The Extraordinary Life Cycle of a Hornet Colony

After a hornet queen lays hundreds of eggs, her workers set about feeding the larvae chewed-up prey. With tiny waists, the workers can't digest solid food; they instead subsist on drops of amino acid from the larvae.
From: KILLER HORNETS
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[@ndogmario]

Imagine a human baby scraping their teeth against the table as a Demand for food. And after they're done being fed theyll spit up a protein shake, Of which the rest of the family consumes in order to stay alive.

[@uncleswell]

And in order to meet their demands(and therefore stay alive themselves), the family has to invade other's people's houses, decapitate them, and steal their young. Probably while shouting "IM SO SORRY BUT THEY WONT SHUT UP AND IM LOSING MY MIND!!"

[@mrboon2590]

N o t h a n k s i l l s t a r v e .

[@turboligma9927]

No

[@iChewMayoi]

I'd rather not

[@CurrentlyAluminum]

Dude why this year gonna die 2021 ?

[@rugpull500]

This is insane. How does everyone not find this interesting ? The camera close ups were great quality.

[@JanLeeHypnosis2020]

Amazing. I love photographing bees

[@shariqueahmer11]

Everybody else is watching Katie Perry, you nerd.

[@Rxtyel-lu6gz]

literally, earth itself is just one big alien planet

[@atennyson4143]

Most humans are too busy thinking humans are supreme and Animals are dumb....

[@ameliazen3597]

"Their tiny scraping mandibles will one day behead their enemies" im dying

[@PaddyMcMe]

'Their mouth parts' had me crying with laughter too. That's the sort of language that murderous lunatics like Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer use, not what I expect from the voice over guy on a documentary channel.

[@vixxiiestixx]

same tho

[@kurgan1]

They actually decapitate hornets from other colonies in a some weird siege and stuff

[@theworthysoul]

RevoNevaeh lol they literally do

[@-morrow]

american style narration at its best

[@ofamilyonthemove1238]

It is incredible how “alien” our world can be when you get an opportunity to see it that close. Great video!

[@toastymemes9346]

The Extraordinary Life Cycle of a Hornet Colony *in my backyard* 1) Start building a hive 2) Get gassed 3) Done, repeat next summer

[@snoopfurlow1275]

ToastyMemes I used sevin dust,took out the whole colony, used a dial hose sprayer with bifen,leveled everything off

[@keithelliott2328]

🤣🤣

[@itskevinjustkevin]

What do you use? Zyklon-b?

[@thedoctorofplagues4569]

Just call me adolf hornitler

[@reint8141]

Mathew Anderson that joke was the worst. Booo! 👎🏼👎🏼

[@attackfrogs]

it is just SO NEAT how bees and wasps know how to make those perfect hexagons in their hives

[@stanleybowman-hood6194]

Bees are more accurate

[@4Him24hrs7]

Almost like they were carefully, thoughtfully designed and programmed by ... someone. Hmm.

[@markk9446]

Natika I. It's really sad to see a supposedly intelligent creature being unable to grasp evolution and admire it for her beauty and complexity, to instead nullify it in favor of the idea of some mystical creator...

[@magnoliaonly6488]

flex tape cant fix the time u decide to cut it open to see the hexagon doe

[@attackfrogs]

@@4Him24hrs7 real talk it wasn't until i read another reply to this comment that i realized you were talking about god and not, like, aliens. but anyway, neither a god nor aliens made bees like this. it's evolution, baby

[@R0NYFL0NY]

That's actually kind of interesting that in a way the young grubs basically run and control the hive.

[@SimonASNG]

You could flip that silly narration on its head and say that the workers are using the grubs to convert solid food into liquid food. If the Grubs don't produce the liquid, the workers will let them starve... It is not the young grubs controlling the hive, it is everyone doing their part.

[@ScienceByMike]

That is the strangest relationship I have ever heard of! Both are entirely dependent upon the other for food

[@jarheadleatherneck9965]

Mikes Science I guess you never been to West Virginia

[@bebop417]

im curious how it starts before a colony is fully established. Does a queen ever start a colony alone? if so how possible?

[@TheSkyman8]

bebop417 queens probably altered because she’s the queen. Either that or she stocks up on a ton of food before leaving where ever she came from

[@SuperSmith]

bebop417 Social wasps and hornets nests start off each spring with a single female that was born before the winter and hibernates, typically underground. In the spring the queen emerges and starts building comb, laying eggs, and hunting for food. It does every role in the "hive" until the first larvae hatch, at which point they become workers which hunt and care for the larvae, as well as expanding the hive. With workers all the queen has to do is lay eggs. Each winter the males and unmated females die, so only mated females survive and can start new nests in the spring. Unlike honeybees, wasps/hornets don't typically reuse their hives or persist for more than one year. The newly raised queens mate, and build up fat stores to survive the winter. The founding queen goes out to die at the beginning of winter, as do the workers.

[@ProfX501]

Which genius at KZbin decided to make the red bar at the bottom of the video the width of a hair on mobile?

[@barcod11]

ProfX501 I know, every time they update the KZbin app they manage to fuck it up even more

[@ChawngrolienZote]

ProfX501 exactly. Always end up clicking the wrong thing

[@YaYoAr]

ProfX501 i agreeeee and i have butter fingers maan that sucks

[@ma1ist]

Jesus fuck its so annoying. they keep trying to fix a problem that simply doesn't exist. what's worse is that even they don't even update their trouble shooting. there are so many fucking features that have their placements changed and the official help google website has them still listed in their old placement.

[@ashtree8868]

Now I feel compelled to not update my KZbin app. Still have the older versions

[@FrederickDunn]

Dang, what's with the sudden cutoff? I was really getting into that excellent presentation, but the "life cycle" here didn't include eggs, larvae, pupae hatching, foraging, and so on... you know, the complete "Life Cycle" THAT would be fantastic to see, thanks and thumbs UP as always!!! Longer episodes please :)

[@TheYavy]

Frederick Dunn i was especially waiting for what kills them or how they die and equals the nature

[@osenhordospaineis]

YESH! I want to see the transition, bro! I'm not wasting weed here!

[@paulgoforth5451]

Man talk about a buzz kill..i was all into it waiting for them to emerge and nope....I'll just go get ready for work now 2hrs early

[@Brandon_J]

Frederick Dunn you have to buy the full episodes to see. This is just a trailer, a teaser for the actual episode

[@jules_logan4305]

Frederick Dunn It’s from killer hornets, you need to watch the full documentsry

[@diceflawless9115]

Props to the camera man for shrinking down and going in as a undercover wasp to bring us this footage!

[@WAGgymSuperFan]

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE. I feel like theres something crawling on me.

[@skrill9306]

wdym i like this

[@anon9579]

Thats what Godzilla said when he saw the size of those hornets and retreated to the sea lol

[@NuclearNuke41]

Disliked your comment for being cringe.

[@shillbill1299]

Killer hornets...literally bees on METH.

[@shanethornton486]

Lol

[@gdragonsbiggestfan4006]

I laughed way too hard at this

[@joanofaardvark6129]

And steroids

[@frxnxwrld]

Walter white find another way to sell is product

[@Botoneous]

lmfao "the scrub needs food"

[@nicksacco5041]

xDishon like carrying your teammate in fortnite

[@allyb9713]

Me

[@infinitymemez3731]

1000 vids no subscribers fortnite is gae

[@aquariusthegodofwindandsea8551]

😂😂😂

[@gorgeousfreeman4836]

Grub.

[@ArtisChronicles]

What gets me is how such close up footage of these nests can exist without them going crazy.

[@antman5474]

Easy. It's not in the wild it's artificially induced in a controlled environment.

[@girlgamer6678]

Hornets: Ah, the babies are fed!Time to work again! Haha Babies: *S C R A P E* Hornets:Hehe... Yeah, what was i thinking! I need to feed the little ****s again

[@IAmAMuslimaah]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@astick5249]

@@niceyoutubehandle shush it is funny we are trying to enjoy the comment

[@unknownplayer2515]

I love this comment.

[@CM-dx6xu]

Has anyone ever wondered... HOW some animals already know what to do in their first days of living.... like human babies are helpless, but kangaroo EMBRYO can already climb on it's mothers pouch...

[@StarfruitsurfridaHHH]

CriticalMass 21 WE SUCK

[@MultiBearsfan54]

CriticalMass 21 our minds have consciousness thus takes us longer to grow.

[@TheCaitron]

The instinct is "registered" in every animal's DNA.

[@tktvr9703]

We're somehow more advanced despite being helpless babies

[@debendragurung3033]

Humans dont know what to do until High School is over. After High school is over we know what to do and how to do anything , its like we know everything.

[@damnitstroubleman]

Fascinating as this was, this was definitely the wrong video for me to watch while trying to have breakfast. . .

[@Monai3ficent]

Mr X You’re eating babies. Weird ass.

[@Monai3ficent]

Mr X lmfao “ royal food” might as well eat the queens shit.

[@leonghongling9842]

I'm watching this before lunch, bad life choice

[@user-gr8uo6dv7l]

The number of 2000 eggs in one season is amazing. The larva are like moving fried eggs. They only need to make the lid part of the cocoon, so they are easier than making other cocoons.

[@colliie]

grub: this isn’t even my final form

[@KoRnChic]

step 1: EVIL step 2: EVIILL step 3: VVEERY EVVILL step 4 :RUN WHILE YOU CAN

[@naomiyokoi9248]

Gurl you pray to every fucking god

[@infiniteflow8849]

Evil? not really. it's called nature.

[@prettycureforever7102]

I am

[@unclekanethetiberiummain1994]

Evil? maybe. Choatic natural? definately.

[@Monai3ficent]

The only evil is human beings messing with nature’s genetic makeup.

[@fgnoyola]

Bug Pokemon evolve fast...

[@philipcheung63]

Francisco Noyola woah! A horde of Beedrill appeared!

[@AErch]

Philip Cheung yeah that's true

[@monstrosity6738]

Mewtwo is *S H I V E R I N G I N FEAR*

[@butteredsalmonella]

The drawback is that most of the Bug Pokemon are horrible except for Beedrill, Scizor, Heracross and Pinsir

[@christianmunso7482]

@@butteredsalmonella your forgetting Venomoth, Forretress, Armaldo, Vespiquen, Yanmega, Solipede, Volcarona, Genesect, and Buzzwole

[@rouvin9213]

I thought it said “Horny colony” and I was thinking “THATS ME AND MY FRIENDS”

[@aquariusthegodofwindandsea8551]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fakefurry9993]

Larva: DADDY!! FEED ME!! FEEEED MEEE!!! Adult: I'm trying my best son! you have millions of brothers and sisters!!!

[@lepidlover0557]

Adult: NOW FEED ME BACK Larva: Okay!!! Larva: THROWS UP Adult: Eats throw up

[@floralover3587]

@Fake Furry Wayne larvae in hylics 2 be like

[@nachcam]

It is basically just sisters. Males are very rare and they only mate and die.

[@fleabaguette9699]

i am grub so small and white when i grow up i will take flight my momma says us hornets are mean so if you want life feed me *P R O T E I N*

[@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344]

I am a lesbian

[@hiimryan2388]

I am a communist

[@zaccreedvlog7152]

I'm a drug addict.

[@ZiraRisasi]

I'm wanted by the croatian government

[@crusaderiii477]

I am wanted for hacking NASA

[@Sloomification]

holy moly I love the warm lighting this is comfy af

[@jamaltagiyev8215]

Honeybees in winter: "hug each other quick!" Hornets in winter: *BE GONE THOOOOT!!*

[@itee6097]

This is why I love insects, especially hornets, it’s so interesting to see how they grow

[@shimgoody]

I love these videos. How do they get the cameras in there?

[@joeschmoe5063]

shimgoody lots of insect footage is actually created in a studio with proper lighting.

[@dougdemuroscolumnonautotra5591]

Sony vegas editing

[@KoRnChic]

shimgoody like porcupines make baby's

[@KoRnChic]

very carefully

[@machinapupae2149]

100% CGI

[@high5en]

Great narration and even better footage!

[@Carole.P]

Fascinating insight in to the Hornet. It was a pleasure to be able to see this in close up. I must say the opening made me giggle a little. The music choice and narration were interesting. I thought it was a beautiful insight in the life of this creature. The “Killer Hornet” as you call it, could have been portrayed in a less ‘ALIEN’ esq fashion. I thought it was a tad overkill, with the dramatic music. We witnessed them being very caring, yet protective too. Just like us Humans...cough...splutter 😉 Thank you to the people that filmed this, it was wonderful to witness 🌈

[@Mezzy..]

0:17 when you and your bee homies do your secret shake

[@ThirdFocusMusic]

its like the alien film all over again

[@Sagpepper]

that was pretty cool. I wish it was a little longer...

[@RoxisTake]

This is amazing , I just love nature and bees have always fascinating to me , will definitely be tuning in from now on 😍 showing love ❤️

[@yomamaitalia5514]

Worker:Do you have more of that protein shake bro? Cool!

[@jc-qd6be]

what a brilliant video. loved it wish had of been longer...

[@queenandgoodomensfan6359]

*Hornet queen after laying an egg* : *" There is another "*

[@noahbanach455]

I wish this information wasn't presented through a lens of danger, these are just animals living and surviving the way they evolved to, they aren't evil for it.

[@Damo2690]

Listen to a BBC documentry instead of an American one

[@astick5249]

i agree completely

[@luketalmadge6402]

There is no such thing as evil in nature there is only survival

[@Megatron995]

Try stepping near or on the entrance to that nest, and then say that there's no danger to a hornet hive. They're not "evil," per se, but they are definitely dangerous.

[@personalaccount2687]

Me: using silk, neat! Probably me but dumber: OMG ARE THEY TURNING INTO BUTTERFLIES!

[@clamzno3403]

Sick ASMR video

[@AAvfx]

Amazing! I'm here because I've found out an old deserted hornet nest outside my house. To hold a nest in your hands is unbelieve. Nature's treasure. 🏅

[@solarios9983]

My brain: Dont pick gross Me: PiCkS It

[@NaturestoursTV]

I'm thankful for this channel lots of education and grate insightful for nature lovers

[@luketheshort7956]

0:15 sounds like a lightsaber

[@thezman9001]

HOLY CRAP THATS AWESOME! the adults feed the babies and the babies make food!

[@welovemusic8542]

This shit is too complicated

[@vishnuprasad2312]

These creatures are beautiful

[@Hxrb]

Whoa this channel is amazing

[@denniscanan]

Weird feelings at 0:45

[@jdn4053]

Idc if its an extraordinary creatures , but if i see one , my slippers , or insect repellent is prepared .....

[@jatinhebale5107]

The voice of the man is so awesome... He really made this video interesting ❤️

[@Asuya93]

Wakes up childhood memorie. Had good times as young in my hive with ma brothers

[@michaelortiz1732]

The grubs are actually kind of cute I think...

[@aidanb8206]

The Mighty Honey Badger Finally someone agrees with me.

[@xSRGman]

Ikr

[@cheesekaz_5806]

yup

[@lizzydee1784]

ya but what they turn into ain't cute

[@edsonadnarim1955]

A Random Troll In The Comments what? 😒

[@jonathanzhang9806]

the grubs look like eggs

[@hyperion3145]

Exactly what I want to see right before bed, thank you.

[@mitchellneuhoff9946]

Rest well little sisters soon you will be warriors

[@hxdaro]

So many nopes

[@mranderson9813]

Wish they would do a similar video for xenomorphs lol

[@tim73000]

Stunning footage!

[@VietNamDoDay]

Thanks for great video

[@ndogmario]

Imagine a human baby scraping their teeth against the table as a Demand for food. And after they're done being fed theyll spit up a protein shake, Of which the rest of the family consumes in order to stay alive

[@iissacc]

I tried to smoke a hornets nest to find the honey but they just flew into the tube and stung me in my face, I think I just swallowed one

[@budmeister]

Hornets don't make honey, that's bees.

[@dinosaurgaming8823]

Raistlin Majere you swallowed 3 hornets! 0_0

[@Irkkan]

I’ll only accept bees since they make honey. Hornets are there just to kill you.

[@-T.J.-]

@@Irkkan only the Japanese giant Hornet kills you (and the poor bees) . Hornets like the European Hornet don't sting you for no reason. Hornets even trying to escape from you if you don't attack them or are to close to their nest. Also the European Hornet kills wasps that sting you for no reason. + the sting of a (European) Hornet is the same as of a normal wasp. So why would you hate them or even attack them? Humans are so dump sometimes...

[@stacyprine5287]

Fascinating video! Kudos to the camera man.

[@Rickz.]

I wonder how scared the little guy recording the video must have been

[@ETIENNE8100]

Just stunning ,how fascinating animals are

[@toothpicksinurtoes1598]

Hornets are just bees with cheat codes.

[@dtflo7026]

Narrator voice is deep..really sells it...aaaand cut to cute music and smithsonian 'It's brighter here' ending clip...man, like watching a horror movie death scene switch over to a sesame street song in mid kill. Mood killer 😂

[@minukiimandeesiyansa5551]

this is very useful and I get knowledge about bees from this video

[@willarrojan7455]

they look cute inside their chambers

[@shanaoll8785]

They look like egg like egg yolk

[@ThePlotTwisted]

I would really like to see the process which happens inside the cocoon.

[@princenadroj9766]

The larva’s body will dissolve into a liquid, that will reshape itself (similar to molding clay) into the shape of an adult hornet, and then sit there until her new body form solidifies.

[@fleabaguette9699]

@@princenadroj9766 puberty sounds rough no wonder why hornets are flying balls of hate

[@princenadroj9766]

Flea Baguette yeah, imagine having your entire body liquefied and completely changing form, only to realize that you’ll spend your whole life essentially being enslaved to your Queen.

[@AngelinaHardy16]

The narrator makes it feel like I'm watching a horror film. Fitting 🤷

[@bobjacobson858]

Excellent video. One thing I noticed--the hornet shown clinging to the bamboo stem at about 0:02 to 0:06 looks like Vespa crabro, which overlaps the range of Vespa mandarinia, instead of the latter species. The abdominal bands on Vespa crabro in the Far East are typically thinner than those on specimens from Europe (from where the species found its way to North America), and the head isn't as "swollen" behind the eyes on Vespa crabro as it is in Vespa mandarinia.

[@friented]

Just the sound of hornets make me panic.

[@orlando1392]

You're profile pic says itall.

[@j-roc7003]

@@orlando1392 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@noobbassist1352]

At 1:45 "they do drugs"

[@kiwislvrr]

Horror movies:AHHHH This video:AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@nabomitahowlader9890]

This type of essential vedio always help us to know more details on subjects

[@selir.5139]

Who else prefers a calm british voice over this scary dramatic sounding narrator?

[@paolopasaol9700]

This creepy voice actually suits the nature of the hornets

[@stanleybowman-hood6194]

1. Set up a nest 2. Get noticed by a human 3. Gets sprayed with a hose 4. Rinse and repeat

[@troy8349]

The video triggered my tripophobia sense

[@mcsteam236]

The voice makes this intriguing

[@vmsh9810]

I need a longer video

[@XC11301991]

Live for ze swarm.

[@lunatick5459]

it looks like a egg that wants to bite back

[@holly.emeraldbridge9709]

This was SOOO Interesting.

[@Killerchloe1217]

Sa-Live-ary gland?

[@Ronldbx6]

Crazy how they have the instincts to do that.

[@Tacopaper]

Me: I should sleep Me literally at 4am:

[@Nongo]

i'm here to get over my fear of bees, wasps, hornets, ect.

[@yourfavoritenetcitizen6525]

Id spray the nest with garden hoses at full blast and feed the larvae to nearby hungry lizards. Iam Robin Hood to lizards

[@marshmallowmountains4636]

I think the grubs are cute. I'm weird.

[@kadiusmanticore3933]

Sam Hem me too

[@who5789]

Basically a hornets early weeks of life: PROTEINNNN

[@ajlucky0076]

Beautiful creatures

[@albertobarajas1289]

Who is else is here after finding out they’re in the U.S?

[@dr.mysterious8596]

The real question is How are they recording without getting stung

[@fleabaguette9699]

Easy, it was recorded on a tiny camera by a helpful bro hornet 😂

[@guitarofdestiny]

Amazing footage. That was awesome. Gross, but awesome.

[@ismaril5715]

What's impressive about those creatures, are they re teamworks, perfect synchronisation, and know what to do.

[@biglouie5151]

BURN IT!

[@kouyang3375]

wonder what happen if an Ant Army find this nest or any ants that matter, who's agree with me to see that happen.

[@ziriebentoniii7454]

Depends on what kind of ant imo. These hornets can slaughter colonies of bees while being greatly outnumbered.

[@ezwan7656]

Zirie Benton III bullet ant vs killer hornet?

[@kouyang9393]

I give the person a thumbs up for having the ball to go deep inside the hive and take a video without flinching

[@SimonASNG]

I have come from 4 years in the future to let you know that is not how these documentaries are made. Much like sitcoms, the outside and inside views are not of the same place. They use one location that is easy to access for the inside shots and they use the outside shots to give you the impression of a natural environment around the "set".

[@Scoots_0]

This is gross looking but actually surprisingly intresting