses this year family human and animals,i hope you start to have a turn around and have more good luck and thanks for letting us know about your private losses and that it gets better quickly with good luck,take care of yourself,family and animals.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you!

[@brianlemay4190]

Please dont stop uploading! Love your channel!! I watch it on third shift at work! Lol

[@lolwutubish]

Just found you yesterday and omg i love your videos!! I hope to see more of you soon and im sorry for the loss of the babies ):

[@amyc9155]

These videos are amazing. This is my dream job, I just find insects SO fascinating and I love how you narrate your videos with facts about the species. Keep up the great work!! 💜💜☺️☺️

[@tornasukiii745]

8:45 POV: Youre a wasp looking into the eyes of your destroyer

[@RottingHogBody]

God, they're so cute! Around 4:20 or so, they keep flying in front of the camera n it's really adorable

[@burdthebuilder1058]

been a while nice to see u upload again

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@kevinmhardie842]

Keep the videos coming I enjoy all of them

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks, Kevin!

[@nkhazov]

I'm Very much glad to hear a little bit of the swarming via buzzing it's good to see your videos again. Best regards Nikita.K

[@VICSTAR9]

Whenever I see wasp nests, I am scared to my core. But I find this entertaining for some reason.

[@Creole164]

I CANNOT stand wasps or bugs period, but you have me binging your videos!❤️

[@johnalecsscalemodeling]

I'm in Frederick MD mate, the new weather is awesome. This was a great video, have missed your posts. Peace

[@busterluv31]

Thank you for sharing sorry to hear about all the deaths. I can't wait to see your addition to the rest of your animals. I love your channel and it is very informative.

[@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen]

I love seeing your girls!! They are so cute! I love how excited they get! And how they run to you! My condolences on your losses. It’s the worst part of being a pet parent. But I’m so glad your channel is growing so much!

[@shannonjefferson874]

Love the vids man keep them up

[@sharkey086]

I wasn't getting notifications for the longest time but was glad to catch up. Sorry to hear about your animal losses though and look forward to new videos!

[@jacobelder400]

was not shy to subscribe to this guy. By far best wasp videos any one person could make

[@rodneybrewer2327]

Glad to see you again

[@michaelphillips7750]

Your monotone speaking is so soothing until BUZZ! Crap my pants happens lol.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Haha!

[@ilacidli9311]

Sorry to hear about all your animal friends! Looking forward to your content this year!

[@bakerfx4968]

Great video! Excited to see the flock get bigger!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks! Stay tuned!

[@joshuakinzel7072]

Miss you Hornet King

[@cerneysmallengines]

If you watch Bama Bass, he has a farm that he'll put feed corn out and see what wildlife comes by. It would be cool to see that on your channel. Take a HUGE pile of nests, dump them out, and record over night to see. Then put up a compilation of what comes by

[@Random-X-Gamer]

Cool I found one the size of a volleyball in my backyard I handled it like you do and I’m only 13 lol

[@Someone-ru9uw]

i love these videos, they let me see how crazy these nests can get

[@unknownhybrid4496]

you have an awesome channel man i love watching, been a sub for about a year watch your vids often and it was cool to see how you do things, looks like you live a wholesome life. keep it up man!

[@randyward1985]

I just discovered your videos and I must say what you do is pretty badass. I saw the video where you had a squirrel on your knee and fed it by hand. I'd die for such an experience.

[@pennyoflaherty1345]

Great seeing You back & great editing ! Answering a lot of common questions- I’m sure others don’t mind reminders regarding Wasps & differences. Keep well 🍀

[@shortliner68]

You mentioned people not noticing when a colony is first forming because there's not that much activity. I look for ground nests in late spring by going to different spots in our yard, stooping down, and doing a 360 degree scan of the area just above the ground. If I see flying insect activity pretty much in an up and down pattern I take a closer look at that spot. Usually by late spring there's enough worker activity to be noticeable. Occasionally in early spring I'll spot a single yellow jacket heading down into the grass and find a hole where she is just starting to set up shop.

[@staceytroffer8287]

Ginger and the squirrelly squirrels!!!! NOOOO Get more squirrels…listening to you talk to them was so pleasurable.