Liquid Nitrogen Is Incredible At Destroying Dangerous Yellow Jacket Hornet Nests. Mousetrap Monday

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[@Mizai]

dont purchased from scamazon they randomly block accounts wheb redeeming gift cards you are warned people i already lost €100

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Kind of like pouring a supertanker of liquid Nitrogen on a stadium of people watching a game. It gets cold really quick.

[@unlimited971]

How much people pay you to get rid of a nest

[@baysideprod6568]

Try ammonia!! I guarantee this will be the best thing you try. Also works incredibly well pouring down a rat hole.

[@leeway777]

A kettle of boiling water is more accessible.

[@daniellango3668]

"I have a whole container of liquid nitrogen here" - any video starts like this gon be epic

[@octae1217]

Except for a snuff film.

[@joseaceves533]

I feel that might not be the direction he meant

[@ishidan01]

@@octae1217 well technically...

[@FawazK]

Best comment I've read all day

[@tommyhunter1817]

Absolutely

[@hoyschelsilversteinberg4521]

Not even their yellow jackets could keep them warm enough

[@carsoncreel2924]

AEEEE

[@TRASHGHOST666]

AUUUUUUGH💀💀💀

[@Eins3467]

Ayoooo

[@snoote533]

Nice one, dad.

[@tigertank06]

😂😂😂.

[@The8BitGuy]

I figured the liquid nitrogen is a double-whammy. Not only does it freeze them, but it displaces the oxygen as the liquid evaporates and pushes all of the oxygen out.

[@Anankin12]

I was thinking the same, way more likely to just suffocate them than freezing them. But once he dug 'em up they were frozen solid, so whatdayaknow

[@mousanaonymous1037]

Big fan. But why do you watch ground hornet destroyal videos lol

[@reoire843]

Actually, he was researching liquid nitrogen for the cooling of a restored 1980s era supercomputer.

[@willhooke]

Interesting 🤔 Hasn't considered the O2 displacement as the N warms to gas state

[@YounesLayachi]

@@willhooke temperature remains constant during transition to gas state :P

[@TheDarkNinja7]

I mistakenly stepped on a nest like this as a child and was stung several times. This was so cathartic to watch. I feel like you took revenge on my behalf 😂

[@maikybravo6108]

Wow! Naturally created landmines? Hahaha

[@stygiann]

You're Ryu Hayabusa, just parry the hornets.

[@captainkane1984]

I hate these things. I feel inspired and avenged.

[@BreadApologist]

My childhood wasp trauma was a bit different. I was at my grandmothers house, in the backyard playin around n exploring. Came across this funny looking paper thing bout size of an adult hand (fingers extended) hanging under a water hose holder on the wall. Being that I had no idea what this object was or why it was there, walking stick in hand I opted to perform one of humanities oldest and advanced type of scientific study......which lead to a astonishing discovery. Wasps really dont like it when you poke their nest with a stick. Clearly I was smarterestest child. I recall running inside the house crying with wasps all over me, not clear as to the following events. Pretty sure my dad torched the nest though. Oddly enough I dont actually recall the stings hurting to bad. I imagine it was likely due to adrenaline and panic. Since then however Ive been terrified of wasps.

[@TheDarkNinja7]

@@BreadApologist lol

[@GaisaSanktejo]

You had a twofold effect there; the liquid nitrogen freezes most of the hornets, then the nitrogen outgassing forces the oxygen out of the area, so the rest suffocate! A VERY effective, if expensive solution Shawn, thanks for sharing!

[@alankiedrowski54]

Liquid Nitrogen is pretty cheap

[@GaisaSanktejo]

@@alankiedrowski54 Ah. Didn't know that 🤷‍♂️

[@alankiedrowski54]

@@GaisaSanktejo A liter costs about 40 cents here

[@soulofshukaku]

Looks like the only expensive part about liquid nitrogen is keeping it that way. A liter cost less than a dollar, but a liter container for it is $100+

[@GaisaSanktejo]

@@soulofshukaku I noticed that myself. The containers are the expensive component, and it seems they only hold the contents for a limited time...

[@stevenwilson5556]

Used Liquid Nitrogen tanks are around $300, refilling one is different prices but around $50 if you don't do it yourself with your own equipment. Not sure this is the most cost-effective method, but given that 80% of the atmosphere is nitrogen this has to be the most environmentally friendly way to do so.

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

it used to be 78% but after this video goes viral we are all going to die from this outfall!

[@pvic6959]

not to mention that the nitrogen comes from the air so really theres is a net 0

[@Mike518Mike]

@@pvic6959 unfortunatly the enrgy requiered to cool down the nitrogen will habe been at least in part from fossil fuels so it is not 0 impact. Still pretty small though

[@Tomwesstein]

@@pvic6959 there is only a N2 net zero. Cooling it down uses a lot of energy so it depends on if green energy is used for that

[@Darkangel01966]

@@Tomwesstein What's Green Energy,far as i know a windmill is about the only one all else are dependant on fossil fuel in one form or another.

[@redmondpeters6221]

Liquid nitrogen must be one of the cleanest wasp killing methods I've ever seen. It literally DESTROYED that nest in seconds without causing any damage to the grass. Very useful.

[@swankshire6939]

lol that grass is dead too. its roots had to freeze, but will quickly regrow

[@maxhonneger3278]

Yeah, but most people can't get their hands on liquid nitrogen.

[@redmondpeters6221]

@@maxhonneger3278 true👍

[@alifr4088]

But hey plants also used nitrogen for their nutrients, so i see this as a win-win solution!

[@redmondpeters6221]

@@alifr4088 I know right 😊

[@someone023]

I like how at one point he goes: "Oh, they are still moving. Looks like they didn't have enough" 💀

[@frako_ft3]

They not cold enuff liek I would like them too be 😭😭😭

[@Pete-zi9pi]

Those were the T1000 versions ..

[@jc4evur661]

I liked when he said...So Crispy!

[@ratfinkie62]

Where does he ‘go’?

[@r2020E]

@@jc4evur661 their exoskeletons probs become pretty brittle when frozen

[@cheesegrater7948]

I love how calming he is while warcriming hornets

[@sninctbur3726]

The Geneva Conventions don’t apply to flesh-eating insects

[@stevem2323]

The best warcrime there is.

[@isaned]

If the yellow jackets had attended the Geneva Convention, they would have stung everyone!

[@jebes909090]

as someone who hates yellow jackets(they are the assholes of the insect world), i whole heartedly approve of this warcrime.

[@joegun]

It never happened and even if it did they deserved it.

[@IEmberSM]

Literally "GG EZ" mode. Putting on the bee suit is probably the most difficult thing Shawn did here.

[@aktan4ik]

Taking it off might be harder!

[@GetBlazedSon]

gg ez no re get fukt

[@elisabethsun7059]

I don’t get it

[@craftylemon2460]

@@elisabethsun7059 Well clearly you are not a gamer. It's just something toxic you say to your opponents after you destroy them or even slightly win over them to make them angry.

[@Crimsonedge1]

@@elisabethsun7059 EZ = Easy

[@mozuesolympian2988]

“Now I am become death, destroyer of wasp.”

[@Kenny-the-Platypus]

CRISP NOLAN PRESENTS: WASPPENHEIMER

[@stormlakebobcat9058]

😅😅 That is absolutely underrated sir. Well played

[@DarkDelta-cw8xd]

The Wasp GHAVITA

[@hoytmccloskey5967]

One minute you're hanging around the hive just doing yellojackettee stuff next minute your -175°F and crystallized...

[@divine6104]

Celsius. Even colder :)

[@VorsichtStufe]

°F?

[@rockjockchick]

This is SO much more environmentally friendly than toxic chemicals. Awesome, quick and effective! :)

[@couththememer]

Yummy bees with "harmless" liquid 💀

[@tavariskaiser6742]

@@couththememer Liquid nitrogen is essentially air kept below subzero. At room temperature, it boils, but once it becomes a gas, it's just air (completely harmless unlike pesticides).

[@mtmcommunity]

​@@tavariskaiser6742 huge downside is the last time I priced out a gallon of liquid nitrogen it was a little over $1,000😭

[@XenoJaed]

@@tavariskaiser6742 And if I remember correctly, there are some food stalls that sell specialty ice creams dipped in liquid nitrogen.

[@MotivatedNurse]

@@XenoJaed true that

[@vaporfiend]

"They're toast!" "They are so crispy!" I love that the adjectives we use for being burnt also works for being frozen with NO²!

[@jzdpd]

well technically they're burnt

[@GradyPhilpott]

Every hear of freezer burn?

[@ThomasKrKr]

just a small notice liquid nitrogen is N2, basically liquified dry air NO2 is a dangerous gas on the other hand

[@polydipsiac]

At both temperature extremes h2o is less likely to exist as a liquid :)

[@elisabethsun7059]

@@jzdpd r/technicallythetruth

[@docolemnsx]

Careful with the gloves around cold liquids like that. While some liquid may bounce off the bare skin and not cause any harm, the gloves will absorb it and keep the freezing liquid in contact with your skin long enough to cause damage. Since you need to wear them in order to avoid being stung, be mindful of any eventual drips down the side of the container where you might be holding your hand.

[@mvalthegamer2450]

Not liquid Nitrogen. That is evaporating ASAP

[@mvalthegamer2450]

Also Liquid Nitrogen will burn your skin.

[@docolemnsx]

@@mvalthegamer2450 all I'm saying is a quick splash will bounce right off the skin but anything permeable might absorb it and hold it on the skin long enough to cause damage.

[@Bohnenesser]

Leidenfrost effect

[@johnruiz6743]

@@docolemnsx He could immerse his hand in the liquid nitrogen then break it off once it has froze sufficiently? I wonder if KZbin would demonetize the video? 🤔🤣

[@ihorzaiets2150]

2:17 someone survived. Imagine, what a horrible experience it had and how it would sounds like

[@shayn_3]

Who

[@ihorzaiets2150]

More like 2:22. Hornet between two layers. These are completely frozen and corpses are everywhere, but one survived

[@AmberCommentsThings]

_It's about sending a message_

[@raghunathprabhakar2166]

joker origin story

[@TheHammerGuy94]

The 0.1% of hornets

[@CJTheReal]

Shawn, I'm curious. The yellow jackets that escape the nest destruction, do you know what happens to them? Are they likely try to join other swarms or simply die nestless?

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

They add to our ever increasing homeless population.

[@fizzywizzylemonsqueezy1774]

Bruh sad moment

[@leebarnhart831]

They regroup and mount a counter attack!

[@johnnydoe1484]

They apply for unemployment

[@zurgboy07]

They become hobos

[@JaySea]

The hive cluster is under attack!

[@theycallmewilson]

Underrated comment

[@belonn6121]

I feel like this is some reference

[@AnthonyCole15]

@@belonn6121 Indeed it is, StarCraft, to be exact.

[@belonn6121]

@@AnthonyCole15 I surprisingly haven't played any RTS games

[@zroberts02]

*NOT ENOUGH VESPENE GAS*

[@billsomrak]

I wouldn't even know where to go out & buy some liquid Nitrogen ... but it did a good job on those yellow jackets. I've had enough run-ins with yellow jackets to hate them. Recently I was watching my platform bird feeder, and there was a Northern Cardinal eating some sun flower seeds. A yellow jacket made the mistake of buzzing around the Cardinal, and in a flash, it nabbed it out of the air, ate it, and went back to eating sunflower seeds. Wish I'd had a video recording of that .. it was awesome.

[@whothefoxcares]

Ask any overclocked PC gamers.

[@billsomrak]

@@whothefoxcares I'm probably the only guy in my neck-of-the-woods who builds his own & overclocks (for the past 30+ years). I had a liquid cooled radiator style setup a few builds ago, which worked well. These days, I'm not so ambitious, so I just use huge fan cooled coolers and am still over 4ghz. I think a welding supply house might carry liquid nitrogen though.

[@0xFF48]

The standard place is a welding gas supply. Airgas is one of the larger national companies. Tons of smaller local and regional companies. Dry ice is easier to get, but less effective

[@tipi5586]

@@billsomrak Nobody expected this reply. We salute you, sir.

[@tipi5586]

Just so you know, apparently LN2 is roughly the same price per litre as beer. It's not exactly rare, the only cost involved in the production is in distillation and in cooling.

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

As someone who has been attacked by yellow jackets before, I approve this video 👍

[@Nabamyopu]

😂😢

[@Blue_Dingo]

In the Marines, I was a Cryogenics Tech. At MCAS Beaufort, SC we had many fire ant nests around the shop area. Liquid nitrogen and a rake, worked every time.

[@duckmcluck6911]

Is liquid nitrogen expensive?Did you have to be mindfull with your supply? Thanks in advance for the answer and have a good day!

[@bb-us4ew]

Check out the you tube videos of some people making art with fire ant nests with molten metal

[@yungzed]

what the marines need cryogenics for

[@ccggenius]

@@yungzed Deep freezing the crayons so they have a refreshing treat on a hot summer's day.

[@williamhanna4823]

@@duckmcluck6911 On a per-liter basis it is cheaper than beer. When liquid oxygen is produced for making steel, liquid nitrogen is produced as a by-product. It is, in effect, an industrial waste product. Massive quantities of it are used in space simulation chambers to cool the walls.

[@taxman3749]

Not since Starship Troopers have I seen such wanton bug destruction. Shaun Woods is doing his part.

[@WastedPotential17]

I'd like to know more!

[@Concerned502]

Its all fun and games till the REALLY big hornets start blasting plasma out their asses, and the hornet brain bug sucks out your brain through a straw.

[@starwing0]

Only good bug is a dead bug

[@safirahmed]

The Federation in Starship Troopers could claim God gave them nitrogen to fight the bugs.

[@lazytitan6848]

Well when service guarantees citizenship, how could he not?

[@kittyfavetti7697]

A few weeks ago I was attacked by a nest of yellow jackets. Now I'm rewatching all your videos in order to figure out which method is going to be best for me to use. Thank you so much for all these methods

[@HayabusaRyuu]

Vengeance is best served cold, so use nitrogen

[@ROOKTABULA]

Pour boiling hot soapy water down the hole and keep it filled. Much cheaper and safer

[@fidelcatsro6948]

look no more...youve found it..

[@nthgth]

You will have your vengeance, come hell or high LN²

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@nthgth bury them with a ton of sulphur

[@ЕленаИванова-щ3е]

Imagine you just peacefully live, sit in your house, you blink and you are in heaven.

[@thespelsheepington6664]

bold of you to assume yellow jackets go to heaven

[@LalRaffya]

i would be very thankful if i go to heaven

[@elaxerblaxer]

@@thespelsheepington6664 lol

[@richieadams1424]

Shoot no more earth to be in heaven ? Not a bad deal.

[@kennyodewale4404]

U will know how it feels when u get stung by one

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Shawn just makes me want to go out and buy a couple of gallons of liquid nitrogen and I don't even need it.

[@solidsnaker1992]

i think you do in fact need it for that one thing you need to do

[@elfpimp1]

@@solidsnaker1992 that's how I usually explain it to the missus..

[@ahuehuete4703]

Off the wall question: as the liquid nitrogen quickly evaporates, does it displace oxygen in the nearby vicinity and possibly create a possible asphyxiation scenario? Probably not outdoors, but I think extreme caution should be exercised if used indoors.

[@evolution__snow6784]

Yea it could, always have good ventilation when handling anything other than air

[@johncochran8497]

Biggest gotcha is NEVER use an elevator to transport LN2 if there's also a person in the elevator. If the LN2 spills, it could easily asphyxiate everyone in the elevator.

[@cloaker7237]

Yeah, it has a two-fold effect. It dissipates pretty quick (especially outdoors), but any wasps in the immediate area that don’t freeze will probably asphyxiate. Very effective.

[@jeffumbach]

Yes because in liquid form nitrogen is much more dense so when it vaporizes it expands rapidly and displaces the air around it, especially in a confined space like that underground nest.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Absolutely. There is a reason it's used as a fire suppression system ingredient.

[@TheSlimCognito]

Did anyone else notice that he described a yellow jacket as crispy? Still lots of fun to watch.

[@whatshouldidowithmychannel]

I did.

[@timmynormand8082]

@@whatshouldidowithmychannel an. Tasty

[@MrKnutriis]

@@timmynormand8082 LOL

[@timmynormand8082]

@@MrKnutriis just seemed crispy an tasty go together lol

[@MrKnutriis]

@@timmynormand8082 They do

[@jcp1984again]

What a crazy effective method. I'd say it's also quite a merciful way to go because the deep-freeze happens so quickly.

[@-danR]

LN2 is approx. the same price as beer. I imagine the great thing about it, over soapy water, is that even when it evaporates, the cold gas is still going to spread out and down and asphyxiate every single side-branch inhabitant wasp and larvae. Even the eggs will die off because there will be no adults remaining to feed them.

[@mplsmtnbiker3867]

Thanks! I was just gonna ask the cost comparison!

[@Horus2Osiris]

Used motor oil 69%, gasoline to the top, mix, apply slowly, wait ten minutes, reapply; ignite! Observation mode, done.

[@emmettturner9452]

@Koowluh There are videos about how to make it at home.

[@raulsaavedra709]

@@Horus2Osiris Oil is very toxic for any natural water sources though. The pollution ratio is one million, so any volume unit, e.g. 1 oz, 1 liter, 1 gallon of oil, will contaminate a volume of water equal to a million times that amount.

[@DvBattlegears]

Wow why all these nonsense, just get boils water and pour down there

[@hgrghost_actual]

That might be the most ethical and effective method for dealing with a nest like that. No toxic chemicals. No residue. Very humane I think. That's impressive how quickly and efficiently it worked. No need to dig it up afterwards other than for the camera.

[@QuantumConundrum]

Nah, gotta feed it to the local wildlife :D

[@kelmirosue3251]

@@QuantumConundrum Or make something out of it if it's not poisonous. I think I've heard of people make honeycombs into a food of some form. Can't remember the process tho, so it might potentially work. And ik liquid nitrogen is used in some restaurants for their own dishes

[@tolgaerbay5636]

I flipped over the floor from laughing when he says (2:25) that was not enough for them lets pour a little more. This is embodiment of insult to the injury.

[@illuvitarv5]

That's a lot of damage!!

[@X77__]

​@@illuvitarv5 *how about a little more?*

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@X77__ *NOW THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE!!!*

[@FS-me8mj]

Just a bit more

[@LOLmusics]

@@FS-me8mj maybe some more?

[@ronliebermann]

I don’t know how much liquid nitrogen costs, but if it were cheap enough, then you could pump it under a house to kill termites. And you could flood a room with it to kill bed bugs.

[@slqjeueuieqpiejdjsjs]

oh boy that would be expensive

[@ptyxx]

$2 per 1 litre

[@slowmotionwriting8714]

@@ptyxx That is cheaper than I thought.

[@BooleanDisorder]

You risk destroying items though. At least the surface of some stuff

[@peterlohnes1]

the container cost a lot too

[@keenanmcbreen7073]

this seems like a pretty nice method, no poisons, very fast kill, and it just evaporates and is gone right?

[@Hunter-lm7wo]

Yes it is just liquid well nitrogen and the atmosphere is about 80% nitrogen so when it boils at about -196c it just turns back to n2 gas.

[@JosephHHHo]

Yup. As if it was aliens

[@101jir]

With the downside others have brought up being cost, everything else is pretty good about this method from what I have read.

[@xrefed]

@@101jir the nitrogen is cheap since its fricking everywhere the way to contain it is not tho

[@joshcarrico1210]

"The liquid inside is so cold, over minus two-hundred degrees Celsius." I'm currently over minus two-hundred degrees Celsius, but I'm not bragging about it.

[@jcmick8430]

Good catch. Being technically correct is the best kind of being right. He should have said under minus 200 C

[@TheRelativy]

@@jcmick8430 Actualy it is -196 C

[@elisabethsun7059]

Lol

[@elisabethsun7059]

This comment is underrated

[@ApprenticeGM]

I laughed! Good comment :)

[@Major00Tom]

1:21 that's what she said.

[@lingor_3217]

LOOOL You have made my day😂

[@ironbull08x93]

2:29 YJ: mercy, please you killed everyone Him: No.

[@highlander723]

You got to admit it's very environmentally friendly No pesticides no burning no use of electricity Just nitrogen that evaporates into the air.... I LIKE IT

[@snidecommenter7117]

Take a potfull of electricity to separate nitrogen from atmosphere, liquify it, and put it in tanks.

[@christopherborum6551]

​@@snidecommenter7117 Exactly. I don't think this is a particularly environmentally sound approach if you consider all the factors.

[@CanadianCatScratcher-ff4sl]

It’s also humane: instant freeze.

[@GGnooREE]

"These have slight movement, let's give it another pour" bro savage 😂. I like how he just playing with dead corpse at the end

[@RichardMNixon-zh6uz]

"They instantly crush - they're so crispy" (SteveMRE quietly waltzes in) "Let get them out onto a tray. Nice. Ugh! This has some burning and stinging in my lip. Botulism city"

[@bitterleafcastle1552]

I love that I get this reference

[@TheGPR101]

They'd go nicely with Coffee Instant Type 2

[@RichardMNixon-zh6uz]

@@TheGPR101 "This is not some modern day Nescafe. This is perfect vintage coffee that goes right to the head immediately"

[@atelier9333]

i miss the guy

[@GuderII]

Lesson no1 : Don't eat yellow jacket Lesson no2 : *Don't eat Chinese MRE* ( if steve gets sick after eating those. Especially us )

[@ryanprc8807]

I love this video. No posturing, no clout farming, no talking about it for fifteen minutes, no thanking patreon backers... Just, hey, here's what I'm gonna do, watch me do it. You're awesome. Thank you. 🤜🤛

[@MisterDemonTC]

Hornets: *exists* Shawn: "I'm 'bout to send these stingy boys to Wisconsin"

[@mu11668B]

lmao underrated

[@TinkerTeck]

Accurate.

[@dust_error0101]

No

[@MadScientist267]

🙄

[@elisabethsun7059]

Accurate

[@Flashlight237]

On the opposite end of the temperature scale, liquid aluminum works well for dealing with invasive ant colonies. It isn't exactly a common method, and it would take some setup and maintenance just to get the stuff over there, but once it's done, you'll be left with what looks like a tree made with aluminium.

[@thew2646]

Isn't there a channel who makes art using liquid aluminum on ant colonies

[@Flashlight237]

@@thew2646 Yes.

[@sbyrstall]

Saw that sight....awesome "artwork". I think he sells them also.

[@imho2278]

Not on a wasp nest, which is basically paper.

[@Flashlight237]

@@imho2278 No, but the fire will handle 'em.

[@mach4518]

"They're so crispy" This man's choice of words make me a new subscriber

[@firecwby1999]

Freeze dried

[@carlbernard4197]

Time to eat!!!😂😂😂😂

[@Geezytunechi]

Lemme pour some more

[@neilbain8736]

Seems about one of the most environmentally friendly ways to do the job. It makes up 76% of the air we breath. Student friends got to 'play' with liquid nitrogen at uni. There was a couple of odd sounding rules. One was to never carry it in an elevator and I think there was a restriction about storing it in a basement. Confined spaces and heavier than air I guess.

[@leerobbo92]

Exactly. Boil-off will knock you out cold in less than a minute if you're not in a well-ventilated area, and if that happens, there's a good chance you land in a cryogenic pool. Two things made me uncomfortable at all times in the lab: hydroflouric acid, and liquid nitrogen.

[@natruljames1056]

My guy committed Genocide on Yellow Jackets. This may sound bad, but this guy is my hero considering I hate wasps and yellow jackets.

[@orthal298]

Probably the vapor also did a great job at killing them.

[@theshuman100]

Well at least with nitrogen its considered a painless death

[@Al_Dente-d1p]

Too bad it also didn't do a number on all of the libs watching.

[@cheetochinpo]

@@Al_Dente-d1p rent free

[@elisabethsun7059]

@drew michael yep

[@daves.9479]

Dunno...insects are pretty tough. The freeze was virtually instantaneous, so no ice crystals are forming in their innards to damage tissue. I'd check after the Big Thaw just to make sure they aren't bouncing back. Don't want any nasty surprises.

[@alphaxfang]

i think the time for him to dig up, transport, and film is enough for them to resurrect if they still have any life in them... but from the look of it they are dead for good...

[@flappyfloppy3048]

They won't be able to breathe and get oxygen tho?

[@j10001]

Good thought. But it looks like in the final part of the video he had moved the remains of the nest into a studio location to film them. (When he shows the queen.) So I think everything was good and dead!

[@Generic_Gaming_Channel]

Bro liquid nitrogen is -200° it's practically instant hypothermia death

[@matthieudeloget8998]

@@Generic_Gaming_Channel nah, it is so cold they are frozen alive, and with the right conditions they may unfreeze and resume their life (i believe it's cryostasis or something)

[@walter68bug98]

When I was a teen some kids stirred up two nests and I was stung a lot by those bastards so seeing them freeze warms my heart

[@DrTeamSteve]

As someone that works in pest control and loves it, you have some of the coolest content on youtube. Keep it up!

[@QH-173]

I see what you did there

[@brian3075]

What kind of heartless monster would dislike this video…

[@ngjoshua8668]

People that don't understand the danger of having yellow jacket near by

[@Naravayax]

Lol

[@Naravayax]

Your profile picture makes this comment 100x better

[@ImpendingJoker]

The same kind of people that would post a comment 3 hours before the video even premieres.

[@BigBlue1210]

bees

[@Juan_Doooh]

Amazing, worth every second of video. I’m allergic to their sting and actually got stung by 1 about 2yrs ago, that 1 sting almost closed my airway.

[@johnruiz6743]

You think one is bad, try getting stung multiple times. Not a good experience. Lucky I am not allergic. I stumbled into a nest when I opened the door of an old truck which sat for awhile. The wasps/hornets built a nest under the dash just inside the door. I jumped in and sat on the seat and tried starting the truck. Luckily I had not closed the door. They came out in numbers and were pissed. I was stung at least 20 times on the legs (had shorts on!) and other places before I managed to get out and away. Didn't end up hospitalized, but it sickened me for about a day.

[@BenDover-lg4wv]

@@johnruiz6743 uhh yea, sorry but your story is not even as close to being as bad as OP’s. They almost died from the allergy. You experienced discomfort.

[@arslanreact]

Man: liquid nitrogen Yellow jackets: and so begins the judgement day

[@SirPraiseSun]

SW: touches the nest with 1 finger Yellow Jackets: SO YOU CHOOSE DEATH SW: YOOO CHILL MAN

[@sumanjitgoswami]

2:06 they are so crispy, and also yummy larva

[@stupidthefish1979]

Another good method I’ve seen is to put some sort of mosquito mesh over the top of the hole, then pour dawn into the whole and then pour water down the hole, preferably with a hose but just enough to cause the soap to bubble. It’s cheaper but slower than liquid nitrogen, and you’ll probably need more mosquito mesh if there’s other holes.

[@johnruiz6743]

Diatomaceous earth also works if dispensed into the hole. It takes a few days, but once they all get coated with it, it cuts through the coating on the exoskeleton and dessicates them. Not to mention it also clogs their spiracles so it interferes with insect respiration as well. Yet, not toxic to humans or animals, just bugs with an exoskeleton.

[@Radmxray]

​@@johnruiz6743 Sounds so brutal yet throughly satisfying to imagine. I hate yellow jackets and hornets.

[@AmandaHugenkiss2915]

Mesh is a good idea, also unroll some window screen over the holes then let em have it.

[@oddcrafter1270]

I've been using gasoline and a barbecue lighter.

[@carlbernard4197]

I used to flood out mice with bleach water that was a bot 185 degrees f.

[@NA-tq8dg]

Wasps: dead Shawn: K W I S P Y

[@CoinsAndCapsaicin]

I was walking through the woods with a friend and found a ground bee next so large that you could see the honeycomb in the entrance hole it was so large. We were both stung several times. Largest ground bee nest I've ever seen. The sound was astounding

[@thebathuman]

Fifteen years ago walking through a pine forest with a friend, very warm day - both of us focused on our conversation. At the same time we both slowed our walk, stopped talking and looked at each other in amazement. "BEES!" we both said in unison. Then we hightailed it out of the forest. The entire area was THRUMMING with the sound of bees - you could almost feel the air vibrating with the buzzing of their wings. So. Many. Bees. It was really cool but glad we didn't stick around.

[@chunkyboy4617]

I love the way he said it was mousetrap monday and then he starts pouring liquid nitrogen on a yellow jacket nest

[@patrickc1193]

Shawn Woods is the answer to all of life’s infestations.

[@mistermurtad2831]

Even intestinal parasites?

[@patrickc1193]

@@mistermurtad2831 Yup even those.

[@DerInterloper]

Even Liberals? (joke)

[@sowdiem6047]

@@DerInterloper ivermectin

[@danieldevito6380]

We should ask him how to solve the Southern border

[@wolfkremen]

PETA: "Nitrogen also displaces oxygen in the atmosphere. Nitrogen must be banned!"

[@peanutbutter2597]

Any video that starts out with “ I have a container of liquid nitrogen “ is bound to be a cool video. !!!! No pun intended !

[@redsquirrelftw]

I never realized they made their nests literally inside the ground like that, I always thought they were typically just on the surface of foliage etc. that's kind of scary as that is so easy to miss then they just start pouring out. That is definitely a fun way to kill them where fire would not be safe to use.

[@alceratops6853]

Him: "Y'all wanna go to Antarctica?" Hornets: "Antarctica?! That's sounds so cool! What's it like?" Him: "It's kinda like this." **proceeds to punish the hornets with the liquid nitrogen**

[@scotty2307]

I wonder, if you pour the liquid nitrogen down the holes, and then plug the holes, leaving them plugged for 10 or 15 minutes, that may be enough to suffocate any hornets that were not frozen. Either way, very effective, and no ongoing collateral damage to the environment.

[@Concerned502]

You want returning workers to be able to join the party!

[@scotty2307]

@@denisovanhybrid9610 Very constructive comment Denisovan.

[@Wannes_]

You'd blow it up Every gram of liquid N2 turns into about a liter of gas under normal atmospheric conditions That's volume x 1000 or so

[@scotty2307]

@My Dixie Wrecked Shawn doesn't like to use poisons. He feels that there is too much collateral damage when using pesticides.

[@Fragatron]

Why do I feel so euphoric watch Yellow Jackets freeze into popsicles? 2:32 ASMR material right there!

[@LostDeadSoul]

"By far the best method" is almost an understatement of your success. Gongrats of being the perfect yellow jacket exterminator.

[@SandroAerogen]

Since its just nitrogen, it doesnt even leave any toxic residue behind. Nice!

[@ErikMello96]

As someone with a bad phobia of yellow jackets, this was deeply satisfying to watch

[@SutekhTheDestroyer]

Now that you've engaged in chemical warfare, you're going to have to keep dialling it up to satisfy our bloodlust. "This week I'll be trying out this tomahawk missile on the mice who keep invading my barn."

[@dust_error0101]

No

[@3HeadedGOAT311]

YES

[@Creym464]

He is tired so he has only 1 solution to think

[@f.d.6667]

The action isn't "chemical" but rather "physical" as the liquid nitrogen simply removes thermal energy from the hornets. But "Rocket Motor vs. Hornets" is definitely something I'd watch...

[@ptw783]

This is genius. Only the next in succession after dry ice. We also need a red hot nickel ball episode 😂

[@pvic6959]

WOAH I forgot about RHNB! thanks for the reminder!

[@mistermurtad2831]

WWII Flame thrower!

[@elisabethsun7059]

Yes

[@3HeadedGOAT311]

Then fire in a bowl. My favorite method

[@ghosttoast69420]

As someone who is terrified of these natural landmines called yellow jackets, this is just super satisfying to watch. :)

[@Dayz3O6]

Waiting for "Hydrogen bomb Is Incredible At Destroying Dangerous Yellow Jacket Hornet Nests."

[@noobFPV]

Was looking for this comment :D

[@xelldincht8149]

hell yes!

[@1empyre1life]

Sarcasm aside, it's time to see how effective conventional explosives are in this scenario.

[@SimpleAntLegion]

@@1empyre1life hear hear!

[@SH2K9]

....Prove it. *runs behind bunker with anticipation*

[@paulroberts3639]

I was always told that the best way to get rid of pests around the house was to answer the door naked and invite them in to talk about jeezus. But I think liquid nitrogen is better for nests.

[@tonys4250]

Ducks work good too. I have ducks and I looked out the window and 4 ducks were eating something off the ground so I went outside and it was a yellow jacket nest every time a yellow jacket came out a duck would eat it.

[@KnitBrain]

💀💀💀💀

[@babecat2000]

Awesome ducks.

[@carlbernard4197]

Express lunch for ducks. Eat as they come 😊😊

[@kensmith5694]

Dry ice also works and is much safer to use. You bring a block of dry ice, a sheet of plastic and some bricks to the nest. The dry ice goes down. The plastic goes over it The bricks hold the plastic down. The cold CO2 flows down into the nest and kills it. The plastic stops the wind from blowing it away.

[@pkobalt]

He's used dry ice in previous videos. It works too but it seems LN2 is much more effective

[@feuby8480]

yep, I second Fehu O., he already tried dry ice, and it was way more less effective. Considering how annoying are theses pests (and dangerous), i'd prefer handle LN2 with care, than using something less effective

[@mauroghen]

Chemical warfare is a totally valid way to obliterate these hellspawn

[@strangerlucky5753]

Me clicking on it "it's gonna be interesting" Me during the vidéo "yes diiiiie hahahaha diiiiie all of you"

[@reflux1059]

thats mean

[@babecat2000]

@@reflux1059 they are pests that attack people

[@seandonaghy2473]

Cooking tonight: nice krispies. Anyone for toast? Last words of the last wasp: Jeeeezzzzzzzz, that's col . . .

[@OKingSizeTv]

I am scared of insects but somehow I find Dale Gribble there very calming. He really loves what he does.

[@tabe8850]

Really? I never comment in advance, but holy moly this sounds epic

[@imaspecofdust3913]

"they're so crispy" is exactly how I like to describe my yellow jackets

[@robertjimmie8886]

Liquid Nitrogen LN2 boiling point is negative 321 degrees F. pouring it down the hole you are getting a classic Ledenfrost effect. You are mostly suffocating them then directly freezing them. Its not like the movies where you instantly freeze something solid instantly. It takes some time all dependent on size and temperature of object. Cool video( no pun intended) thanks for posting. Oh and I deliver LN2 for a living 20 plus years.

[@2ddw]

Winter came fast for these yellow jackets!! Next up, a liquid nitrogen mouse trap!

[@MrKnutriis]

LOL

[@leroyjenkins174]

Sub Zero wins... Flawless Victory!

[@101Volts]

2:40 "Yep. That's a good freezin' hell, ah tell you hwat."

[@sicfrynut]

2:30 "let's giv'em another pour" yes. let's.

[@gungadinn]

Shawn, most gas supply outfits won't sell liquid nitrogen to just anyone. The dewar isn't cheap, and once the nitrogen is no longer under pressure, will warm and evaporate in the dewar. I've used liquid nitrogen for disbonding composite skins from aerospace structures. Our safety people weren't amused. Our safety people also didn't have a alternate suggestion that worked. Carbon dioxide welding shield gas also works well for bugs hidden deep inside structures.

[@200932me]

Your yellow jacket videos swerved a mystery from my youth. While messing around in the field behind my house I was suddenly attacked by yellow jackets. I knew the field and never found the nest. I didn’t know they nested in the ground. Thanks.

[@FemboyDullahan]

Fun fact people who work with Liquid Nitrogen on the regular often forgo gloves for safety reasons, since the gloves would freeze along with you hand inside it, but without gloves you get the leidenfrost effect that protects your bear hands form the LN. Its only when you would have prolonged contact with the liquid its self that would cause damage, but it normally boils away or falls off by that time if its the small amount.

[@abdullahunal1108]

I was gonna say the same thing. I think I saw it on one of Nile Red's videos. He explained it's better not wearing a glove when working with liquid nitrogen.

[@Riceball01]

Bare hands, not bear. Unless you mean to say that people who regularly work with LN literally have hands like bears.

[@FemboyDullahan]

Yeah dyslexia isn't fun some times

[@Dust76tr]

I was also going to reply in a similar fashion to this comment, but went looking through the comments to see if anyone had beaten me to it. 👍

[@SheldonAdama17]

“I’m afraid that my condition has made me cold to your pleas of mercy!”

[@hopfly2]

seeing yellow jackets die is an automatic "like" for me!

[@mistermurtad2831]

I loved their tiny, tiny screams at 0:04.

[@maxcactus7]

1:57 - Pulling out a stack of yellow jacket pancakes!

[@sage5296]

I imagine that both the cold as well as the large volumes of nitrogen it releases contribute to the effectiveness, esp since insects are often highly temperature sensitive

[@Cahrssomething]

“Remember kids, if you se a bee, get a cup and paper and put it back in the wild where it belongs! If it’s a wasp or a hornet, -200 degrees coming right up :D”

[@murrayshekelberg9754]

I love liquid nitrogen experiments and I love seeing wicked hornets destroy. This is an automatic win for combining both

[@yogabirds]

“Wow look at those yellow jackets! They’re crispy!” Yum freeze dried yellow jackets anyone?🤣

[@garfieldandfriends1]

*China and South East Asia joins the chat*

[@johnnysokko6779]

When they were attacking you, you missed your opportunity to say "Cool Off!!" as you poured the liquid nitrogen. 😆

[@AmandaGeyerSnobahr]

Nah, they just needed to... Chill out.

[@jcmick8430]

Make like a tree and bark!

[@DreadNawght]

"all those yellow jackets are toast" the irony, good video

[@ohianaw]

imagine the last thing you seen before dying is a guy in a beesuit pouring liquid nitrogen down your home