What's in YOUR Basement Ceiling?! MASSIVE Yellow Jacket Nest Removal!

This was a MASSIVE German Yellow Jacket colony inside a ceiling space behind a flooring joist. This colony was well into the 10,000 individual range and was absolutely PACKED with larvae and pupae
I pulled the nest out, and took it home, and fed it to my Emus, Rhea, Chickens, and Squirrel!
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[@cherriberri7161]

It’s always so amazing to watch these removals! My favorite part is when you feed the larvae to all your pets!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@cherriberri7161]

I miss seeing your little squirrel friend he is adorable

[@peforster6725]

The tweezing. I love seeing the skunks. Only seen them twice, I think. 👍 Windsor, ON, 🇨🇦

[@gigiisthebestest]

The removal video is always great. But I am also loving the light hearted animal feeding at the end. 🙂

[@TheRexisFern]

I always appreciate your approach to keep the audience learned about hornets!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks, Chad!

[@kayemallory117]

@@HornetKingOfficial Do the chickens eat the dead hornets on the ground also?

[@RoorooPlaysTTD]

@@kayemallory117 he said that before and no they dont

[@heatherkohlwey8379]

That was a lot more nest than I expected. I bet the home owner sealed the gap around that AC line real fast. Thank you for sharing another great video. Stay safe, and God bless.

[@Peyelle]

I just gotta say, haven't even watched the full video yet but that thumbnail killed me 🤣

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Haha I had to get that mask when I found it online 😆😅🤣

[@entorienscriber8049]

I found this channel a couple of weeks ago, and I'm making my way through every single video! I love learning about the different species, their behaviour, the way they build, etc. The animal feeding at the end is a fantastic heartwarming bonus! ❤

[@madmattdigs9518]

I wasn’t allergic when I was young. I used to get stung regularly as a kid because we spent the whole summer outdoors and I always liked to explore. Whenever the neighborhood kids discovered a nest (usually bald faced hornets) we would go to war with them. Attacking with rocks or firecrackers. So, anyway, when I was about 13, me and my cousins were in the woods in Pennsylvania when we accidentally stepped on a ground nest and we were swarmed pretty bad before we realized it. I got several stings. And that was the first time I had a serious allergic reaction. Anaphylaxis. I had to go to the hospital. From what I understand, it could’ve been a species related allergy. Maybe southern or eastern yellow jackets that I’m allergic to, and not all species. That would make more sense to me, because I don’t remember being stung by a ground nest specifically before that incident. But, either way, I’ve been very careful ever since that day. I have only been stung one time since then by a single yellow jacket that flew into my armpit while I was riding a bike. I had an allergic reaction but it was mild. Just a few hives, no big deal. But I still have to be very careful.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

I'm a nurse, and the term "allergy" is thrown around quite a bit relating to bee and wasp stings. It's more accurate to refer to it as a sensitivity. Some people are very sensitive to insect venom, and some people, like me, are not very sensitive, but at any point, I very well could establish a sensitivity to insect venom. But that doesn't make it an allergy, per se. It's splitting hairs and more of a semantics game within the medical community, but either way, your body overreacts to the presence of the venom, but everyone's body just reacts, to the presence of the venom. Peanuts, a lot of people have zero anaphylactic response when they eat them, some people can't even be in the same room with a peanut; that's an allergy.

[@DB-sd3cw]

​@@HornetKingOfficial so can a person have different sensitivities to different species?

[@BerryMcCockiner]

​@D B That's the same question i ended up with after reading these comments

[@madmattdigs9518]

@@DB-sd3cw I went to an allergy specialist when I was a kid and that’s what they told me. They said you can be allergic to one species and not another. But I suspect it may be different for everyone. You just have to be tested to find out.

[@ObjectLyn]

My father told me he was at cadet camp once. They was going through the forest when his friend stepped on a bees ground nest. His friend got stung 13 times.

[@Benbooskie]

Man do I love watching the extractions

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@IsoPreP089]

Love the new baby chickens!! Awesome video as always!!!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks! They're not so little now!

[@erickyle5604]

Binged out on a few of these videos and I've learned two very important things. 1 - Binge watching hornet, wasp removals does not help you fall asleep faster. 2 - Keep your vacuum attachments in easy reach

[@sheldonkelly5020]

You can get a tube camera, that you can used to look around corner

[@HornetKingOfficial]

I have a borescope, but the phone cameras work well for that.

[@Armando_Aranda]

A basement ceiling is inside my basement ceiling.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Or is it? 🙈

[@Train_Master_4014]

@@HornetKingOfficial captions said Horny King

[@HornetKingOfficial]

@@Train_Master_4014 CC up to their usual shenanigans 🤪

[@dragondancer1814]

@@Train_Master_4014 Gutter brains….

[@NicholasX.]

@@Train_Master_4014 Lol 🤣

[@SinaFarhat]

Wow, what a nest! Thanks for the video Keep up the good work and have a good week!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks, Sina!

[@ahmadghadban166]

@@HornetKingOfficial thank you for protecrting us and other animals

[@thomaskimparker809]

Squirrely is our FAVORITE of all ur yard dwellers...

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Haha! What a good squirrel!

[@HornetQueen]

11:18 its a happy little accident that you don't get stung😜😜

[@HornetKingOfficial]

I almost inserted Bob Ross's face but I got too lazy and didn't feel like doing more editing! Haha you know me 😆

[@RogueCorpse]

The amazing part is your fluency in bird. 😄

[@Blue_fender42]

Love the vids

[@alyssedahlgren7955]

That ceiling nest was a wasptopia. I like how they sit around.

[@michaelcornia5337]

As an Ohio resident I can confirm this is what our basement ceilings are made out of.

[@banheezone]

I love your slight beach bro, surfer dude accent. 'These bees are so NnAhrlyy BRUH'

[@raymonddavis7233]

We once had a ground hornets nest. My uncle thought it was a great idea to pour gasoline down the hole and light it on fire. Two things happened: 1. The bees were gone in a blaze of glory. 2. My uncle only had one eyebrow for a while!

[@Beauty-and-the-Dia-betes]

That was some solidly packed nest. Can’t imagine how many adults would have emerged with all the white caps and larvae.

[@mikebrown9718]

What a large nest in such a confined space (for you to get to!) After watching some of your videos how wasps and hornets invade inside the home, I do my weekly walk around my house (usually when I’m mowing) to make sure I don’t see any activity and proactive to seal any area that they could enter. That would be a good video to make, look for areas wasps or hornets can enter and fix/seal. Great videos Bret, keep them coming!

[@ledraco4820]

Took ya a while my dude, great vid as always

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks!

[@VLikaru]

When I remember your channel I come back to binge watch what I've missed. Nice thumbnails lmao

[@ballistikwalrus7248]

The captions for the intro💀love your vids, what you do is so cool!

[@SnakePlissken-wt6sc]

Pretty amazing you do this without even using a single aerosol knock down the entire time.

[@neoyokvio]

whoa i had no idea they could sting through the suit

[@reggieringgoldjr68]

Great Videos too Brother, as always.......🤝🏾🇺🇲💪🏾

[@baliyae]

Thank you for sharing your amazing videos.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Of course! Thanks for watching!

[@ardendolas]

Always super interesting to see you work, HK!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thank you!

[@breewilliams5448]

Lmao when that chicken was blocking the exit XD

[@Leon-yg5gm]

its incredible how relatively docile those wasps were. that silver colored nest was pretty too.

[@bdubbya4200]

My favorite.. I mean second favorite, is watching you feed your animals at the end. They are all so very lovely. My first favorite is SMASHING THAT LIKE BUTTON!!!

[@shamellshiver1195]

I'd like to c more videos of you interacting with and taking care of your animals. There so cute and I just love animals

[@dfdemt]

Seems like a convenient area for the vacuum to suck them up, they’re sorta confined. Surprised you didn’t vacuum up a lot more of them before pulling the nest out.

[@carolinel8533]

This is both fascinating and terrifying to me. Having to be in there would be a nightmare for me, but I love watching and learning from the safety of my screen 😂

[@dchubad]

Bret, do you always carry one of those pens on every removal in case you get stung? Also, how do they actually work?

[@sabbys7750]

I think your are referring to an epi pen. As soon as you feel like your breathing is affected or you feel swelling in your throat area.... You inject the epi pen into your thigh and then get your butt to the hospital. Or rather that's what I've been told to do. Thankfully, I have not had to use my epi pen. 🤞🤞🤞

[@Angela7548.]

Wow I give you credit for doing nest removals! Any type of wasps or bees & you will see me running! I have never been stung, yet, thank God! Keep on keeping on! ❤

[@kjbhappy123]

How much of the nest do your birds eat? just the larvae or do they eat the dead yellow jackets and the brood too? What do you do with the extra nest material when they finish eating?

[@nkhazov]

You once again read my mind on having me hear the buzzing and swarming. It's pretty awesome staying tuned to your videos. Best regards Nikita.K

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

You have a LOT of courage sir!

[@matthaffner9920]

Question I have always wanted to ask about ground nests. What happens when it rains? How do these nests survive when it rains allot? It seems like the holes would fill up with water (or at least partially). Love your videos!!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Think about how when it downpours and we get 2 inches of rain. Well wasp nest entrances are only about an inch in diameter, so the most that gets down the entrance is 2 inches of water, dispersed through the soil, and any that makes it down to the nest, runs along the floor of the tunnel and down into the cavity. The nests are suspended about an inch off the floor of the cavity, so no water would touch the nest. Even any water absorbed through the ground at the top of the nest, would be moisture, not flooding. Now, if the nest was started in a lowland, or a gully, and water storm runoff came through that area, yes, the nest would be flooded. But in my experiences, they don't make their colonies in too many low-lying areas.

[@matthaffner9920]

@@HornetKingOfficial makes sense. Thanks for the detailed response 👍🏻

[@iviebelle]

your original question has left me with a follow up one, why does he just get a hose in some of the ground nests and just flood them that way, wouldn’t it save time?

[@HornetKingOfficial]

@ivie belle No. My method shown here is a professional extraction and is optimum for removing a colony.

[@matthaffner9920]

@@iviebelle I know @hornet king already responded but wanted to add that I’ve seen plenty on videos of non-professionals trying to flood ground nests with a hose and even with dish soap and they never work.

[@Jim1Tom]

Ouch! Man that was a big nest!

[@koryabel6319]

Crazy they chewed thru that construction foam, that stuff is tough

[@sandybaker9736]

The best channel on You Tube! Educational, exciting, & entertaining.

[@malinoisamericanakita2022]

Truly Awesome .

[@markkrispin6944]

Man, that one chicken was HUGE. It got stuck in the coop! LOL

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Haha, she always just liked sitting there in the doorway and none of the other birdies could get in there to lay their eggs Pesky birdie

[@joeybarrelwilde]

They stung you in the seam of your glove, because you had body heat emanating there through the seam opening where it was sewn. They can sense body heat, and that was the only area that was weak, and you got stung through the stitching hole.

[@mamartin73]

I was missing the squirrel! ❤ 🐿

[@joeblow1748]

I read in japan they have to have spesial suits because of the large hornets.

[@catgod2.0]

Sticking your hand into the hole gave me so much anxiety, especially when you started talking about the wet leather lol

[@JSp4wN]

I've got a dumb question that I'm almost 100% certain you've answered before.... how do you identify the males? Do they have a different pattern or is it something else? I always enjoy your content and knowledge, Cheers Mr King.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

It's not a dumb question but I have answered it many times. Males have an extra abdominal segment, making their abdomen longer and more slender than females, and they also have an extra antenna segment on each of their antennae; they are jet black and hook to either side of their head, like ram horns. That's the best way for someone watching to identify them.

[@joelellks4063]

Might be worth it to invest in some nice noise-blocking headphones, if high-acoustic places get bothersome for you.

[@HornetKingOfficial]

I can't be deaf doing removals, it's not safe. That's why I just shut the vacuum off periodically to give my ears a rest.

[@joelellks4063]

​@@HornetKingOfficialAh yeah, I knew I was missing something. I wear a pair almost 24/7 so I forgot it's kinda important to be able to hear sometimes...

[@jaysonstinson9458]

lots of glumper fringles and chally kloppers in this one!

[@darrintasto1509]

I kinda wish there was a way to get the full nest out in one piece. That was a nice size nest, not gunna lie, great video and that vacuum would be really annoying in that little cement space.

[@jstbtwnume9110]

Do you have a busy season, or is it year round? It is warmer in the lower states. How long can a hive survive?

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Busy season for removals is June through mid November. KZbin is busy all year long. Colonies in cold winter climates like the Northeast, last from mid June through as late as early December, typically.

[@randlerichardson5826]

It amazes me how one queen can lay that many eggs it’s amazing

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Right!?

[@brianclingenpeel5123]

I finally looked up what a Rhea is after hearing him mention his like a dozen times. I want a mini ostrich! Also, this whistling doesnt seem to be very affective with birds lol. They might just be too stupid for it. 😂

[@alifloydtv]

Interesting about the 'sticking your hands in' bit! I used to work with Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches at a Science Centre, which are totally harmless. Even after a year, I still had a deep instinctual 'ugh, DO NOT WANT' feeling I had to fight when going in to a seething mass of bug to get one out to show the kids 😅 I am absolutely sure I could not do it to a buzzing nest of wasps!

[@user-cv8xu2yk7m]

One overlooks those who are smaller than them. Thus, one is shocked when they realize there is a universe in the most insignificant things such as their ceiling.

[@nashguy207]

Never get tired of watching your awesome videos!!

[@jimmysjamin1]

I love all Wasps, and Hornets, and, Bees of course they are all amazing Bald face Hornets are so cool and laid back they haven't much to fear from anything. Yellow Jackets are so aggressive they will attack at the slightest of offenses, and believe me, I have had my fair share of dealing with them no thankyou I'll admire them from a distance 😂

[@kane7540]

Now that was a productive nest! I'm surprised none somehow found their way inside the home, unless you said it and I missed it. Very informative as always and interesting where they built it. Too bad the day wasn't cooler for that removal. Keep the great videos up!

[@michaelphillips7750]

Reaching into the nest is like reaching into a prickly pear cactus

[@missyann0777]

I just started watching your videos a few days ago. I love how you chat about facts of the different wasp. As well as watching your animals eat the larvae. One day soon i will have watched them all... I've been stung a few times from underground nest an my hand always swell 4 times the size. have to go get a shot at the er... Idk which one im stung by but there so painful. Bumblebees an honey bees don't make me swell. Just underground wasp Thank you for sharing your videos

[@FishCakeIce]

when feeding the larvae to your animals, has an addult ever stung them because you missed it in the comb?

[@sharkey086]

I just had a yellow jacket nest above the back door. Sprayed it, came inside and thought about your channel. Low and behold, you uploaded a video 🤣

[@tinaireson2193]

Yay a new video awesome I love this and take my hat off to you... that was a huge nest and a very tight space. Awesome job

[@mikoal3428]

in your country there are species like vespula rufa or dolichovespula media I am from Poland and they are very rare here

[@MotivatedVergil111]

How do you not panic when you do these removals?

[@HornetKingOfficial]

You get used to it, doing so many a day, it just becomes another day at the office 😆

[@MotivatedVergil111]

@@HornetKingOfficial I'm tellin you right now that if I had wasps here, I'd be callin you, provided you do removals in WV. 😆

[@EJ1512N]

Why are these videos so good and satisfying 😮‍💨

[@thloveph]

Sawaddekub from thailand🇹🇭🇺🇸

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Thanks for watching!

[@JimAllen-Persona]

Why don’t you fill up the cavity.. or is that the homeowners decision?

[@HornetKingOfficial]

It's the homeowners home and they would be the ones to make changes to their home. I'm hired to remove the nest.

[@ChimIsShort]

Have you ever had to go back to a client’s place to clean out a new nest from the same colony that you previously cleaned out?

[@Master-Blaster-4x4]

WEAR a tennis wrist sweat absorber to prevent stings, the kind you see all tennis players wear on forehead and wrists back in the day

[@feiren6418]

4:14 great asmr

[@anniedevore6554]

The nest looks like pancakes And the yellow jackets are buzzing with a combo of confusion and anger

[@Brian-cr6rb]

Love the thumbnail!

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Haha thanks man!

[@SLOTH_GAMING27]

do the animals get stung if they eat the stinger on the wasps or do they just eat them whole with no problem?

[@rykersalisbury96]

This reminds me of when my dad was working, and on his break, he was drinking a soda, Mountain Dew Original I am pretty sure, then when he was distracted for a good while, a wasp (I am not sure what species) flew right into his soda to have a drink. Then when he came back and took a drink, well let's just say that's when he found out. He got stung 2 times on his mouth and once on his tongue. A total of 3 stings.

[@oxiovidefranco]

Those good for fishing 🪱.👍👍👍❤️

[@marzbar5877]

Amazing how their entire nest is getting decimated and these guys are just chilling

[@leoxyxaux]

Nice

[@CrustaceousB]

Haha awesome thumbnail! 💯

[@PremierAutoMan86]

That thumbnail has me dead HK 🤣🤣

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Haha 😆 I sooooo wish it was Halloween! 😆😅

[@stevenmumby4601]

Love these videos. I wonder if the diet of larva has any influence on how the chicken's eggs taste...

[@eg513]

He is back 🎉🎉🎉

[@alexdavis5766]

Would a waterproof glove between your hand and the leather glove work to stop the leather getting wet?

[@mikehess4494]

Oh!

[@masterkevkev]

Would it help to have like... some sort of custom-made attachment for the vacuum hose to attach to, that when you attach it and slot the hive against it, it sucks out the larvae from their slots? I'm thinking of like, the functionality of a shower head - but in reverse; And the more larvae that gets sucked up, the stronger the --force-- suction emitted from the remaining holes that haven't sucked one up. I dunno... just a random thought.

[@RedDeckRedemption]

You might want to look into upgrading to a Fein vac, they got around 150cfm but also under 60decibles sound, I want to say they had one as low as 55decibles, way lower than any other brands I've seen

[@Deputy_Dum]

Why don't i remember watching this?.. did i like pass out or somethin watching this at like 3 in the Morning?

[@joshhh89]

Have you ever been stung by a bald faced hornet if so what does it feel like

[@HornetKingOfficial]

Of course. It feels like any other wasp sting to me. I don't know that it's distinguishable.

[@michaelgagne1911]

God I wish there we had people like you in my area summer coming great job again

[@cameronmccoy5051]

What about wearing a thin cotton glove under your leather gloves? Something that would help with the sweat while not affecting your dexterity. Just a thought

[@jaedenspider877]

The basement ceiling of my house is the floor of the upstairs

[@anniedevore6554]

So fascinating

[@Goldthatoneguy]

Wasps and Hornets are the reason I’m not outside much

[@murrayandru7527]

You honestly have to try some Varsol , put it in a spray bottle and shoot em .. I was amazed when I used it FYI..