Saving Honey Bees: Dragonfly Figurine vs. Giant Hornets

[@blackyonbi]

Hornet. : " HE IS NOT EVEN FLINCHING MAN , WHAT DO WE DO ?" hornet : " KEEP BITTING "

[@seancsnm]

Perhaps if you equipped the dragon fly decoy with an auto-targeting 40 mm anti-aircraft cannon it would be more effective?

[@1Paulaner1]

That is too much ... a M61 Vulcan is enough

[@horrorbiz72]

😂

[@alexanderglex4600]

I was thinking just add razors on the side so it can hurt the hornets while it is moving around, pissing them off and getting them distracted by the decoy longer, but if we can somehow mount a gun onto this dragonfly then be my guest

[@DeMoraJS]

A most American solution.

[@isaacdavis7979]

​@@1Paulaner1But then you Would be putting the Bees in Danger while trying to Exterminate the Hornets 😅😊😂!!

[@theironrubberduck]

I love dragonflies dude, one of the few insects I've never had beef with. Not only do they fly gracefully with total control and make no noise, but are also a predator against wasps? These guys just keep getting cooler.

[@liquirius]

They are also one of the most vicious killers of mosquitoes, both in their larval and adult stage. Definitely deserves the "Best Insect" award.

[@erzahler1930]

Crane flies also attack and kill "skeeters." But they are not graceful fliers like dragonflies and damselflies.

[@negritotenfold]

Their wings are loud like hummingbirds. I use to try to splash them in my pool as a kid. Way too fast

[@davidboydarnott417]

And they are one of the few insects to have survived from the age of Dinosaurs. There used to be Dragonflies with 2m wingspans.

[@thalvick]

​@@davidboydarnott417 imagine hornets from that era... (if there were any that is) scary...

[@eyezzzeverywhere]

6:02 he tried coming in full tackle to the dragonfly but tackled his teammate instead 😂

[@Enderboy4030]

"GET DOWN MR PRESIDENT" ahh tackle

[@ShaunHolt-f1c]

​@@Enderboy4030 too bad the secret service waited for the first two shots, before for jumping on the president

[@whatTFisThis]

theyre both females apparently btw

[@MikeLaRock88]

6:09 After knocking it down, it looked like the hornets gave eachother high fives for the teamwork 😂

[@alexanderglex4600]

HORNET GANG FUCK YEAH WE DID IT BROTHERS!!

[@isiah6189]

6:02 why does he just tackle his boy like that

[@AidenAparicio-w6s]

"Get out of my way" or "bro, that's not an op* *probably that one hornet*

[@kayleetheshinysylveon9957]

@@alexanderglex4600 sisters*

[@TheAnimatedWonders]

Probably delayed response. He charged an attack for the hornet but was too slow and rammed into his friend​@@isiah6189

[@Dannykid8]

Dragon flys are awesome, I remember as a kid I was riding my bike and HUGE bluish dragon fly flew down infront of me in the same direction I was going, It was as if I was flying along side of him, I will NEVER forget that.

[@PleasantLeech]

They can go really fast as well. Pretty much the same thing happened to me but i was going about 30 mph on a scooter

[@leylaylka4230]

watching a random japanese guy cooking up methods to protect its bees its all i wanted to watch on youtube

[@trappy69420]

Fr though

[@Mothobius]

"Its bees" dang is bro not doing the Japanese like that

[@bernardmichel4935]

Le mieux,un petit aspirateur avec un tuyau et une cellule,qui se declache a chaque passage de frelons

[@leylaylka4230]

@@Mothobius my bad thankfully english is not my native language

[@brenon1441]

Its is used for animals or inanimate objects. You would use his or her/hers as possessive pronoun or you could use their/theirs as a genderless possessive pronoun

[@jda1961]

the hornet have got to associate the fake dragonfly with death. you got to kill one with the dragonfly

[@zquacky]

So you saying that the Guy should smash one of the hornet with the plastic Dragonfly?

[@Peppermynt.]

@@zquackyyes

[@zquacky]

@@Peppermynt. Smash*

[@anthonyfloyd2327]

Or make a drone that can completely act like a dragon to fly (fighting, wing flapping, it's noise, ect) to convince them to go away...

[@zquacky]

@@anthonyfloyd2327 no, *SMASH*

[@jalapenoandbanana]

Dragonflies and hornets aside, the person recording is brave as heck for getting that close to bees and hornets

[@chrissewell1608]

Here in Georgia, in the USA I have occasionaly found very large Dragon Flies, that size. I never realized they would kill large wasps. But they are very beautiful creatures!

[@biggusdickus2166]

in ontario the really big ones are called "dragonhunters" and "green darners". you might have the same ones

[@TheBeefSlayer]

The bees are inside having a conversation about Moving out of the neighborhood………. Too much gang violence.

[@terrenceduarte5348]

😂

[@ironbowtie]

Even Japan has its usual suspects.

[@baguettelauncher8839]

hornet basketball players

[@bomarli]

😂😂😂

[@b1zzarecont4ct]

Stop

[@wilcoxway]

The dragonfly probably looks like a corpse to them. It looks like easy food, hence their interest.

[@TannuWannu]

Good point

[@bubblegumxo]

The size of this man's testicles to just push the figurine THAT close to the hornet 😂

[@srh2301]

The size of this man's testicles after they got stung by the hornets...

[@robertgrays8790]

The hornets seem to prioritize the dragonfly as a high threat compared to a human; humans are much larger, slower and don't eat hornets immediately.

[@razordragon7800]

They may get bigger if he got stun there

[@DangerRussDayZ6533]

They're so big they literally don't give a crap about him. They just completely ignore him. They're way more interested in the bees and that dragonfly figure

[@bazzar-vokzzal4257]

хочешь сказать, у него водянка?

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

The wasps sure are cautious, so they definitely recognize the figurine, but as long as there isn't a negative reinforcement, they'll eventually lose their fear to it (maybe electrify it so the wasps die on contact?) Something to remember is that most insects perceive the world through their sense of smell, so if you could somehow manage to make the figurine to smell like a dragonfly, it would be more effective... or perhaps just spread the dragonfly scent around)

[@olegnazarenko8436]

Среднеазиатские шершни носят белок для личинок. Если замешать фарш мясной или рыбный с борной кислотой, то такое угощение шершни понесут в свой улей и накормят личинок. Личинки будут погибать, что не даст развиться улью шершней. Еще я вешаю пластиковые бутылки весной на деревья вокруг пасеки. В бутылки наливаю немного пива. Пиво привлекает шершней и ос, они пролазят через горлышко бутылки и тонут в пиве, т.к не могут по скользкой поверхности забраться на верх. Вместо пиво можно брать прокисшие плоды и чуточку сахара и воды. Такие бутылки лучше развешивать весной, когда матка шершней ищет себе пропитание. Удачи в борьбе с шершнями.

[@MathewNg]

Fantastic idea, way more practical and simple to implement compared to lasers and stuff.

[@АлексейЩербак-я9ф]

​​@@MathewNgПрокисшие плоды, пиво, сахар, рыбный фарш, или животный фарш, борную кислоту. Достать намного проще, чем лазерную турель. Если борную кислоту, сложно купить, можно заменить ее отравой для тараканов (Борная кислота, часто входит в состав отравы) P.s. Применял на пасеке, результатом остался доволен.

[@victorschiwago3672]

А пчёлы разве не летят на вкусные запахи и шарики?

[@THX--per--t.me_petizioni_2220]

​@@victorschiwago3672 La carne non attrae api. Tantomeno qusndo è marcia.

[@АлексейЩербак-я9ф]

@@victorschiwago3672 Пчелы будут пытаються есть фарш, только в случаях очень сильного белкового голодания (Белок они берут из перги. Перга - ето собраная пыльца растений. И да, первый признак белкового голодания - резкое уменьшение количества личинок в гнезде, по причине канибализма ). Сок из фруктов и ягод, пчелы берут, только при очень плохом медосборе. Так что да, риски есть, но очень небольшие.

[@kathybrandt6060]

What if you made a dragonfly figurine and put a tiny bit of electrical current going through it? That way is the hornets touched the dragonfly that’s electric it’ll zap them. Good luck.

[@Demom_King_Azura-alt]

only problem with that is if it were to touch the honey bees it would fry them

[@beebob1279]

@@Demom_King_Azura-alt They were staying away from it from the beginning. It seems to be the threat for the hornets.

[@Arnell_Mediocrity_Long]

​@@beebob1279 Still not a good idea...once the Hornets leave, the Bees will come back out and inevitably touch the figurine...I guarantee that you'll have more dead Bees than Hornets with that method. 💯

[@samuelkent7482]

A potential idea would be to use a bit of tech using not only a small camera but also a microphone, attached to a raspberry pi and programmed to only turn on the current when detecting the hornets specifically within range by wing vibration tones and visual recognition programmed into it, set a specific bait trap that only the hornets would be attracted to that honeybees won’t go after (such as protein), and a tiny speaker connected to output a sound that the honeybees ignore but attract the hornets. If set up a meter away from the hive in weatherproof housing and on solar-powered rechargeable batteries, especially if you have multiples of them surrounding the hive, it could work well to lure and kill only the hornets and otherwise inactive when only the honeybees are around and touching it. In fact, the housing for the battery, raspberry pi, bait, speaker, camera, microphone and solar panel can be constructed from similar beehive box wood materials on a much smaller scale with fake entrances to fool even the smarter hornets, if honey is also used in the bait but the fake mini hive housing is sealed enough to prevent honeybees from entering it despite scent holes in the sides.

[@kathybrandt6060]

@@samuelkent7482 that sounds like it would work.

[@robertlamantin5088]

So, the bees avoid the dragonfly, but the hornets attack it ? Electrify it :)

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

Electrify

[@diogosilva8600]

With a button to use the energy only when hornets is near

[@83KJack]

​@@diogosilva8600 this wouldn't be hard at all to rig up. Just combine the guts of an electric fly swatter with that of a fart machine and wallah.

[@Lochness19]

Maybe coat the figurine in fat or syrup laced with poison?

[@twoshieldsandsomemilk]

Vespids in general are pretty smart and have good eyesight. So while they may recognize the dragonfly the fact its not moving or even resisting their attacks tells them its dead most likely

[@AlexanderHogue-t7e]

Hornet 1: Damn I can't bite this thing Hornet 2: Let me try...ow

[@Philantrope]

a) Use essential oils: Hornets dislike the smell of certain essential oils, particularly peppermint, lemongrass, and clove. You can create a repellent spray by mixing several drops of these oils with water and a small amount of dish soap in a spray bottle. Apply this mixture to areas where hornets are frequently seen. b) Plant wasp-repellent plants: Certain plants naturally repel hornets and wasps due to their strong scents. Consider planting spearmint, thyme, eucalyptus, wormwood, basil, bay leaves, lemongrass, or citronella grass near your home or in areas where hornets are a problem.

[@srper2]

Dish soap kills bees...

[@Peter-yg7ze]

If you combine the sticky paper with the dragonfly, it can give results (?) The wasps stuck in the paper give alarming hormones that, in combination with the dragonfly, can give signals that the wasps are frightened by! You will have to take the time to try different solutions and combinations of methods. The wasps seem to be intelligent enough to notice in a short time that your "dragonfly" is harmless!

[@TylerLedford-x4o]

Sticky paper. Great idea. Trap the wasps AND the bees also. Genius.

[@andanssas]

😂 yes, unless the bees are taught not to touch the paper, how'd you do that?

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@andanssas paper is actually quite successful if you take one injured hornet and place it on the paper. Honeybees do not want to approach giant hornets since they're afraid fo them and giant hornets come the aid of their own kin when they're hurt or panicking. This results in a feedback loop of hornets flying in to help, getting stuck, panicking causing more hornets to get stuck, which results in yet more hornets getting stuck, and so on and so forth.

[@andanssas]

@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 interesting, thanks, I may actually test it!

[@thinktwice21166]

The hornet sounds like it has an engine motor going.

[@rotorairgroup8409]

Bees are 2 stroke, Hornets are 4 stroke dumpers 😂

[@cookiebuster652]

6:49 I wouldve dropped the camera and ran away screaming like a lil girl

[@비스마르크-l3l]

HORNET JUMPSCARE

[@G31M1]

The bees be like: „Anakin, I told you it would come to this! I was right! The hornets are taking over!“

[@Mysterious.phanto]

7:29 this cracked me up to much lol the fist one fly away real quick and the second hornet turned around and was like oh no and slammed into the dragonflie

[@novemberecho3899]

I like how it stares at the one that flies away as if asking whyd he fly away before turning around lmaoo

[@Mysterious.phanto]

@@novemberecho3899 ikr that was so funny we never realize how much personality these insects have

[@rockfri]

​@@novemberecho3899 the way it spread its wings in horror when it sees the dragonfly is just perfect

[@beebob1279]

I'm thinking you can electrify the dragonfly like a bug zapper. Let the hornets attack that and they get zapped.

[@mauricemakesmovies]

Though, some bees that would be fascinated by the figurine would also be zapped. Maybe an off/on mode could solve that?

[@RichardHennigan]

You could probably train a neural net to identify when a hornet is touching it using a camera.

[@Jossandoval]

​@@RichardHennigan I think a mic would be better than a camera for this. More simple, and better coverage.

[@dwsel]

Great idea to put it on the voltage.

[@Kevin-gw6us]

Now that's a good idea, certainly worth a test run, you may make a few Bob to boot

[@googleedood9721]

I wouldn't be that close to any of them with out wearing a full radioactive suit on top of a bee suit.

[@СтепанПетров-я2е]

Японские пчеловоды, я ваш сосед пчеловод, живу в Приморском крае, Россия. У нас шершни, тоже, досаждают. А есть очень эффективное средство. Ставим брагу. Для Вас, объясню просто. Берём банку на3 литра, сыпим стакан сахара, кидаем столовую ложку хлебных дрожжей и заливаем чуть тепленькой водой. Стоит дня четыре, пять. Заливаем в литровые банки, да пофиг во что, хоть обрезанные бутылки из по колы. Много наливать не надо, сантиметра на три, четыре. Вы, будете удивлены, какие шершни алкоголики. Своя пасека, у меня в машине висело ожерелье из шершней, отборных, с воробья размером. И поймал, я их на брагу. Пасека стоит в тайге, этих тварей, шершней, море. И все, алкаши.

[@БудниПортного]

Насмешили , шершни - алкаши, умора! Но судя по видио , они ещё и знатные, грубые бандиты. Пчёлок - труженниц , до слёз жаль.

[@yurycz8933]

That’s right, I also live in Primorye and haved been beekeeping for many years. They always placed home-made beer in jars around the apiary, the effect is amazing.

[@ZeddisDead]

The size of a SPARROW?! terrifying

[@АнтонПетров-ф7у]

Японские шершни пьют чху-хай и саке.На твою бражку шершни пригласили приморских шершней-алкашей и их стало вдвое больше.Прошу тебя не делись секретом боярышника.А то все приморские насекомые отправятся к японцам-и там и тут начнется экологический кризис.

[@serrep6221]

Осы пиво любят и шашлык

[@Daiemonadolor]

1:06 they did NOT pass the vigor check

[@woollyprimate]

That buzzing noise is the stuff of nightmares. I hate those hornets!

[@jeanackle]

From what you showed, I think this might work: Put one or two of those dragonfly figurines by the entrance, as you did, nut attache to the hive with string,.This should allow the hornets to move it around, keeping them engaged, but also preventing them from pushing the figurines off the ledge.

[@christinecortese9973]

Your honey bees look like such little sweethearts! I sure hope there’s a good way to remove the wasp threat.😊

[@RoseTorn411]

@4:22 it looks like the Hornet said "ouch it got my leg 🦵, did you see that?!" 😂

[@justlooking6898]

Please keep after theses experiments, despite negative comments. You have to start somewhere and it is by your ingenuity that solutions will be found. I do not ever want to see these giant hornets in real life. Thank you for this video. You are much braver than I'd be, lol---😏🤗😲

[@qaaris4280]

I wonder if they react more to the sound of the dragonfly's wings than the sight of it sitting there.

[@JasonRule-1]

Very possible. There are electronic devices that mimic the sound of dragonfly wings to scare off mosquitoes in the same way.

[@atrocious_pr0xy]

Dragonflies are such fierce warriors. My mom and i saw a massive one hunting around a big light in a garage. You could hear its mandible snap. Then, another dragonfly, not much smaller than the first, just slowly made its way up to the light to see what was on the menu. .. the original hunter was already in attack mode. It snatched the smaller dragonfly out of the air and landed not far, then began to feast. My mom was horrified, but we didn't intervene. It ate very quickly and left only the wings. It was astonishing how fast it chewed and swallowed.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

Preying Mantis are also insane hunters. Once I watched one stab a hummingbird in the chest then it ate its head off and dropped the body.

[@alka7145]

@@ColoradoStreaming F**k, lol

[@terrenceduarte5348]

Dragonflies i believe are the insects with the highest succes rate, it's like 95 or 98% succes

[@atrocious_pr0xy]

@terrenceduarte5348 i saw something about that! It's astonishing. No wonder they've made is this far!

[@tonypasma1707]

Yes

[@janetwebster1120]

I think the ramp in front of the entrance is the vulnerable point , I'm thinking of like a bed of nails where the gaps between the nails are too narrow for the hornets to reach the bees walking under them

[@lcfflc3887]

And what happens when they fly away, the hornets are going to catch them in the air.

[@msbealo]

​@@lcfflc3887but it might be enough to reduce the number of casualties to allow the nest to get stronger.

[@Lopro94]

That deep hornet buzzing is making my ears tingle and my skin crawl, giving me shivers. Don't wanna mess with them 😂

[@DeaFX]

Actually really interesting to watch! You didnt leave out any details 👍👍

[@KeithJBrett]

I did like how the hornets seem to communicate to each other like “you go check that out”

[@candybluebird]

provoking combative giant hornets with a bare hand and not getting bit or stung seems really impressive to me

[@weirhauch1002]

You increased the confidence of the hornets.They will never leave your beehives.

[@louisevad6091]

Maybe an electrical charge

[@samirSch]

Also there was a guy who made an automatic laser turret to kill mosquitos...might work for your bee colony if the sensor detects only bigger objects.

[@desertegle40cal]

Good gracious! I have this video running through my stereo system and you all should hear what those giant hornets sound like through a system like this. It sounds like two prop planes and it vibrates my entire room! NUTS!!

[@shannonbailey7580]

My cat was concerned just from the sound from my phone so I can imagine so.

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

These hornets wake up every day and choose absolute violence.

[@billberg1264]

To quote Shinedown, "a fist-first philosophy."

[@skeena59]

That's why they're nicknamed Murder hornets.

[@TheOwlGuy777]

Peace was never an option.

[@alveolate]

in a 1v1 with a real live dragonfly, maybe the dragonfly wins... but once there's 3 or more, i doubt the dragonfly would get the upper hand... altho it can probably just fly away any time since dragonflies probably have superior top speed. the glue paper is still most effective by a long way.

[@m.e.c.hn.e.s.t4757]

I know it may sound as a silly question but, aside from that brief moment at 4:09, did the hornets threaten you as well or they were interested solely on the honeybees nest? It looks like you were pretty close to them.

[@xikaryo6735]

“Bro what kind of dragonfly is this? We outta here”

[@nekotoru]

The figurine of a dragon fly works like a tank in a party, it hold the attacks while bees try to attack the hornets from behind

[@Zane-It]

The bee equivalent of a scarecrow amazing.

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

Even the dragonflies are bigger in Japan 😢

[@mickmuzzmkmz1628]

Or are the hornets just smaller?

[@Righthandfrombehind]

​@@mickmuzzmkmz1628Brother we saw the Hornets migrate to USA we already know.

[@Aldebaran80]

yes, but remember, in Australia are fucking poisonous, everything... so i prefer Japan 😂

[@buckfitch1536]

That’s probably the only thing that’s bigger in Japan.

[@KAZVorpal]

Actually, there are much larger dragonflies in the United States

[@alainlebruchec]

Incroyable documentaire !! Très🐝🐝🐝🐝 intéressant merci beaucoup

[@draton1376]

I taught you are in beekeeper suit and then i see you with barehand moving the dragonfly toward the hornet. What a chad!

[@natanielrenko3943]

Чем вот так вот терпеть убыток от этих шершней, проще действовать серьёзнее а не пугать их фальшивой стрекозой, а пойти найти их гнездо и перебить их и их гнездо и тогда пчелы будут в безопасности...

[@Oosjhteuikmm]

Я думаю, это видео несёт более ознакомительный характер в отношении повеления шершней, чем практический. Тут не стоит цель уничтожить их колонию, а показать, как они реагируют на стрекозу

[@skeena59]

Be that as it may, finding and destroying a giant wasp nest is extremely labor intensive, with a person in a hot, protective suit.

[@АлексейПанферов-п2ю]

Как это по западному. Это сложно , это невозможно. Давайте купим стрекозу и будем ей пугать, может поможет?

[@Oosjhteuikmm]

@@АлексейПанферов-п2ю чел, ты коммент выше читал или нет?) Целью видео не является показать, как правильно уничтожать улей этот. Люди вообще разучились мозги включать, лишь бы на других подавить, побубнеть и сделать вид, что самый умный, а остальные ослы недалёкие

[@olegnazarenko8436]

Если несколько таких шершней ужалят, то для человека это смертельно. Пока вы далеко от улья шершней, они на вас не нападают. Как только вы к нему приблизитесь , они могут напасть. Да и найти такой улей сложно. Бывает за несколько километров. Но если вы такой улей обнаружите, то надо вызывать специалистов.

[@Сергей-ч2ф6б]

Самое эффективное средство от шершней это забродившее сладкое варенье или брага. Просто поставь где-нибудь рядом банку даже с забродившим соком и все шершни будут там тонуть.

[@THX--per--t.me_petizioni_2220]

Ma il dolce attrae pure le api! Tu hai provato? Altri hanno consigliato trappole con birra o altre bevande fermentate, e con carne anche marcia.

[@БудниПортного]

Точно - алкаши.

[@privateinformation9384]

Murder Hornets: “Nothing hurts this guy.”

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

7:28 I love the hornet's reaction. "Hey, where's my buddy going... OH GOD, I've gotta get outta here!"

[@ElementofKindness]

Need to install bug zapper wires far enough apart that honey bee wings cant bridge the gap, but the giant hornets can.

[@АзьмЕзьм]

Пластиковая емкость с воронкой,наполненная гниющими фруктами справится с шершнями гораздо эффективнее

[@Yoavo]

How?

[@АзьмЕзьм]

@@Yoavo берётся пластиковая бутылка из под колы,разрезается на две части в том месте,где начинается цилиндрическая часть. Верхнюю часть обрезанной бутылки переворачиваете и вставляете в нижнюю часть горлышком вниз,как будто воронка в стакане. На дно стакана кладёте немного подгнившие фрукты,которые есть в вашем регионе. Много не нужно,достаточно слоя в 2-3 см,и добавляете воды,чтобы фрукты как бы плавали. Ставите всю конструкцию возле улья и ждёте добычу😂 Шершням нравится запах подгнивших фруктов,они спускаются по воронке в стакан с фруктами,а обратно вылететь не могут. И обессилев,тонут в приманке.

[@ИванАбакуммов]

Или с остатками вина или яблочного уксуса, тоже хорошо работает

[@olegnazarenko8436]

Пиво подойдёт. Бутылки я просто вешал на проволоку за горлышко и ничего не резал.

[@CyberRiz-kd1up]

Эта стрекоза для рыбалки

[@ravenwolf7128]

those hornets are like something from hell. poor honeybees.

[@EditEraseRewrite]

3:10 The "no, you touch it" dare translates across species 😆

[@Big1_]

These Giant Hornets sounds like the JV44 squadron, my god.

[@ZeddisDead]

Nightmare fuel.

[@StephanieP-zj3df]

Such a fascinating video. Just the sound of the Hornets wings would have me running to the hills.

[@Chokoboh]

Anyway, if these were my bees, i would protect them more fiercely. Those hornets need to learn that they can't attack this hive without consequences.

[@andiwort]

You need a camera system that identifies the hornets and shoots a small stream of water at the giant hornets. 😊

[@funkydozer]

Or a laser

[@tensorfly4508]

​​@@funkydozer, or grenade.

[@dwsel]

​@@funkydozer❤️🔦✨🐝🔥😏 I want to see that

[@dwsel]

​@@funkydozerThere's that guy - styropyro they you could have colab with

[@PIasmaZombie]

@@funkydozer i thought that too, a laser connected to an airtifical intelligence computer that can distingush hornets from bees and humans.

[@ChaNnArD-mD]

you should put a screen around them with holes just big enough for the bees.

[@rld1982]

That's what I came here to post. Seems like a simple solution to me, but maybe there's more to it?

[@ChaNnArD-mD]

@@rld1982 Would have to be stainless steel

[@JasonRule-1]

I had the same idea! 👍

[@subg8858]

He already had it set up so the entry was too narrow for the hornets

[@davorgolik7873]

Same idea! To put a mesh around with holes just big enough for bee. 👍

[@supme7558]

Needs an electric charge so when the hornet attacks it you push a button and fry it

[@theobjectivethinker64]

Was thinking the same thing and then I read yours.

[@kallemetsahalme5701]

or tiny chainsaws on the front that actually feel like mandibles

[@catport5658]

I really like how you investigate and learn of the natural world of these insects, the understanding you have of them is really cool. It looks like with pacience and interest you enjoy your passion and futher the knowledge of them.

[@Areandr]

*Страшнее "Человека-паука", только "Человек-Тапочек" !!!* 😂

[@jock-of-ages73]

That dragonfly was awesome, i'd love to buy a couple for decor in my house.

[@maartencdegroot6968]

breed themm let them at hornets?

[@maartencdegroot6968]

eat

[@no-damn-alias]

These aren't hornets. These are Cessnas from the sound they make

[@awkwardsaxon9418]

time to introduce real dragonfly. Maybe build a pond

[@blackeyedturtle]

Wasp are extremely intelligent, they are masters of the hunt. We do not have wasps here in British Columbia as large as Japan's Giant Hornet, but we do have Common Aerial Yellowjackets. When one finds a food source, it returns to the nest and brings others. One afternoon while enjoying a beer with a couple of friends on my friends back patio, under a deck umbrella, a wasp came along an snatched a blackfly from the underside of the umbrella. The host was somewhat afraid and went to grab some RAID wasp killer. I told him to relax, it is not here for us, it will clean out those blackflies which have been biting all afternoon. Sure enough 5 minutes later it returned with 2 nestmates, they each grabbed a fly and flew off. Within a half an hour we were no longer being bothered by blackflies, which can get bad in Prince George. My friend said he had no idea that wasps were so beneficial. One day we were taking a break while tree-planting on a remote mountainside in BC. We saw 3 Yellowjackets fly over a shallow mud puddle in a military-style flyover, one commonly sees used by helicopters. One hovering close to the ground, and the other two equidistant behind and above. It was so amazing to watch them hover and fly, all the while maintaining that same triangular formation.

[@SacredDreamer]

WoW this FASCINATED ME ,, i was glued to every moment ,, what an interesting experiment !!

[@DanakarEndeel]

Guess your best bet is to build a nice pond next to your hive and then buy a couple dozen real golden-ringed dragonflies while hoping they stick around. Also, insects may have other senses we are not aware of so it is entirely possible that they could see that your plastic figure was no threat. As I recall insects see different light spectrums as well as sense smells/pheromones. As such what looks like an insect to us may just look like an inanimate blob to them. I don't even know if hornets can see colors.

[@elantricity]

Interesting point. Many insects are capable of seeing UV light and the chance is high that this figurine doesn’t reflect UV light the same way as the real animal, and even we can see some optical differences for example the iridescence. Plus the figurine emits no sound and has no wing movement.

[@nezz0r]

Robot "insects" run by advanced AI to defend honeybee nests would be interesting.

[@terrenceduarte5348]

For sure

[@Armageist]

Probably need to glue like 20 of them all over the hive.

[@nekotoru]

Or pet a real dragonfly

[@gregandark8571]

Or pet 20 real dragonfly.

[@smooth313]

The truth is that the hive seems quite protected, like, the entrance is too narrow for the hornets to get in.

[@rynfornow3411]

Not sure with hornets, but wasps have good memory. Attach the dragonfly with a zapper. The hornets left alive will witness the instakill and tell the rest of the hive to avoid at all cost.

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

it's a brutal life for a tiny little bee

[@JasonRule-1]

Why don't you surround your hives with screening where the spacing is only big enough for bees to pass through at a distance of about a foot or so from the hive? That way the hornets wouldn't have a chance to get even close to the bees or the hive itself.

[@mind.journey]

This appears to be the simplest yet most effective way of protecting the bees

[@KaisKreatures]

hornets can easily chew through a screen...

[@JasonRule-1]

@@KaisKreatures Really? Wow!

[@TheCr0oked1]

​@@JasonRule-1 they already considered this, look at the hive enterance is lined with metal the hornets cant get in

[@ai-aniverse]

because he shows them chewing through Cedar.

[@scibear9944]

Given that most insects use scent for communication and sensing their surroundings, it's not surprising the dragonfly was pretty useless. The company selling this thing need to figure out how to make it SMELL like a dragonfly. Of course, if they could do that you wouldn't need the fake dragonfly, just spray the scent around the hive. One thing i dont understand is why beekeepers don't put up mesh fencing a few feet from the hive where the mesh is large enough for bees but too small for the hornets. Seems kinda like a no brainer to me, but whatever🤷

[@dustinbragg1921]

The hornets would chew straight through it. Even if it took them hours to do it.

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Well the mesh is explained in this video They can easily chew trough cedar wood Mesh metal fences would be bitten through, too thin to protect from these monsters bite

[@skeena59]

@@commisaryarreck3974 cedar wood is a soft wood. Try a hardwood, that'll stop em, or at least slow em down.

[@TopFix]

I think the reason the dragonfly got attention when stationary but not when moving is because when moving they expect to see it's wings moving too, so when they don't see any wings moving/making sounds they're smart enough to know it's not real. Whereas when the fake dragonfly is stationary, it makes it seem as if it at rest/sleeping.

[@nawankcrossline]

Hornet: OMG we got an action figure....we should bring this home

[@benjaminq3226]

How about wrapping some thin wires around the dragonfly, one for positive and another for negative and then connect them to a few 9-volt batteries in series so that the hornets get electrified when attacking the decoy. Alternatively, use a dedicated circuit from a usb rechargeable electric mosquito swatter to electrify the decoy with thousands of volts.

[@Magnum44NC]

You are BRAVE to stand so close to those little monsters!

[@GIMMETHELOOTNOW]

Gotta find a way to turn that dragon fly into a bug zapper😅

[@nuvolebarocche6215]

i have a phobia of all flying insects and am terrified of bees, wasps and the like, but looking at this video i realize bees are so cute and small. just doing their jobs TT__TT those hornets look horrifying btw, kudos to you for being able to stand that close to them

[@AlexeiAbramov-hs1pl]

Это очень интересное и удивительное видео, спасибо вам ❤, надеюсь эти пчелы будут в безопасности и шершни уйдут, я восхищаюсь тем что вы их не убили а попытались понять как это работает ❤❤❤

[@firstindaworld8098]

Поставь маленькую фигурку Годзиллы. Ты же японец.

[@plumcat4089]

Но обязательно с лазером и самонаводкой ☝️

[@danbrit9848]

maby a small drone with jaws...turn the tables on them

[@Aldebaran80]

there is a kind of synthetic pheromones emulating the smell of that dragonfly?

[@hyperion3145]

There's something oddly funny about one hornet looking at it, turning to the other and then taking turns biting it like it's a sitcom

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

1st Hornet: “should we be attacking this guy?” 2nd Hornet: “why? what else is there to attack?” 1st Hornet: *”THE GIANT TWO LEGGED THING WITH A SMALL BOX THATS BEEN STANDING BEHIND US FOR THE PAST 10 MINUTES”*

[@QuantumCollateralAnomaly]

Perhaps add some kind of electrical discharge thing on the face of the dragonfly?

[@inkvizitorGlokta]

Шершни давно так не веселились😂

[@slavicspirit018]

Well, I also have hornets in my country in southern Europe, and I have a very efficient weapon for them - empty coca cola bottle. I play baseball with them 😂

[@Weltaz]

There's some amazing glue spray, how do you think these things can fly if their wings are glued? have you tried spraying a bucket of hot glue on the hornets' nest ?

[@LaughingblueSu]

If the dragonfly was covered in fly paper glue, it would catch the hornets, but not the honey bees. Thank you for a great video.