Why You Should Never Approach A Hornet Nest - What's Inside An Active Colony. Mousetrap Monday

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[@BubaLabinski223]

How come, you don’t hide the hornets nest when you take it apart you know you hide the mouse traps and rat traps when you’re trapping them in your barn but yet you won’t hide this go figure

[@vernonvouga5869]

I had no idea skunks like to eat that stuff. Don't particularly like skunks because people like to feed cats around here, and all the garbage gets torn up. But that's a good thing to know

[@worldofweapons1854]

Idiot destroying the nest

[@edwinrodrigues9747]

You should not kill or drive away hornets because they keep away pests away from the garden. They hunt caterpillars and feed it to their young. I never harm their nest

[@jennyanydots2389]

That was animal abuse

[@checkmarc8474]

There's no honey in a hornets nest, only *anger*

[@meandyou2046]

Best description ever!

[@chuckchan4127]

And death

[@bdsatterfield]

Aggressive Anger

[@mikehazelwood6106]

ANGER AND PAIN !

[@DaniSlot]

Hahahah

[@drewneedsmoresleep6680]

We had a yellow jacket hive under a bush in our front yard. We were planing to spray at night over the weekend when one morning there was just a hole and nest bits all over the place. God Bless that skunk who took them on for us.

[@jacksonjacob7791]

Skunks don't mind being stung I guess?

[@WhatIsSanity]

@@jacksonjacob7791 I believe they are in the same family as badgers and have pretty thick skin, which makes them fairly resistant. I could be way off though.

[@cleanupkyle]

@@WhatIsSanity certain breeds of skunks, most commonly the striped skunk, are thought to be immune to yellow jacket venom.

[@WhatIsSanity]

@@cleanupkyle Cool. I wonder if it's incidental or an adaptation.

[@Juan_Jose_Miraballes]

​@@WhatIsSanity usually it's both

[@baku270]

Could you imagine just living and a giant dude just starts peeling away your home while explaining to his giant students? 😂

[@neardarkroad1347]

Shingeki no Kyojin, dark humor version?

[@MagisterialVoyager]

😂😂😂

[@AllenTheAnimator004]

Well,they don't produce honey tho

[@itsdokuro610]

@@neardarkroad1347 attack of the titan 🤣

[@logancherrington813]

If I was a hornet, it’d be deserved

[@Jodyrides]

Hornets built a nest on the side of my mothers house. They built it in the corner of one of the windows cut out area. They build the nest , so that you could be inside the house, and look inside the hive all the way to the center. The newspaper even came in took photos and wrote a story about it in the paper.. once I was at the pool sitting near the concession stand having a Coke, and one of these things landed on my shoulder. My girlfriend got all excited. I told her, if you don’t bother them, don’t swing at them, don’t scare them, they won’t sting you. So I let it sit on my shoulder without making a fuss. It stung me

[@davidmeckley3773]

I had a brown paper wasp land on my bare foot and lit me up. I couldn't get a shoe on for two days.

[@GoldenPhaze]

Hornets are on demon time at all times, if you could speak to them and they understood, im sure theyd still sting you xD

[@dalmation81]

That’s usually the the case, always an exception though 😂 sorry

[@andrewbloom7694]

That would be pretty interesting actually, yeah, I'd almost be tempted not to incinerate it with the fiery power of a 100 suns

[@Chomusuke1]

"It stung me." Lmao the fuckin misplaced confidence is so funny

[@stuflames4769]

Kudos on the cameraman for taking those stings without complaining.

[@TheNuckinFoob]

....

[@DGTsquid]

His hand is so stable too!

[@captain_malaria]

He died after taking this video. RIP Cameron

[@DavidBjurman]

Camera man never dies

[@Fcutdlady]

What is the chance the cameraman is wearing a bee suit too ?

[@bladeobrian2144]

This guy must have balls of steel, I can’t imagine getting that close to a hornets nest while being this calm and chill.

[@sapientum8]

no, just gloves of rubber.

[@ryles1159]

He’s sitting in a modified wheelbarrow to transport his giant balls.

[@Mrcharles.]

@Blade O Brian. I’m with you on that my man, I’ve got a fear of bees wasps and hornets 🐝. I could never do what this man just did.

[@rswow]

@@sapientum8 When did leather start to be called 'rubber'?

[@volvo09]

A few years ago my neighbor had a bald face hornets nest that size in a tree, he just let it grow. In the fall once the nest was inactive I caught a group of birds (blue Jays? Crows? I don't recall) dive bombing it and smashing it to pieces to get the larvae... It was very cool to watch!

[@herobane6488]

i had a similar deal with wasps building a huge nest, only instead of birds, it was the local squirrels tearing into the nest to eat everything

[@volvo09]

@@herobane6488 really? Squirrels??? That's a new one to me, but I did hear squirrels will eat bird eggs and chicks if they are desperate for food, so I guess it makes sense.... I just never heard of it.

[@TevvoWevvo]

@@volvo09 that and also herbivores will sometimes supplement their diet with meat for calcium and protein. Both are extremely important, so that’s why herbivores will do it. There are videos of deer eating injured birds and cows picking up baby chickens and eating them. So really, every herbivore is a bit of an opportunistic omnivore.

[@herobane6488]

@@volvo09 yeah, squirrels they tore a big hole out of the side since the wasps built it around this huge branch on the trees, just raided it for food over the winter

[@volvo09]

Very cool. Thanks for those replies both of you!

[@toddh4491]

I love that fact that you didn't merely destroy it but deconstructed it and then provided nature (the skunk) with a feast. Very enjoyable.

[@adimudiraj]

That skunk got an unexpected Xmas gift…Raccoon was late to the party tho

[@mmhmm9271]

He could've just left the little twats alone though

[@jennyanydots2389]

That was animal abuse plain and simple.

[@happytomato1135]

@@jennyanydots2389 That was nature plain and simple. In the wild ethics don't exist.

[@jennyanydots2389]

@@happytomato1135 So you're saying nine eleven was perfectly legit? I think you owe those bees and all the people who died on nine eleven an apology boy. You apologize right now son!

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

Shawn, I didn't need a reason not to mess with a hornet nest but I appreciate that you're crazy enough to do it anyway. Side note: Never approach a hornet nest without a sturdy flammenwerfer.

[@dolan-duk]

Was waiting for the lighter fluid and matches...

[@31redorange08]

Love the willkürlichen Germanism.

[@thecamera5715]

I've been watching psych lately and read this in Burton Guster's voice.

[@hamsterama]

LOL @ your the random use of German! Hm, perhaps you should change your username to Festes Schlangenöl?

[@pierrecurie]

@@dolan-duk Sounds like a great way to get stung

[@davidparkes3701]

Everyone is a professional bug catcher till the hornets work together to unzip your protective suit.

[@swiftsausages]

*realises there's a gap in protective gear* WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

[@dustinstevebromance850]

Kinky and scary 😂😂😂

[@RickyDonker]

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[@thisguyhd6591]

@@swiftsausagesI just heard that we’ll be right back melody in my head as I read it 😂

[@MrJackassz]

Ive removed many hives just use pressured water from a hose and watch it fall and they wont attack you because you at a distance. Not once have i been stung, thats a guarantee.

[@vjenkins6815]

Hornets Nests are like the Death Star, without the super laser.

[@3hutp]

Underrated comment

[@Clubette]

the hornets are the super laser

[@vjenkins6815]

@@Clubette I thought the hornets were TIE fighters...oh well, charade (sha-raid, sha-rod)

[@angelosasso1653]

Don't need a laser, if you got the best army in the world :D

[@vjenkins6815]

@@angelosasso1653 You mean, the best Tie fighters. 😂

[@1furious]

"These are pretty aggressive and angry." Can't imagine why. Edit: I am very much aware of the naturally aggressive nature of hornets, the danger they pose, and that anyone is justified in wanting them gone from their living space. I just found it funny that he makes the comment about their aggression and anger as he's mucking about with their home.

[@Decrypt-Kryptonian]

Lol

[@AdonanS]

They're always aggressive and angry, even if you're minding your own business.

[@brianwt1]

@@AdonanSyeah true but if someone was destroying your home wouldn’t you be pissed to?

[@AdonanS]

@@brianwt1 Of course, but I'm not an aggressive person. I understand what you mean, but hornets are some of the most cantankerous creatures on this planet. I don't feel sorry for them.

[@schwaggybammer968]

Because he’s ripping apart their house.. dummy

[@OrangeC7]

Even though I know he's completely protected and knows what he's doing, this video still scares me half to death. If I didn't have a reason not to mess with a wasp nest before, I definitely do now

[@adnanbey4871]

Same. I was very bothered hearing the buzzing, as someone with a phobia. There's a hornet nest in my backyard? I'll move. 🤣

[@gmaxsfoodfitness3035]

Edit: *The wasps I've dealt with are a bit different.* I haven't been stung since I was a little kid but I've destroyed many wasp nests that they built in the mailbox and on parts of my family's home. More recently they like to nest on the playground where I workout and children play so I make sure to block their nest so they can't come out and sting anyone. 2nd Edit: *Just found out wasps with hanging legs are Field wasps not hornets.* Anyway those field wasps used to hang out by the soda machines when I worked at Six Flags but they wouldn't sting people. They're non aggressive mellow wasps 😂

[@Kolblue]

@@gmaxsfoodfitness3035 Hornets are a type of wasp

[@gmaxsfoodfitness3035]

@@Kolblue Ok my bad I just looked it up. Still most of the wasps I deal with don't act like the hornets in this video nor do they build nests like them either. I thought the hornets in my area were the ones who looked like wasps with long legs but just found out they are Field wasps so I edited my previous comment.

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

I have seen a lot of these videos, bugs or spiders, I dont think it helps with any phobias

[@periunus8133]

The hornet that crawled on the lens at 4:14 made me jump! XD

[@thesmith201052]

SAME! 😂

[@Luigi8_8]

Someone wanted to be seen on YT

[@marioelimunoz5678]

⁠@@Luigi8_8shut up blud this is why ur dad left

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

I'd be terrified of going anywhere near a hornet's nest, even with protective gear.

[@62049]

You could stuff me in 3 of those things and a hazmat suit and I still wouldn't dare get within sight of the nest

[@thunderstorm4049]

Yeah, I hate those bastards.

[@drippinwet774]

Hairspray + Lighter = Flamethrower

[@ARPIT-gm3lw]

@@drippinwet774 same i thought 😂😂

[@LopsideMakes]

Especially since he said it doesn't always work and they get under the zippers sometimes..

[@woodmanhugh]

Interesting video Shawn. There are folks who will come collect hornet nests , quick freeze them, separate the males from the females , ( females are the only hornets that sting, like honey bees. They sell the frozen female hornets to companies that create anti venom for pharmaceutical companies. This is a potentially life saving endeavor for highly allergic people, or for folks who have been stung by numerous hornets at once.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

That is fascinating! What a shame he didn’t do that to help save lives.

[@Alexden96Channel]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 I don’t think we have a short supply of hornets 😂

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@Alexden96Channel What does that have to do with anything?

[@officialmichaeltan]

One of my favorite childhood memories: Had a hornet nest in a bush next to my deck. My buddy and I took it out with air soft guns from 30 ft (biodegradable bbs). They had no idea what hit em. Would recommend.

[@ctakitimu]

Snipers would be new for them

[@jofx4051]

lol 😂

[@the_rover1]

hans, get ze flammenwerfer.

[@iamanevutable981]

I think I saw your video...

[@anonymousfog501]

If you try this at home make sure to be a good distance away. They are smart enough to conclude what attacked them if they saw you for even a few minutes before. Do not approach for a while afterwards, at least a day. 30 feet should be far enough, do not get any closer.

[@oldschool9932]

FYI....the bald faced hornets do not appreciate your lawnmower's exhaust disturbing their nest. Ask me how I know. Fortunately the nest was inches from the ground and the local skunks took care of the structure within a day or two. Extremely painful sting; IMO much more so than the yellow jacket. An empty nest is loaded with mites so be aware of that as well. Thank you Shawn for sharing your experience.

[@robertthomas5906]

I ran over a nest hole one time with a mower. Everything seemed ok. Then I noticed all this yellow on my legs. I panicked and took off probably the fastest I've run since high school around the house. Knocking them off as I ran. I ended up with only 3 places that turned into 3-4" welts that were hot. That could have been so much worse.

[@hughbrackett343]

@@robertthomas5906 I had a similar experience. I jumped in the swimming pool and swam the length underwater, then quietly surfaced. There was a cloud of yellow jackets where I jumped in, looking for something to kill.

[@t-train6723]

Bald face are the worst. You know when one hits you.

[@Purdy2042]

I don't think it was bald faced but I got stung on my temple by one while mowing. I had gone under their nest with the trimmer and they didn't bother me until I went near it with the mower

[@wdtaut5650]

That's true of all the colony nesters. Bees, wasps, and hornets will attack someone mowing. As you said, ask me how I know.

[@slimjim1104]

How they build with such symmetry and precision is crazy.

[@JamesDavy2009]

Hexagons are the best-agons.

[@hoze1235]

I see you are a man of culture as well

[@lefishe6611]

​@@JamesDavy2009 I like you

[@imadhhisham6709]

"Or were they created by nothing, or are they ˹their own˺ creators?" Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they have no firm belief ˹in God˺. Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord, or are they in control ˹of everything˺? Or do they have a stairway, by which they eavesdrop ˹on the heavens˺? Then let those who do so bring a compelling proof. Qur'an 52:35-38

[@pipsapossu1699]

@@imadhhisham6709 man why bring religion into this the hornets dont care about your god

[@brownleatherboot277]

I love this guy and his demeanor. My dad was a trapper and kept honey bees. One night we went to pick up a hive. He was drunk and we loaded the hive in the back of the truck when he hit a dip in the yard and the hive fell over and busted open. There were bees everywhere on the windows. I asked him what do we do now, he says "drive home" lol.

[@orange3623]

Lol, just a diferent generation entirely.

[@ma-moomoo]

“drive home” i like the cut of your dad’s gib

[@brownleatherboot277]

@@ma-moomoo this guy was a true character. He was skinning a raccoon one night and sliced his eyeball in half. Every since I watched (Gangs of New York) I've wanted to UPGRADE his glass eye. Full of stories this guy

[@hotdoghub6690]

@@brownleatherboot277 How did he manage to slice his own eyeball while skinning? Did the knife slip and fly upwards or something?

[@brownleatherboot277]

@@hotdoghub6690 "He said" he was trying to bring the knife through the tail BUT with him you never know what to believe. I'm sure he was drunk and probably stoned but as to the real cause only he knows.

[@whyis45stillalive]

When I was about 10. We moved to the back woods of West Virginia. There was a small out building, behind the cabin. On the back side of it was a *huge* hornet nest. 3ft in diameter. My grandfather put on a bunch of pairs of pants, shirts & jackets. On top of that, he put on his bib waders. He used welder's gloves, and one of my grandmother's wide brimmed sun hats. He draped a sheer curtain over it and tucked it into the topmost jacket. Used a torch to burn the nest down. (Nearly took out the whole building), but he didn't get stung once.

[@Ricardo-x1t1n]

Smart and brave dude.

[@FrederickDunn]

Thanks for sharing about Bald Faced Hornets. The "soldiers" that attack are all female :) the males can't sting at all. Stay safe, and I wish you all the best as always. It's interesting that you said they left stingers in the glove and flew away, that's extremely rare. Thanks for taking the time to show the organization of the nest with eggs, larvae, and pupae. I love skunks for the reasons you've shared here.

[@SnowboardJedi]

I am a looper and got stung 4 times on my calf by these dudes...felt like an Ice pick.... Yellow jacket stings are nothing compared to these

[@SunDevil31]

Why would you put a happy face after explaining that the aggressors are female? Wierd.

[@bryanmack4054]

@@SunDevil31my guess is because females are expected to be passive and non threatening

[@SpeccyMan]

@@SunDevil31 Not as weird as your spelling. 😁

[@clark4041]

Excellent video Shawn! Thank you for showing us what’s what in a BFH nest. I did this with a paper wasp nest that was eating my honey bees a while back. The paper wasps sat outside my beehive and jumped on the backs of bees emerging to forage, they immediately chewed the heads off of their honey bee victims and then flew their bodies home to feed their young. It took me an hour of following slow wasps carrying dead honey bees through trees and hills to find the wasp nest half a mile away from my hive! Needless to say, the wasps are gone now :)

[@leiatyndall8648]

So many people have no idea wasps & hornets hunt honeybees, which is on reason to go after the wasps/hornets early in the yr, when their queens are just abt the only ones out & about. Thanks for your story, because it will educate so many people!

[@clark4041]

@@leiatyndall8648 Thank you for the reply! You are so very right about hunting wasps early in the year. After the wasp incident with my honey bees, I educated myself on wasp behavior and development. I was then able to use the appropriate bait and wasp abatement methods at the most effective periods of the year. This saved my honey bees :)

[@CPTFiXtion]

That's crazy!!

[@nunnabeeswax2397]

Holy cow I never realized wasps and hornets did this! Anytime we have a nest we get rid of it immediately.

[@joshc1394]

@@clark4041 This is my plan for next year. Any advice or best learning resource?

[@Dubanx]

[Starts tearing apart the hornet's home] "Wow, these guys are really agressive and dangerous. " In the hornets' defense, I would probably react similarly if you showed up with a wrecking ball and started tearing down my home.

[@kubrox91]

This is basically the plot of a horror movie: a colony being destroyed by an unstoppable giant.

[@TimeLord675]

Like a real life kaiju movie

[@Valerio_the_wandering_sprite]

Attack on Titan?

[@terrylan6394]

And the giant giving commentary while your house is being torn apart.

[@vigoroushero8623]

Then the victims being fed to the giant's pets. What an ending!

[@youraftermyrobotbee]

On that day, hornetkind received a grim reminder...

[@scarletjester7831]

If a giant came along and shook up my house I'd be pretty mad too

[@White_Slugger]

Dude has balls of steel to shake an entire hornet nest

[@XiELEd4377]

And tear it apart piece by piece

[@alangordon3283]

Mentally unhinged

[@NOTONtechsx]

And even enjoy showing it to us 😂

[@rmkhr048]

Why do you need courage when you have protection?

[@onearmedwolf6512]

@@rmkhr048 because nothing is immune to failure and if the suit fails you are going to be in for a bad day

[@moltensh4dow506]

I feel like it’s almost a natural response for any animal to run when there’s a swarm of stinging insects like bees or hornets. Even with a suit, i think people still feel so uncomfortable as their brain is telling them to run, and only after extensive exposure do you get used to it.

[@velvet3784]

It is encoded in animals I think by evolution. Fears and phobias exist for a reason. Although in humans I think is also simply common sense and pure logic to avoid hornet nests.

[@aliveisuppose]

It's almost like humans have been running from stinging animals for a long time

[@lolloblue9646]

If elephants don't mess with them, why should I? That's my logic

[@balanc-joy9187]

That awful buzzing sound doesn't help. I personally despise that sound that insects make, aaugh!!

[@sabocharge]

​@@balanc-joy9187same bro that sound gives me heebie jeebies

[@__seeker__]

I remember being a kid in the summer, watching my grandfather climb up a ladder to get rid of one of these. He wore only his bathing suit lol. He slowly slipped a paper bag underneath the nest and very quickly broke the nest’s stem and folded down the top of bag. He’d then climb down the ladder with one hand and just COVER that paper bag with gasoline and light it up lol.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

Legendary

[@rondonavarro4402]

Legendary

[@wesleyewert1023]

makes sense, all normal clothes would do is keep them on his body

[@TomGibson.]

Legendary

[@calebjones3636]

Absolute mad lad

[@NeonDisciple]

"Why you should never approach a hornets nest" you know, I've never had the overwhelming desire to do that for some reason

[@yahkar]

Haha. Shawn actually stirs the Hornets nest 🤣🤣 Even with suit I still feared for you.

[@cooljammer00]

Esp since he's been stung through the suit before

[@MackeyBigBoy4014]

@@cooljammer00 He has?

[@QuackZack]

@@MackeyBigBoy4014 He said in the video yellow jackets have gotten through the zipper before.

[@sleepyrasta420]

Yeah one small rip in the suit is all it takes to have a bad day in that situation.

[@minacapella8319]

Saaaaame my anxiety shot through the roof

[@PaulPaullus]

1:14 -> 'Don't try this at home.' Very true...never bring a hornets nest into your home. They make lousy pets....

[@zenleek2129]

🤣 Very hard to tame. Would not recommend

[@bigbird4481]

That's funny because there's a guy that made a holding tank for wasps that hangs on his wall

[@pipsapossu1699]

@@bigbird4481 and iirc the wasps broke out so theres that

[@MrBatraaf]

The most amazing part of the video is the wild animals actually coming to eat the larvae. Great stuff!

[@normancook965]

Here I am sitting in my office chair safely watching this and yet completely terrified.

[@R182video]

I had hornets build a nest on a window on my shop one summer. It allowed me to watch them build the nest over the summer. It was very interesting to watch them work and allowed me to really piss them off by tapping on the glass without fear of getting stung.

[@sacredeyes3508]

you're lucky they didnt find any ventilation to get to you through. I wasnt that lucky when it was on the side of my house

[@johnnyLwhatTheHell]

This band I used to play with, when we practiced at one of the guys house, we would always have to stop mid practice to kill hornets that would go crazy and start flying around in the living room. There was a hidden nest in the attic somewhere that none of us had the cahones to look for. I guess they didn't like my horrible rendition of "highway to hell". 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sacredeyes3508]

@@johnnyLwhatTheHell I've always heard critics' reviews sting

[@helldronez]

@@sacredeyes3508 literally week ago, one of them came to my room out of nowhere. i kill it with sprays. damn it was scary as hell watching it flying around my room as my hair shivers. 😅

[@johnnyLwhatTheHell]

@@sacredeyes3508 I see what you did there🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@azevol216]

There is no words to describe the level of fear and anxiety i had when I saw you shake that nest

[@DVincentW]

I dislike hornets intensely. Seen them attack bee hives. I respect honey bees, and anytime hornets bite the dust is a good thing.

[@muskokamike127]

except for the fact that they have many benefits: they keep pest insects under control and that includes ones that defoliate trees. "why are all the leaves on my tree gone"? Well, you killed the hornets that kept the leaf caterpillars under control" "omg my garden is infest with aphids" same reason. Not to mention they also pollinate flowers by travelling from plant to plant. The same as bees.

[@tofan2622]

Read the comment below. Wasps pollinate as much as bees, its extremely dumb to bother them.

[@DVincentW]

@@muskokamike127 ok you shred as far as killing my comment with cold logic. But that's it. That's the limit of your life.

[@muskokamike127]

@@DVincentW ummm NOPE.....lol

[@dougdavis8986]

The skunk is like: wow, I didn't get stung once. Awesome.

[@sylvrwolflol]

The way that skunk approached it was hilarious "Wh-... okay this _has_ to be a trap, right? A buffet line with not a single person here?" _takes a nip_ "...well don't mind if I do."

[@danielmartin7838]

Couple years ago I kept getting stung by bald-faced hornets every time I went near one particular tree in my old yard. There was a nest about as big as the one in this video. Some time later I observed a Stellers Jay going to town, pecking and tearing at the nest. It completely destroyed the nest in 36 hours. I don’t know how that little bird withstood all the stings without issue.

[@captainawesome4983]

It would be better said that if you didn’t have the bee suit, you would be a deadman ☠️ there isn’t a more aggressive hornet in Oregon and they pack the most painful sting of any bee that has ever stung me . You are so brave my friend 🫡

[@GaryCameron]

Just wait for the Asian giants to spread.

[@Fernando-jy6gq]

He definitely wouldn't survive.

[@hutch1010]

this video scares me lol

[@RockymountainRobert]

That's amazing, I never new skunks eat these, very interesting, thanks for sharing 👍

[@SpeccyMan]

You don't know that it is spelled knew, eh?

[@jean-michelvanpruyssen936]

Badgers eat them as well.

[@sorik20]

@@SpeccyMan its not something old to them thats why its “never new”

[@Werepyres]

@@sorik20 That's not how it works...

[@TheZombiesAreComing]

Destroy their home then feed their babies to skunks. Way to add insult to injury.

[@dj11o9er]

Us towards bees: "Aw. Cute. I'll leave you alone." Us towards wasps and hornets: "I'LL SEND YOU TO HELL, AND SEND EVERY SINGLE COUSIN YOU HAVE DOWN WITH YOU!"

[@lefishe6611]

That's cause bees are cool

[@Comet-2011-W3-Lovejoy]

Bees are useful unlike wasps

[@sortofanoakyafterbirth3661]

@@Comet-2011-W3-Lovejoy Well these wasps and hornets provide food for skunks, so they aren't completely useless.

[@mr_pigman1013]

We just reciprocate the hate the wasps and hornets give us

[@dstrong11]

Facts 😂 💯

[@lightfurya2087]

When you shook the nest, that made me chuckle.

[@dogishappy0]

This video is fascinating to watch, but boy was it hard to watch. I'm terrified of bees and hornets, so I squirmed quite a bit!

[@tootired76]

Oh man! When you were tearing it apart I was swatting the air around my head and neck!

[@mayorwest5924]

Love how the skunk checked it out and then feasted! Nothing left for the raccoons even 😀 Very cool video, thank you for sharing!

[@meandyou2046]

The skunk must've dragged the nest away. Those raccoons probably followed the scent and eventually came across an empty husk with a couple of half eaten larvae still inside.

[@12ww37]

Skunk gaming

[@mmhmm9271]

My heart aches for those little racks

[@billballoo7881]

Hornets don't mess around. I had one, just one who just kept hitting me stinging over and over. I can't even imagine a nest.

[@eissaalhammadi8170]

Was it more painful than what you expected?

[@billballoo7881]

@@eissaalhammadi8170 yep

[@jimmillet1442]

Actually, I've walked up on several hornets nest that were built low to the ground over the years by accident and not once did they ever attack me.. Ive had many nest built on my house and currently have a huge one built where I walk out the back door and they don't bother me either despite mowing right past them.They leave me alone and I leave them alone . I've only ever seen them attack things that actually bother the nest.

[@900bz]

4:13 that scared me

[@C.Church]

For a couple of seasons I had a small hornet nest by my back door. Maybe 6 holes. (terminology?). They never bothered me and I rarely saw them so I left them alone. One year they made a bigger one farther back maybe golf ball size and more active so I sprayed them. Now that I have dogs I wouldn't allow the wasps live by my back door. But for a couple of years we lived OK together. I also had a carpenter bee (or offspring) for about 8yrs until we changed the back awning. A male would dive bomb me if I got too close but that's about it. Maybe I was playing with fire.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Not really. When I was a kid we had a hornets nest under an old roof for a couple of years. Often hornets came to the house, but they were calm and relaxed, no frantic flying around as smaller wasps do.

[@C.Church]

@@eljanrimsa5843 Exactly. The few hornets I saw would fly around pretty peacefully as I walked past them. I read they'll become more active in late summer when water becomes more scarce but like yours they were chill. Realization... I may also be mixing up my words. I had paper wasps now that I think of it. But still scary sounding. Lol

[@jaydeleon8094]

@@eljanrimsa5843 think it really, really depends on the hornets

[@overlordjames6644]

This is a freaking nightmare. I am cringing and my skin is crawling from watching this.

[@ashgonza92]

I just woke up from a dream about messing with a hornets nest

[@TommyRayzer]

I have a new found respect for a skunk.

[@owenmerrick2377]

Very interesting! Sort of like a Jackass movie, with safety and science. 😉 You got the queen, so that's one less nest.

[@lmao1660]

Nah I'm not approaching these hellspawns unless I'm fully decked out in a Doomslayer/Masterchief armor

[@sobrevida157]

How long did it take for them to stop attacking you? And where do you think they go when the nest is gone? And how long do they live? Amazing video. Thanks

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

I was wondering what happens to them afterwards as well. Do they regroup somewhere and start building a new nest?

[@nathanfisher6925]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 not if you got the queen

[@tsukuyomi2055]

Skunk- Thank goodness the racoons will be at the trash tonight. Also Skunk Skunk- I sense a disturbance in the force

[@Spor7acus]

6:33 “do my eyes deceive me? Who hath wrought such a bountiful meal to me, but a humble skunk?”

[@bokgaming6645]

Imagine going about your everyday business when a man suddenly pulls up in front of your home and starts describing how he’s going to destroy your home and than feed you to wild animals

[@amarulaenjoyer]

The hornets just watched their home turn into an unboxing video

[@jons5898]

A couple nights ago something dug up and ate most of a yellow jacket nest out near my shed, I think it was most likely a skunk but we have raccoons around too.

[@jrock2460]

Shawn - a couple of things: 1. You must have made the maniac that comments about you not wearing gloves REALLY happy with this vid. You wore gloves! 2. Since you posted this video, I have to shout out an amazing YT channel - The Hornet King. Really educational and he does an awesome job with his editing.

[@ThesmartestTem]

I love The Hornet King!

[@monkeygraborange]

Even with a bee suit I’d be pooping my pants! Too scary for words.

[@Mintstar_Oceanpop]

Depending on the suit, bees are able to sting through the suit.

[@Fendelfull]

I have to give you props for being so calm while doing this. I guess it’s just a matter of exposure, but I’m sure that even with all the right protection, the instinct to avoid the things you’re doing to the nest would be almost unbearable. You seem entirely unfazed, and unflinching. Last summer I found the beginnings of EIGHT wasp nests inside of my van - mostly just about quarter-sized, but a few that were more developed and around the size of your palm - and I have no idea why they were so attracted to this place. I found them in various crevices and the largest was in the void near where the driver’s side door hinges. It doesn’t seem like a very hospitable location for building paper nests, and I was a little skittish for awhile, imagining there might be one that I hadn’t found that would emit a bunch of soldiers at some random point while I was barreling through traffic. Thankfully this never happened. Any clue what made my van so attractive to them? I’m also not sure how they got in, but I suppose there could be any number of ways. I washed down the van very thoroughly, thinking that maybe some pheromone trails were indicating an entry point for others. Not sure if that’s a thing, but after 8 nests, I didn’t know what else to do!

[@ProjectMisterGaming]

The size of a soccer ball My brain:'kick it'

[@jasmith1867]

What happens to all those worker hornets when they no longer have a nest to work for. Do they all just fly around and die?

[@stuflames4769]

I was curious about that too.

[@leagueofshadows5133]

They'll not live for long because their queen is dead. What drives them is the queen they choose and when the queen dies they die too.

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

They become bee refugees 😢

[@andrewvincent7299]

@@sofakingonmynuts1438 Let them live in your backyard.

[@mikel5582]

A long, long time ago we had an old easy chair in our garage where hornets had built a nest. Like any good teenage boy, I decided to throw rocks at it. Of course I got stung. That evening when it cooled down I dragged the chair out into the driveway, doused it with lighter fluid, and set it ablaze.

[@for-real-tho]

Hornets once attacked the window of my room, and they started to get inside through the tiny holes where the shutter belt came in. I was running out half naked and started to burn everything I could find under my windows to make a big smoke. After about 20 minutes, all of them left.

[@steveb6103]

Ran into one the 3 times that size last Friday. Called someone who wants the nest and he removed it for free. Biggest one I've ever seen! He came at night and put a trash bag over it.

[@russellhltn1396]

Next: "Let's see how effective this homemade flamethrower is in getting rid of hornets."

[@anirudhganesh9968]

Everybody gangster until the protective net tears

[@billsomrak]

Damn, that gave me the heebie-jeebies just watching it. I've had more run-ins with yellow jackets than I care to remember. Just last year I had to have an exterminator remove a nest from my privet hedges, where they'd built a nest, which I found the hard way as I was trimming it with my electric hedge trimmer. I've got yellow jacket traps, but I get bald faced hornets in them as well.

[@TheMasheenist]

“Then well start taking it apart to see what’s inside” I’m no rocket scientist but I’m guessing more hornets 😂

[@donaldgregg9250]

😁😅🤣😂 too funny, you think the same way that I do!!!

[@TheMasheenist]

@@donaldgregg9250 thank you it just struck me funny the “let’s see what’s inside” part

[@donaldgregg9250]

@@TheMasheenist yep, some videos are called by some of the stupidest questions, and with very obvious answers 😁😅🤣 and here, as if they might find some chicken eggs inside, and not more hornets!!!

[@crustybandaid183]

Ive never been so happy to see a skunk.

[@mozzberg590]

This is why I subscribe, to learn interesting stuff.

[@janefrost1856]

He's either the craziest person alive or the bravest, fantastic video though, just amazing

[@alexandersablan858]

I like educational videos like this. Please be safe!

[@grimms4402]

I love how the skunk approached the hornets nest as if to say "for me?" Skunks are adorable little fellows :)

[@captainawesome4983]

Fun fact: skunks are in the weasel family 🇺🇸

[@Dayz3O6]

until they aim their behind at you.

[@grimms4402]

@@captainawesome4983 that is a fun fact! :)

[@ironpirate8]

Another useful fact, do you know how to tell the difference between a weasel and a stoat? Weasels are weasily wecognisable, but stoats are stoatally different.

[@leiatyndall8648]

Skunks WERE in Mustelidae, but are now in their own Family, Mephitidae.

[@laurafedora5385]

I currently have paper wasps trying to move into my basement, so I have to have someone come in and deal with them ☹️ Every time I need to water my garden, there’s a bald-faced hornet or two trying to get water from the sprinkler. Not sure where their nest is, but after this, I’ll have to keep a close eye 😬

[@daveshmave3427]

Bald-faced hornets usually nest in trees or in bushes, they're harder to spot than paper wasp typically.

[@EthanPlazYT]

i like how he is just casually just ripping the wasps nest with them swarming him

[@lainsan]

Interesting to watch. Over here in Germany hornets are protected species and one would not be allowed to do harm to them. They would have to be relocated by specialists. Also those look like dolichovespula maculata which is a species of wasp.

[@vaclav_fejt]

If I googled correctly, you are correct. English taxonomy is not very precise. There are many, many geni that could be called wasps..

[@MrMali22]

Why are they protected? I'm curious. They don't play a role in the ecosystem that I know of other than terrors to bees. Or do hornets not do that? And they are a wasp. They're just called bald-faced hornets in English. Here especially (usa) wasp and hornet is used interchangeably

[@david7996]

@@MrMali22 Worth to point out that the European Hornet is not nearly as aggressive or dangerous. They are protected because people tend to fear them too much and remove their nests.

[@Momofukudoodoowindu]

If they don't produce honey then what's to protect?

[@vaclav_fejt]

@@Momofukudoodoowindu The local ecosystem.

[@donquihote6023]

Away from their home, they are fairly doscile. Near their nest, they will take you apart.

[@drewmantheoriginal]

That’s what flame throwers were made for.

[@danielgwillim8220]

3:53 "Oh boy, it's finally my big day! I can't wait to try out my new wings! Wow, it sure is bright in he-"

[@BillyN31]

I do hvac. Couple of weeks ago I was working on an outdoor condenser unit and put my kneeling pad right on top of an underground nest. Needless to say, I got throttled by yellow jackets. The landscapers were laughing hard 🥹

[@AJ-ox8xy]

Bro me too. Don't you hate it when they're in the disconnect?

[@jakee2094]

Sawsalld an old abs furnace vent recently and found it full of hornets. Hazards of the industry haha

[@INTRO173]

I do cable. Got lit up by yellow jackets the other week. Walked to the side of the the house and touched a wire, that's all it took and a million of those things came out of a tiny hole on the of their house. Got completely swarmed, not fun lol.

[@madeballer313]

You turned their house into a unboxing video 🎉🎉

[@stephenrobinson7945]

A friend of mine said they found a hornets nest in the cold of winter He took it in the house, and after a couple hours, the warmth of the interior of the house woke the hornets up. They had to leave and get a bug bomb to set off.

[@theoverseer393]

The surprising thing is, they grabbed a random nest and did 0 research. Man, some ppl are dopey, lol.

[@butchcassidy3373]

Yeah you should put them in a garbage bag and seal it air tight overnight to suffocate the hornets. Be sure to leave it out in the cold too so the hornets stay inactive. They are valuable when large and in good condition. Up to around 300 bucks.

[@hugostiglitz8465]

Here's your sign! Lol.

[@RodrigoMera]

lmao, surprise!

[@TheDeathlyG]

@@butchcassidy3373 who do you sell them to? Or how do you even find buyers?

[@timothyhudson7999]

So I was out hog hunting near Lindale, TX several summers ago and having never seen a hornets nest before I thought it would be cool to take a close up picture. As soon as the flash went off I saw all of them flying out of the bottom. I dropped my rifle and phone and ran like hell. I was very lucky to only get stung once in the back of the head. I stood there for 10-12 minutes thinking what a bad idea that was when all of them swarming around flew back in. I ran over and grabbed my gear and ran off again. I did get a cool pic though. 😂

[@nobody8328]

This gave me a mental image of a guy taking a selfie with a hornet's nest, with a line of hornets pouring out of the bottom, and a horrified cartoonish 'oh sh*t!' expression on his face. Thanks, I needed a good belly laugh this morning 🤗

[@sludge8506]

Yellow jackets around me are pretty wimpy. Anyway, they started building a nest inside the door covering the gas tank of my car. (Not the cap.) I could see them flying in and out. Anyway, one night I opened the door. Then I hit it with the flashlight on my phone. Instant activity! I shut the door and ran, and did not get stung. 😮‍💨

[@ThePinkpetals]

Yikes 😱

[@timothyhudson7999]

@@nobody8328 and if someone had been filming me (from a safe diatance) that's about what it would have looked like! 😆

[@AaronMcLarengoespro]

Bro really gets straight to the point😂

[@Wilson-cp4gx]

I was stung 35 times by yellow jackets while bush hogging. It was terrifying, but makes a funny story when I tell it!

[@AMurr45]

I got stung ATLEAST 40 times it was the one day I decided to wear shorts while mowing the lawn which I never ever do that day I did. And got lit up by a Yellow Jacket nest

[@AOAvina]

Hornet nests are terrifying lol great vid so far

[@stuartsaint4581]

This was not the video to be watching when a fly landed on my arm.

[@chriszablocki2460]

I mean, if they're stinging you, you sort of need to do something about it. I know it's in their nature, and we should give creatures their space. But they really aren't giving you much of an option. Right?

[@andrewvincent7299]

I agree. Coexisting is about tolerating others. Hornets are wicked creatures and there is no tolerance there. They'll attack you whether threatened or not. So when it becomes about peace and survival, you've got to take them out

[@Duothimir]

The thing about respecting nature is that nature doesn't respect anything, least of all your feelings about it.

[@chriszablocki2460]

@@Duothimir right. They kind of don't have a rational understanding about the nature around them either. A wasp will sting you regardless of if you could crush it immediately.

[@bugjams]

@@andrewvincent7299 You preach coexistence and then spread misinformation about hornets. Fascinating. People are so weird. Anyways, hornets are friendly when not around their hive. I've taken close-up macro photos of them on flowers. Inches away from me. They're no different than people. They get frustrated when hungry, and when you're near their house. Same as people, right? We like to think we're so rational and tolerant, but look at how aggressive we get when our basic needs aren't met, or when something or someone we don't understand tries to live next to us.

[@Arhivite]

@@andrewvincent7299 Hornets and wasps are just as importnat to nature as bees. Hornets and wasps kill any bugs that destroy your crops if you are a farmer which is really helpful. Not a lot of people know this, but they pollinate flowers as well. They are also food for a lot of other animals which is really important.

[@lncomus]

Hornets: natural menace, evolved to dominate all other insects, extreme territorial behavior Humans: 0:14

[@coletrickle1775]

Nothing is a more successful virus to earth than us. Hornets wish they were as destructive as us.

[@scottoberneder3284]

Welp, I guess I don’t hate skunks anymore.

[@henrikhyrup3995]

At least those hornets are pretty calm. Had it been those hyper aggressive ones (there's a video somewhere of a man with a lawnmower more than 50 meters away from the nest and it triggers an attack) there's NO chance he would get anywhere near close to that.

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

It's that reason why I'm glad there isn't a hyper-aggressive nest down the street from my house... or none of us would be getting out of the one-way street since the other way is a dead end with a mini loop

[@michaelpipkin9942]

The HornetKing removes these in a professional way, then feeds the larvae to his pet squirrel and chickens. It's a great channel.

[@mitchellfolbe8729]

love to watch the chickens go to town on the larvae

[@SP4CEBAR]

The hornets watch their house get destroyed by an unbeatable giant lol

[@TrevorPhillips1969]

I'm watching this safely on my phone in my bed and yet I feel as if the hornets are surrounding me and gonna sting me

[@Akutikun]

You need to experience more in life if you are worried about hornets through your phone.

[@TrevorPhillips1969]

@@Akutikun why do you feel the need to go in the comment section and try to put people down? It was kind of a different way of saying it was making my skin crawl. Wasn't meant to be taken seriously. You need to learn how to have a sense of humor.

[@GuretoSefirosu]

I threw a big stick at one of those about that size some years ago. It cut the nest in half. A dark cloud came out and we punched the throttle on the quad and rode off!

[@reinybongos1953]

imagine if you didn’t have anything to get away, that could be life-threatening

[@GuretoSefirosu]

@@reinybongos1953 Maybe. Depends on your stamina level at that point!