Raising Yellow Jackets as Pets in My Closet part 1: Releasing the Queen

The habitat for the queen is finally complete!

[@BreadApologist]

Alternative intro- “Im Just Joshing and im about to enter the sting zone with a yellow jacket queen”

[@the_amazing_Goide12]

I get this joke lol

[@NineTakes]

Lmao

[@mathematicianjeff8358]

Coyote’s alternate channel?

[@Jubbinn_]

Oh this comment is perfect

[@hiromurakami3307]

BW 😂😂

[@youtubeandstuff3027]

Him: I'm gonna take over the world Me: releas the jacket

[@peridot9089]

ha

[@PatrickLuiplayground]

BRUH

[@SevenGC89]

I've had a huge phobia of any kind of stinging bee/wasp/hornet ever since I was little. My Dad and I used to live in a really rural area with tons of forest behind our house. One day when I was around 5 or 6 years old during a walk in the woods my Dad was carrying me on his shoulders and he stepped directly on a ground hornets nest and we were swarmed and we were a good mile/mile and a half from our house and he just booked it home. We were literally covered in stings and welts and still to this day I have such an extreme fear of bees/wasps/hornets.

[@TehRebolt]

I have a similar story from when I was around 4-5. Stepped on a yellow jacket nest by my house and got stung multiple times. Have a phobia also.

[@ThatOneGuy11395]

I bet his neighbors love him. He probably has tons of friends over too. His aux cord is on a constant look of black and yellow. His favorite cereal is honey comb, his favorite movie…bee movie, favorite basketball team…Charolette Hornets.

[@neopyro420]

Josh: Final warning. Stay down Queen: I can do this all day.

[@emcee2831]

Go fucc a dab

[@agoosewashere]

Sora Kaijo Wtf? R/young children?

[@AnnabellaPatton]

@@agoosewashere what?

[@kalebbrenenstuhl5341]

YEP

[@kalebbrenenstuhl5341]

YEP

[@jamescary9785]

imagine waking up one day and thinking a whole swarm of yellow jackets in my closet is such a good idea

[@kastinovi2651]

Also cant they eat through the walls? 😂😂

[@chuckgrumble5440]

@@kastinovi2651 ya they are gonna eat through the walls and attack his family

[@kastinovi2651]

@@chuckgrumble5440 That's so peak, for his walls... And family.

[@sandywatson7390]

I Am Kas wait oh no

[@mockery912]

“Hey Ferb! I know what we’re gonna do today!”

[@justyouraveragesimp4621]

as a fellow (half) insect, i would like to say that you are very brave to have this many deadly insects in your room!

[@clayyoung9864]

BRO I love your videos 🐾❤️

[@gamingmonkeyforever5168]

Just Joshing: We will use these blind snakes to eliminate the carpenter ant problem. AntsCanada: *WW2 Flashbacks*

[@madcatlover7554]

Piano Crusader haha I love it!

[@ghoul_hollow117]

lmaoooo

[@VibinRippa]

So true

[@MrOnionRing]

ironically hes not even in canada. He lives in phillipines but yet misleads his viewers to think hes in canada with a name like that.

[@kfox9650]

MrOnionRing he used to be in Canada and if I remember correctly that’s where he started but moved for some reason

[@NyanNegotiable]

Quarantine: *Exists* Josh: *Raising yellow jackets to NOT take over the world*

[@cxzleader7256]

To be honest I only pressed like because you emphasized not.

[@idkwhattonamemyself6357]

Hmmmm yes I'm going to make a ma-ragular regular science experiment to TAKE OVER TH-tooooooooo not take over the world this is purely for science

[@torivitor8769]

It warms warms

[@elliottpray8915]

I don’t know what it is about this channel or this guy but I love it !!!!!!!!

[@fakename7725]

Your relationship with wasps feels like when a hostage is taken so long they fall in love with their captor, and you’re the hostage

[@fakename7725]

HPG Cody yeah that one, thanks!

[@kingrandomz9692]

Fake Name lol

[@paulretchless8019]

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[@RenateFarida]

thats exactly how I feel with my wasps.

[@kinks_6113]

Stockholm syndrome

[@blackenedfaith1073]

Remember, these are the types of people who tried eating Tide Pods.

[@callumguthrie5309]

Obsidian Faith nah this guy tamed a wasp nest before this

[@davidpaul897]

There's a classic rock song..."too much time on my hands", which should be added to this video as an ending bumper. Oh, and does he know that "yellow jackets can easily eat holes through the drywall"? I'm still recovering from the sting my German "friends" gave me after I tried to retrieve my infrequently used sledge hammer in my old toolbox which they decided I wasn't using anymore and decided to make that their home. In polite society, aren't you supposed to ask first before you just crash at someone's house? :)

[@ryancoleman7082]

Instal a mirror in the back of the habitat just in case it builds at the top

[@ThiskidsMusic]

Yeah.... wouldn’t catch me putting bees in my closet

[@blisterybrush86yomomma22]

Wasps are ok then?

[@ThiskidsMusic]

Yeah wasps are chill 🤣🤣

[@medsuit1686]

Yeah fucking bees are nasty. Wasps are just gentle inhabitants and usually very tolerant.

[@Appel1989]

@@medsuit1686 Got to love the sarcasm

[@andrewhamop6665]

tbh tho honney bees are chill, I would be fine with some of them in my closet. Behind glass mind you lol.

[@ssrc30]

I'm gonna sit here, crack a beer and watch this terrible idea unfold.

[@leamonshleamon7806]

ssrc30 for some reason it always does well besides from when they died

[@xxsupbroxx7518]

Lmao

[@shannonyep3547]

Lol we doing that right now 😂

[@wmtnt2gamer185]

yes yes it is

[@wmtnt2gamer185]

this guy get me

[@kadenbane]

I guessed worms until you said that it eats ants, I changed my answer to snakes. Thanks, @AntsCanada

[@shifterwolf8573]

I guessed earthworms, left my like, already subscribed

[@itsmemadness]

It's like we're watching all the moments leading up to your death, I have never seen anyone trying to raise wasps especially in there bedroom,hats off to you mate.🐝🐝

[@GabiN64]

🤣🤣🤣

[@colleensymes4399]

Coyote: I get stung by every insect! Joshing: I keep an entire wasp colony as pets

[@Makayla.summ11]

I love your vids and Love animals🥰🥰

[@Eugene-pf7ll]

Trying to convince myself that these are all just really well made CGI videos

[@Eughpuffer]

Why?

[@mattplayzph1654]

This is actually Ants Canada's opposite brother

[@pokemonkid3661]

Is it

[@squiddart]

@@pokemonkid3661 yes

[@leninjr10]

MattPlayzPH XD

[@cullansmith2055]

Omg he dos look likev matpat

[@cbaatc1547]

MattPlayzPH yeah

[@deathedell215]

this is my literal nightmare fuel and im still watching

[@Enne2841]

Deathedell Same

[@richkiddgaming60]

hi t is a wed

[@richkiddgaming60]

hi

[@deathedell215]

@Imaan Etzioni they can't hurt me through the screen, just tell yourself that

[@skyemarshall4381]

What is wrong with you

[@RexYT-qt2eq]

This man has some BIG balls

[@deborahsidener7001]

I love that you are taking care of them God gave everything a life Bravo

[@johnnyjohnsonjohn2593]

This channel is like ants Canada’s disfuncional brother... and it’s great!

[@JustJoshingHere]

I appreciate that

[@reyalexisjelly]

No it’s more like exotica liar brother that instead of tarantulas, works with wasps

[@alreadydeaad5248]

antscanada... but its wasp

[@jadecboom8638]

I know!

[@Alexm0321]

rey alexis the holy trinity of arthropod owners

[@apdroidgeek1737]

No one gonna talk about how adorable those snakes are, specially the one that open its mouth awww.

[@jessicacobbs3872]

nope

[@Island_Dragons]

Yea

[@scout1710]

@@jessicacobbs3872 snakes are cute 😤😤😤😤😤

[@jessicacobbs3872]

@@scout1710 They are, I was just focused on the yellowjacket, not the snakes.

[@scout1710]

@@jessicacobbs3872 oh lol

[@Blade_Gaming71]

man ur the bravest person ever i would faint if it touched my bed :D

[@dinamush1342]

Breaking News: Burglar found dead, stung by wasps after trying to break into local home

[@pat5196]

Dinamus999 LOL

[@zr_spams6709]

Wow

[@destroyerofminecraft3249]

And if eczotic lair bitten Ants canada stung and bitten

[@aymenskid8696]

P

[@noahpatinoslife]

Noones talking about how easy southern yellow jackets can burrow threw that wall so easy and go threw the walls and threw the house

[@PeachPlastic]

* through

[@bigdaddyw9398]

Lol

[@anastasia-cs8mv]

Peach Plastic k.

[@anastasia-cs8mv]

😭

[@fortunevilcko5733]

No one’s*

[@Godzilla20191]

Queen bee: I want to sleep in you bed Josh: hey that’s not you property Me: lol Nobody: Queen bee: get away from me Josh: oh are you scared Queen bee: yeah I lost my mind right now lol

[@PangolinDrip]

I saw the snakes and I was like, oh yea I'm so smart, but they were snakes and I was like, DANG IT!

[@CulturalToast]

Kudos to the cameraman for following the wasp when she was flying.

[@callumguthrie5309]

Grammar Nazi I thought your pfp was a swastika

[@CulturalToast]

@@callumguthrie5309 Yeah, I get that a lot.

[@HB.14]

Bruh I also thought that your profile was a swastika and then I looked at your name and thought well something here feels weird..

[@battlestorm7655]

This man is the reason why the National guard exists.

[@3amrblx805]

*when the queen flies away* Me: what the heck are you doing?

[@bemcentire]

Dude I love your videos they’re so cool by the way there earth worms

[@ngraccisalsome]

Wow dude, I haven’t watched your content in a while but I would like to say, you are a very brave person. I literally am terrified of wasps, bees, etc. I honestly how many times you have been stung by wasps and bees. And you are very smart too. Also, keeping a wasp or bees as a pet is very amazing. You are very very cool. I enjoy watching your videos. Have a great day!

[@gray11]

Aninations, I have the same phobias, but especially wasps because of how unpredictable they are.

[@ngraccisalsome]

@@gray11 me too, whenever i see a wasp i run straight into my house. i saw one a few days ago and it was cold and a wasp on the ground was unable to fly and i didnt want to step on it because it flew earlier

[@lucasrush9905]

Me too

[@joshuadooner4844]

U once got stung by 4 hornets

[@countdankula6740]

"Get off my bed, that is not your property" Wasp: "it is now"

[@Kytropes-gq6uq]

...darn... Close enough though😁

[@Upgraded_titan_tvman.]

Just waking up let me just check on my yellow jackets

[@J_L22]

Yeah, because they definitely can't escape the enclosure by chewing through the plywood. Oh wait...they can. "Now I'm not exactly sure what kind of wood she prefers" Plywood.

[@mainframe8006]

Imagine him inviting guests over and they try to put their coat in the closet

[@electrictoazt0915]

Oh am I doing it wrong? I usually put my coat on a coat rack or the floor. I didn’t know I’m supposed to go into the homeowners bedroom and put my coat in their closet.

[@missumenimsatanass]

You should watch the level of your voice also when trying to calm them down. They aren't fond of certain vibrations. When he would scream at times believe it or not he's making her a bit more stressed so to speak. Looks like this was 2 hrs ago so I'm sure he's fig all this out by now. But the high squeals he makes when trying to get her on his finger was making her nervous. Talk in a calm LOW voice. You don't have to talk while trying to get her to land on your finger. Haha. As I said though I'm sure he has it fig out now a couple yrs later

[@undiscord7665]

OMG I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS THERE SO COOL

[@chilledcheetah]

If he can have pet yellow jackets, then he can have pet killer hornets 😂

[@eternallegacy89]

No he needs some pet Termites... those are loveable little buggers.

[@chilledcheetah]

@@eternallegacy89 lol

[@alphabruhxd7934]

How?!

[@chilledcheetah]

@@alphabruhxd7934 IDK lol

[@Cuptamus_Prime]

I have 1 one super colony of 5 different species of wasps i tamed them all its fun to sit your greenhouse full of happy lik wasps and hornets with the occasional extra specie added. I love wasps so much that i care for my colonies like my own children. Today a neighborhood kid went intovmy greenhouse and somehow got ahold of my bald faced hornet queen brooding combs and took off with it. I later found out my one nest was destroyed and went all over town to find it (i live in a very small town of 1000-1400 pple so I followed a trail of the layers of the hive and found my baby queens all mushed😭 i cried over their deaths and went to prepare a grave and counted all combs and marked on it “243 baby hornets died today, because people like to seexme suffer and feel pain in my heart. I trust animals more than my own kind (fucking humans) they could’ve had a wonderful life as queens of their own empire. As of today i will get a permit from my towns mayor , to save all hives that are in other peoples homes and bring them all to my home as my home is theirs. Any fatalities will have their own grave. On the permit I hopefully get. My bees and wasps that get killed by any other non-natural way will be payed the amount of money required to keep them safe at all costs.”

[@jeremiahlewis7839]

Dude, your videos are amazing! Keep 'em coming. Can't wait to see what happens next! Oh yeah, and props to your camera guy/girl! They were really working to track that yellowjacket in flight 👌🏼

[@James-je2vy]

a 24hr live stream of a wasp building a full nest would be dope

[@lucasgriffith5868]

i actully saw a queen yellow jacket and it actully made me the king

[@bobjacobson858]

Several comments are justified: 1) This is a queen of Vespula squamosa (sometimes called the "southern yellow jacket". This species normally "usurps" colonies of other species, usually Vespula maculifrons (or "eastern yellow jacket"). Therefore, this lone queen is unlikely to initiate a colony, even in nature. 2) Yellow jacket queens search for suitable nesting sites--they don't make them themselves. For species that usually initiate colonies underground, the queens seek existing openings, such as where a small animal has dug a tunnel or a root has decayed, and this tunnel must have an open space inside that is large enough for the nest the queen will make, so this space must be at least the size of a golf ball, and must have something at the top, such as a hanging rootlet, for the queen to use as an initial attachment point. The tunnel to this space only has to be large enough for the queen to travel through, so if it has a diameter of a third of an inch, that is sufficient. The length isn't critical; some are over a foot in length while other are barely an inch. If one is providing a nesting site, I would suggest perhaps 2 to 5 inches from the outside to where the open space inside begins. 3) A lone queen flying around in the spring is completely unaggressive, but will sting if accidentally grabbed, squeezed, or bodily restrained. Thus, there is no danger in allowing it to walk on your arm, etc. However, if a queen is sitting in its hibernation position with wings tucked underneath, it might sting if touched--they are "grumpy" at this point. A queen of V. squamosa has a fairly painful string, at least as severe as that of a worker. (Stings of queens of some other species seem to be somewhat less severe than those of their respective workers.) 4) Vespula squamosa uses "sound" wood to make its gray paper. A good source would be from a weathered cedar fence post, as this is what I've seen the workers collect in the field. 5) Having a lot of extraneous animals in the place where you want the nest will be of no help, and probably more of a source of disturbance to the queen. 6) I would be extremely surprised if the setup in the video was successful in enticing that queen to establish a colony. It would be better to find a small colony starting naturally, and then transplant it. If it is a colony of one of the host species such as V. maculifrons, a queen of V. squamosa could be captured and introduced to see if it will "usurp" it. If one transplants a colony (hoped from a few miles away so the insects don't return to their original site), it would be best to open it to the outside as soon as possible, so the workers can find their preferred food and pulp sources. I worked in a laboratory in which we did this. I transplanted a colony containing a queen of V. squamosa, and a couple dozen workers of each of V. squamosa and V. maculifrons (into a nest box we had developed), and the colony thrived to maturity, becoming 100% V .squamosa as the workers of V. maculifrons died off.

[@truthseekerdude]

You need to make that feeding hatch more like an airlock, so you can put food in without letting them escape.

[@mandygrice1135]

love your channel

[@summerwatermelon]

4:50 The blind snake you were holding's mouth opened up.

[@arctic_angel7408]

literally only found ur channel last night but its soooo interesting. cant wait for more uploads

[@notthatdigusted7468]

I feel like if I did bee keeping I would have to wear a protective bee suit around them. I would not be comfortable touching them with bare ungloved hands.

[@WanderingLoner1]

Well these are not "bees"

[@imnotaclown9603]

@Michael Campanelli what??

[@imnotaclown9603]

I wouldn't be comfortable in the suit. To be fair, I've never been stung. Bees, wasps, and others usually fly over my head or somewhere close.

[@BSGalaxyy]

CONQUER THE WORLDDDD😂😂😂

[@libbyaustralia2812]

I’ve already done liked and subscribed also the bell 🔔

[@Ghosti-]

Next EP: "calling the exterminator to get rid of my yellow jackets infestation "

[@c.jandrews304]

You've inspired me, and there just so happens to be a wasp nesting outside my door. I would love to see an uncut video with the entire process, from the beginning, to the point where it is flying back to you (with honey, of course). I would love for this to be a thing in my world, and maybe have something really cool to show my brother. The bond between man and creature is remarkable

[@sarahharrison9758]

SNAKES IN SOIL

[@fishingloverfish]

Always be hornets and yellow jackets love the lights

[@Rinne_Z_rank]

Other wasps: so why are you so different? Why aren't you attacking him? The yellow jacket: this human raised me and i accept that. Other wasps: excuse me *_W H A T?!_*

[@dinoblocks1137]

lol true

[@dsause3194]

Honey the neighbors making a hornet nest in his closet to take over the world again !

[@cdaught7325]

I love this video

[@antsarepetsnotthreats140]

Imagine actually doing this and finding out yellow jackets can eat through wood..... oh yes they can

[@kraaii3761]

"Lets open the container in my room" - oh god there she goes ..OOHH "She's in the closet" "Now lets open the door again, hopefully she wont leave " ....this guy

[@rep2258]

Me: watched video Me:Paranoid when I see a fly in my room at 3 am

[@icemen5069]

That happend to ne like 4hours ago exept it was muscitos

[@rommyjoj326]

RasorBlaze Man mosquitos are the worst every time I hear something while sleeping,I think its a mosquito so I just dont sleep rest of the night

[@michaelching4177]

Dang I got it wrong

[@JFrick3315]

Worm

[@faizalmalek2152]

Snake

[@Kdawg.9657]

when he says this is for entertainment purposes only you can see in his face hes like oh crap i screwed up

[@devinkimple823]

Aw man I had to like

[@lucuador1992]

YJ: Release me from this clos- oh sweet, free real estate

[@xx_etc_xx794]

I'm so scared of just bees and he isn't afraid of word lol♥️♥️♥️

[@camlouisiana6015]

Man f*** you

[@mangoo378]

I luv bees and i used tk be terrified of wasps

[@dinoblocks1137]

@ KittyWolfPop Rose -to-

[@mangoo378]

@@dinoblocks1137 lol

[@omar76405]

I'm terrified of bees too

[@croatiaball.67...19]

Damn, you got balls!

[@artisticwillow8854]

I love your channel

[@christinawhite5431]

Josh I love your videos! I am very much intrigued by nature so I love your channel

[@dungeonfungeongaming9971]

"I loved ants when i was a kid" **hires deadly creatures to kill ants also**

[@Joyce_And_Jayne]

Do you play roblox i do

[@dungeonfungeongaming9971]

@@Joyce_And_Jayne yeah. Why

[@jurianaazlina2374]

Imagine you woke up and there's a lot of ant and snake

[@smashersandstuff9887]

4:02 I guessed the creature right and I’m going to like the vid

[@smashersandstuff9887]

Oh I actually guessed it wrong

[@tommyszymczyk9373]

him when he sees a yellow jacket on his wall: Come here baby come here me when i see a normal bee that wouldnt sting me: AHHHhHHhHH *RUNS 100000 MILES AWAY

[@diamondkonk1196]

Honestly surprised there aren’t two doors so they wouldn’t escape

[@Godzilla20191]

Cool

[@georgenielsen1850]

I love bugssssssss!!!!!!!😇😇😇😳😳😀😄😄😄😄😄😍😄😄😄😶☺☺☺☺🤗🤗🤗

[@danielcastillo6195]

I cant wait to see this guy on the news crying about getting stung by his yellow jackets

[@galileo6457]

Lmao the snakes are going to starve to death when there is no food left

[@voltfan772]

Exactly what I was thinking but he doesn’t care lmao

[@galileo6457]

Kathy Matthews smh...

[@cullansmith2055]

GETING ANTS OF ANTSCANADA

[@anikadereus5675]

He took the sentence,”Hey,nice jackets!” To a whole new level

[@TheMathieus]

I loved wen you burped 😂

[@olivetreee5369]

(both me and the queen wasp the whole video) *internal screaming*

[@wickedglassbears]

Imagine if he was renting and his landlord found his KZbin. 😂

[@Jonascrews88]

You have a great way of thinking. Would you rent to him?

[@georgenicolandis]

You scared me when you went ahhh!

[@Goober855]

Lol I guessed wrong so I subscribed liked and commented as promised

[@ghostamity5116]

They aren’t even like honey bees. There is absolutely no reason to do this

[@SamuraiAtlas]

If your able to tame a queen yellow jacket the rest of its offsprings will grow with that familiarity and they won’t sting him I saw this in a show ones don’t remember which I could be wrong thoe 😂😂

[@SamuraiAtlas]

OMG Ronnie ok I went back did some research and yes wasp have great memory and will identify you as part of there colony there’s some videos although rare of people who have tamed a full wasp nest removing the nest and placing it somewhere else and not being stung at all they just followed to the relocation I also read but did not see video proof of you being able to signal danger by humming making them attack whatever is in the direction of your humming but this is actually illegal to do in certain parts of the world I’m guessing that’s the reason for there being no videos about it

[@ghostamity5116]

SamuraiAtlas TSM is just shoot you at that point.

[@SamuraiAtlas]

OMG Ronnie yeah I think if it’s true that you can hum and have them attack is one scary thing if a psychopath gets ahold of these we in big problems

[@randommofo123]

There's no point to raising honey bees either though, honey bees are harmful and out compete native bees for food.

[@xxkhandikidxx]

If you turned all the other lights off except the ones in the habitat she probably would have flew straight to it, I think.

[@nishanz]

You sound like an intelligent person and by watching this video of how he kept annoying that poor wasp I can tell you he isn't that intelligent

[@BlessingTshuma-fg8zw]

imagine a swarm of yellow jeckets in your bad so not good

[@kristinalarramendy2179]

Thank you so much for risking getting stung for entertainment

[@Sick_Fuck]

9:03 OMFG I almost passed away

[@vinokai]

I'm gonna be honest with ya....this is a really, really bad idea....

[@evieflack9999]

yeah bad idea.

[@pinktinn]

Yep

[@thefrog365]

Yeah they Bite through walls

[@bi0_haz3rd42]

RON the wolf they do!?!?

[@evieflack9999]

@@bi0_haz3rd42 LEME croret your spelling of Ron it's Run

[@Kari-li7uz]

they all want they have to be warmed, nothing else but one

[@joshyoung2050]

POV: theres a queen yellow jack bee flying in ur room o-o

[@ellasaberlight7341]

This yellow jacket: *leaves him alone and flys away from him* Any bee is a 20 mile radius of me: “it’s attack time”

[@ckeel12201]

Ella Saberlight You: ”why do I hear boss music”

[@ellasaberlight7341]

That.... Is the best reply I have ever had