As a 70yr old senior who was stung TWICE by Southern hornets (1 under railroad ties, 1 under ground mowing) who THEN became HIGHLY ALLERGIC to insect stings (anaphylaxis), I thank u on behalf of those kids. Just ONE kid that could die is one too many.👍🖖🇺🇸
@@zeropolicy7456 Thank you! Didn't know that Rheas can be aggressive! I know emus, ostriches, and cassowaries can gut a human, but, wasn't sure about rheas! Thanks for clearing that up!!
You explained it very well, how they're defending their home. Of course they're quite prolific and could be dangerous to anyone who stumbles upon their home, especially children. I've been stung by an eastern yellowjacket, the feet latched on hurt way more than the sting. They don't let go easily.
I had one latch onto me too with his little hooked feet and he was stinging me like crazy but I tolerated it . . . after several hours we’d developed an understanding; by the end of the week I was actually really sad to have to say goodbye, but we still keep in touch 👍
I feel like no one ever talks about the production quality. It’s really good makes me feel like I watching something off animal planet or the discovery channel
I really thought the beginning of this episode was interesting on aggressive/defending wasps. I’m always learning something new with every episode you put out! I was wondering if you can you guesstimate how many wasps you’ve vacuumed up in a season and how many nests? Look forward to your next video, keep up the great work!
I used a shop vac to remove troublesome nests in northern CA, "troublesome" being the ones that presented a risk of being stumbled upon, provoking the defensive response you described. These were all western yellowjackets. The only thing I did differently from this video was to only mark the nests during the day - I'd set up a light, then vacuum them up and pull out the nests after about 10 PM, when they were all back in the nest. I always had the option to remove the nests at night.
That's impressive that you've identified and rank all of these yellowjackets. I only find the underground nests with the lawnmower or in the landscape. Actually they usually find me first which leads to my identification "oh crap, damn things". I live in SE Tennessee and that's the type we have around here. When I locate a nest of "oh crap, damn things" its time for the bug zapper as soon as the sun goes down. I love to watch em attack that light. :)
Yes, I live in PA and accidentally got stung while helping Dad mow the grass when I was 6. I remember he put the mower over top of their nest hole and I couldn't help but watch (in some kind of satisfaction?) them fly up and turn into compost in a millisecond! Kids getting stung is definitely a problem. I love that you feed the skunks, they must visit your house a lot! 😂
Holy crap you got emus now??!! That's so cool! Things changed so much since the last time I was around! Great to see you are still doing content! I been reading all the other comments, clearly new ppl, that's awesome!
I had a pretty passive hive that moved into my storage bench on my apartment's porch late this summer, I ended up spraying it, but I'd only ever seen a couple come in and out. Cleaned it out a couple days ago and they had eaten the cover off of my camping chair and started into the seat of it, the entire hive was inside the folded legs. Looked really gnarly, but it made me appreciate these little guys and what you do all the more, and it was really cool to know what I was looking at when I finally got around to trying to clean it out.
I appreciate your explanation regarding aggression. They are living creatures who are defending their nest, comrades and queen. They're not inherently evil, but instinctively defensive/protective. Your feather babies are so cute and seem to really love the snacks you bring home. I hope 2023 will be a happier, and joyous year for you and your family. 💫💫💫
As a bee keeper I can relate the vacuuming part of what u do. My favorite time of the year is swarm season, I also do cutouts, that is remove honeybees from buildings and trees, I vacuum almost of the bees while doing cutouts. I have to regulate the vacuum pressure as to just have enough vacuum suction to suck-up the bees and not give them any rougher ride down the hose as possible. Also to much suction can kill the bees because they aren't able to breath in the bee box. The vacuum hose is attached to a bee box, the hose bees are sucked into is attached to the bee box.
You apiarists can have the honey bees and all that sticky mess. I tell that to Dirt Rooster every time he complains about yellow jackets 😆 I'll take wasp stings over being sticky any day!
I hope the kids in that school got see the video, showing how you took it out and all the fabulous information you shared, and then seeing your birds eating the larva. There's so much natural science in all of it. I'm sure if you came back for a q & a the kids would have tons of questions.
Denver liver here. I have a garden in my backyard, and I really enjoy sitting there and watching the different creatures run around. My favorite is the honeybee, and I give them little pets when I can and thank them for pollinating my garden. I love watching the mud daubers grab chunks of mud and fly away, but most recently, I've noticed a small tree sapling that often has a handful of yellowjackets on it. I sat beside it, a good three or four feet away, and I watched then for a while. They just looked at me, then went back to munching on the leaves. They never came near me, they didn't attack me, they didn't even flair their wings at me. They just vibed, and I happily let them do their thing. I definitely understand the "aggressiveness" of species, but I see it like you do; they're just defending their home. I've resorted to calling that sapling the friend tree, because I consider the yellowjackets on it my friends.
I get the fact that wasps are protective of their colonies. After all, it's their home and where their food's at. I'm the same way when it comes to my food too!
I really love how kind you are about them. They really aren't that bad or evil. I've never been stung for no reason, i did get stung for stumbling onto a ground nest and that was totally my fault
Thanks for sharing! I learned a lot from this and was super cool to see an underground nest. Unfortionatly I got stung by one today while brushing clearing. I was running my chainsaw on literally the last little tree of the day and got nailed in the leg.
I live in Florida and when I was like 14 (20+ years ago) a friend and I were at a creek next to his grandmas house. We kept getting hit in the head and were like 'what the hell is going on' then I got stung. Then I see something flying in my face. Next thing we know we were getting swarmed, both stung about 50 times. Ran and jumped into the lake that was right there. Yellowjackets flew around the water and waited for us to service to get us again. Nice to see a vid like this. Thanks for avenging me.
This is certainly one of the more educational channels on TH-cam… I used to hate wasps / hornets / yellowjackets (stung a few times over the years since age 4, but now have to be careful given how much swelling I had in my hand after the last time I got stung a couple decades ago), but after I learned how beneficial they are, I have come to respect them and only remove the nest if they are too close to a door. I even got to watch the goings on at a paper wasp nest that was right outside my shower window every morning.
Hey, Hornet King. You have some knowledge of the behavior of these insects, so maybe you can answer my question: At my parent's house, we did some landscaping, and one day I was helping my dad lay some paving stones. Well, I dropped one, and it hit an underground nest. We were swarmed before we could run. Dad got stung pretty badly, but I didn't. In fact, I had wasps/hornets all over me. They were walking all over me, up and down my arms and legs and even in my hair. Yet I wasn't stung even once. In fact, if there are any wasps/hornets around, they will actually follow me to walk around on me. Do you have any idea why they would that?
Yeah. I would really like to know that as well. Perhaps your skin is secreting a hormone that either calms the wasp or deters their aggression. Try looking it up on the web. You may find some interesting info. Question: is your dad super fearful of wasp/hornets?
@@paulsheffield4729 Unfortunately, I have O pos blood, and I was just chased inside by ravenous mosquitoes. I reside in SW FL and mosquitoes eat me for dinner! I hate the buggers.
@Natalie Grandinetti Hi Natalie. I live in South West Virginia and they leave me alone. I too am O Positive. My wife is A Negative and they eat her alive
@@Nalla762 No. About the only thing that scares the pants off him is snakes. I did look it up, so I think I should narrow my search a bit. But you make sense. I do have a lot of health issues, so maybe that's it? I'll Google it again. Thank you.
I really enjoy these videos. Frightening for me but amazing. Wasps here in South Africa are tiny and build small nests. They are not aggressive. So seeing this is fascinating
You make me question what we have here. We just call them European wasps but no doubt there is others. The hornets I know are huge like maybe 2 -3inches long. I’ve only seen them 2 times both in the window trying to get out. Our “European wasps” aren’t too aggressive unless you mess with them of course. I had them last year in my wall. As always very interesting. Thanks for sharing
I do want to tell ya, I had a red& black colored wasp build a pretty good size nest under the eves of my porch. I first thought to knock it down but it was on the far end where we rarely go so I left it alone just to watch. It got about the size of the palm of my hand and during peak time there were probably 20 wasp. When Fall got here they slowly became less & less. We had a really bad cold snap for about 3 days and the few who were there were gone. One day before the cold snap I noticed one on a table on my porch he/she wasn't moving. I had my broom so I nudged him a little and he was still "warming up" . I learned that from watching you! After few mins he flew away. I removed the nest couple weeks ago and noticed how the aerial building wasp make their nest very much like the ones you show. It was pretty neat to watch them from beginning to the end. Just thought I'd tell ya. 😊
Even seeing flying insects on screens raises my heart rate a bit. When I was in grade school I stepped on an underground nest on some abandoned train tracks about 30 minutes ENE of Atlanta. I froze out of fear for a while before running. Ran into a house still under construction, damn things chased me to the 2nd floor master bedroom. It took hours for most of them to eventually leave the master bedroom, at least that's how I recall it.
2:00 this point about aggressive vs defensive is enlightening. You're there to destroy the nest. It's unfair to label wasps as aggressive for wanting to prevent that.
There’s the potential for such a great learning experience for the students! They would probably be so excited to see the nest and have you explain it. I hope they were able to see your video.
I have a carport, lots of nooks & crannies to create a nest in. Practically the second I see something flying around investigating where to build that best, I get out the spray. Once they smell that stuff, they're gonzo. I'm in NJ so I start keeping watch around April.
Me too, our house is getting redone so this will be dug up, but this year there's a sizeable mystery species of wasp/yellowjacket in the rock wall lining my driveway, they are extremely passive and you can get within 6 inches of the entrance and they won't attack
A good friend of mine has a couple of hens they get eggs from, and they feed them mealworms in their seed mix, and their eggs are AMAZING! I can only imagine that the eggs you may get from your chickens have to be great too with the constant stream of wasp larvae you feed them!
🤣🤣Per il finale! Ci sono parole che insieme diventano dei sciogli lingua! Bellissima la spiegazione tra aggressiva e difensiva! Grazie a te imparo sempre cose nuove su una specie che prima temevo, ora ammiro!👍👍👍👍buon 2023 amico mio
Wasps and hornets scare me, but I like to look at them if they're on the other side of the glass! So fascinated watching you here. Thank you for being educational about behavior and species! I live in WI so I don't believe we get the ground digger sorts here, I only see black bees coming out of the ground holes, it seems way more the classic hanging nest kinds around here. We don't bother them unless they bother us! (feeding the birds and having a yard full of them all the time probably helps, too. And maybe the neighbors guinea hens) This was neat to watch, thank you.
Can't believe I missed this video, been watching all of them whenever I get the time to. Love watching your videos when I'm tryinna sleep, they get me real sleepy (and also educate me on these wasp species).
We have yellow jackets like this at our place in Texas. I have hit nests while on a dozer and the literally tore me up. I love your videos and the education of the various species. Stay safe
Thank you for your fascinating content. I understand the defensive attitude of the insects; have lost track of how many nests I've had to deal with in 62 years with no protective gear (I am a carpenter/ remodeler). Knowing this though, I wouldn't infer that people who've been stung and may be in danger of dying from an allergic reaction; who refer to yellow jackets as aggressive, as abnormal people. Most normal people, without thinking or simply being ignorant, assume the defensive insects are being aggressive. Fortunately I've only been stung about 14 times in 62 years. It sounds incredible, but I found that, with God protecting me, when I'm around nests of stinging insects, remaining calm seems to lessen my chances of being attacked by defensive insects. Again, thank you for your fascinating content. I hope you reach 2 million subscribers soon and a billion views. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
So I have a huge Yellowjacket nest in my crawl space. Literally under my room. Been battling it everyday, still no luck. And I’m watching this video while laying in bed and hear the buzzing the in the video and man I have never jumped out of bed so fast in my life. Lol
I was stung by a yellow jacket this morning and still feel pain. I hope they and the nest will be gone soon. They are in my raise garden bed. Thanks for sharing this video which gives me hope.
You're doing an amazing job each time you remove a nest. Very happy that there are people like you out there. I would try to find something to pound the ground for me though.. arghh.. they scare me to death ! 😳😱 Aww.. and bringing back lunch is cute too ! 🥰
That was awesome. We just had a nest of ground hornets removed, after me, my wife and my dog got stung several times. It was great to hear your narrative on how you go about you business to rid a site of these hornets.
I’m surprised to learn that southern Yellowjackets are more aggressive than bald faced hornets. Really enjoy the birdies feast at the conclusion of each video 😊
Bald faced hornets are not agressive at all, we get them in our apple trees all the time and just ignore them, we cut the beautiful paper hives out of the trees in the spring they sure know how to make paper
LOL the blooper reel at the end. I agree with your list though, and based on my own personal experience, the first 3 are lined up perfectly. Despite their reputation, Bald Faced Hornets have never bothered with me directly, only if I get too close to their nest for too long. A worker usually gives me the "warning wings" and that's when I walk away. Great video as usual!
Hi from uk Bret👋👍another good one here and all the birds and lady are looking really well and healthy, bin a while since last comment but still here watching and liking (had crack in phone screen made text hard, repaired now tho👌) also bin minute or so since last ground nest. Hope you had good Christmas 1st one and all 🙏 but all best in health wealth and happiness for 2023 and plenty nests 👌 thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👍 👋
So here’s the thing. As a hobby entomologist, I appreciate your caring for these creatures the way you do and spreading info about them. Simultaneously as someone with a deep and crippling fear of wasps and hornets, I am a little disappointed that your methods don’t involve napalm. Again, I’m mostly appreciative. The dumb panicky ape chained up in my amygdala, however, is not.
Sheesh bro it’s been about a year since I’ve watched one of your vids when you were still at like 100-200k and now that I come back you just took off exponentially with like half a million subs! Congrats man
There's only one entrance, so a second vacuum would be redundant. In the instance of a nest in someone's home, I have set up a vac outside and had my other vac inside removing the nest. But a ground nest like this one, it would be moot.
My dude. Thank you for clarifying defensiveness and aggressiveness. I always have to explain most animals are not AGGRESSIVE per se. They are defending themselves. Or "this animal isn't angry. It is literally terrified." For example: when people try to wrangle snakes and say "oh this is one angry snake. No, it is horrified right now and defending itself the best way it can.
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The birds being fed is my favorite part. They are so excited about that larva! Thank you for posting.
I hear the larva makes very good fishing bait too!
@@haroldsmith7044i can 100% verify fish love em
The emus & chickens eat the larvae from the comb, but what about all the adult wasps that are vacuumed up? Do they die in the process?
@@parsleypalace3272yes, in his older videos he would normally show the vacuum full of dead wasps.
@@codyfromhumanresources6435 Ok. Thanks!
As a 70yr old senior who was stung TWICE by Southern hornets (1 under railroad ties, 1 under ground mowing) who THEN became HIGHLY ALLERGIC to insect stings (anaphylaxis), I thank u on behalf of those kids. Just ONE kid that could die is one too many.👍🖖🇺🇸
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@@eudomoniahadid7070 Yes. My mother protected me from bee stings. Are you on crack?
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I love how gentle you are to those backyard animals! They love you!!
We love each other 😆
I wonder what bird he's going to have next. Maybe a Cassowary?!
@@nunobarros3629 I hope not! They're very dangerous!
Love seeing the skunks
@@zeropolicy7456 Thank you! Didn't know that Rheas can be aggressive! I know emus, ostriches, and cassowaries can gut a human, but, wasn't sure about rheas! Thanks for clearing that up!!
There’s something fascinating about this channel. Thanks for posting.
Thank you! Funny little niche, isn't it 😄
I agree!
I’ve been watching there been quite awhile
I love this!
I agree I even started my own nest in my cabin shed it's humongous I think it's all dead though I'm to scared to walk back there n enjoy it anymore 😂
You explained it very well, how they're defending their home. Of course they're quite prolific and could be dangerous to anyone who stumbles upon their home, especially children. I've been stung by an eastern yellowjacket, the feet latched on hurt way more than the sting. They don't let go easily.
I had one latch onto me too with his little hooked feet and he was stinging me like crazy but I tolerated it . . . after several hours we’d developed an understanding; by the end of the week I was actually really sad to have to say goodbye, but we still keep in touch 👍
@@fletcherhamilton3177 Are you talking about a wasp, or a woman???
Rip, bet that wasp was a good lover :,(@@fletcherhamilton3177
Obviously not a woman, you never would gain the win
I feel like no one ever talks about the production quality. It’s really good makes me feel like I watching something off animal planet or the discovery channel
17:06 felt like something straight out of a cartoon😂
Amazing video, love the extra explanations of wasps' biological aspects, behaviors, etc! Awesome!
She deserved it 😅
Thanks!
I laughed so hard & rewatched that like 4 times bc it had me ded
Interesting job you have, so much variation between the nest sizes and the number of individuals in a nest!
Keep up with the good work!
Thanks, Sina!
I love how him doing his job is providing content for us and snacks for the animals
They sure do eat well. I think they get more vitamins and minerals than me lol
And service to the customers
I really thought the beginning of this episode was interesting on aggressive/defending wasps. I’m always learning something new with every episode you put out! I was wondering if you can you guesstimate how many wasps you’ve vacuumed up in a season and how many nests? Look forward to your next video, keep up the great work!
Thanks Mike! I have no idea how many, hundreds of thousands, I'm sure, as a conservative number
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I used a shop vac to remove troublesome nests in northern CA, "troublesome" being the ones that presented a risk of being stumbled upon, provoking the defensive response you described. These were all western yellowjackets. The only thing I did differently from this video was to only mark the nests during the day - I'd set up a light, then vacuum them up and pull out the nests after about 10 PM, when they were all back in the nest. I always had the option to remove the nests at night.
That's impressive that you've identified and rank all of these yellowjackets. I only find the underground nests with the lawnmower or in the landscape. Actually they usually find me first which leads to my identification "oh crap, damn things". I live in SE Tennessee and that's the type we have around here. When I locate a nest of "oh crap, damn things" its time for the bug zapper as soon as the sun goes down. I love to watch em attack that light. :)
Yes, I live in PA and accidentally got stung while helping Dad mow the grass when I was 6. I remember he put the mower over top of their nest hole and I couldn't help but watch (in some kind of satisfaction?) them fly up and turn into compost in a millisecond! Kids getting stung is definitely a problem. I love that you feed the skunks, they must visit your house a lot! 😂
Your dad getting revenge was actually wholesome to read
Holy crap you got emus now??!! That's so cool! Things changed so much since the last time I was around! Great to see you are still doing content! I been reading all the other comments, clearly new ppl, that's awesome!
Welcome back!
This is peak content, man. I love seeing the different adventures you get into!
Thank you!
As king of the hornets, I think you have a responsibility to defend their existence in the environment. For example they kill and eat pests.
@@randomroses1494 looks like you have been learning from my videos! Great!
I had a pretty passive hive that moved into my storage bench on my apartment's porch late this summer, I ended up spraying it, but I'd only ever seen a couple come in and out. Cleaned it out a couple days ago and they had eaten the cover off of my camping chair and started into the seat of it, the entire hive was inside the folded legs. Looked really gnarly, but it made me appreciate these little guys and what you do all the more, and it was really cool to know what I was looking at when I finally got around to trying to clean it out.
The birdies love that larve! I love the vacuuming!! Yay!
Been watching your show for years and I never get tired of any part of it! Thanks so much!!
Thank you, Donnaleigh!
It appears that the nests are a good organic snack for the chickens and emus!! Watching the chickens peck at the larvae is pretty satisfying.
Love the bloopers. It gives me so much joy seeing you enjoying making these videos.
Thank you!
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RELAXING SHOWS TO WATCH WELL DONE HORNET KING
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them!
I appreciate your explanation regarding aggression. They are living creatures who are defending their nest, comrades and queen. They're not inherently evil, but instinctively defensive/protective.
Your feather babies are so cute and seem to really love the snacks you bring home. I hope 2023 will be a happier, and joyous year for you and your family. 💫💫💫
Actually a yellow jacket stung my wife 2 days ago while we were walking to the back door. They r a horrible insect
I am absolutely terrified of hornets,and I just gotta say that you are BRAVE for what you do! Thanks for keeping these people safe!
As a bee keeper I can relate the vacuuming part of what u do.
My favorite time of the year is swarm season, I also do cutouts, that is remove honeybees from buildings and trees, I vacuum almost of the bees while doing cutouts. I have to regulate the vacuum pressure as to just have enough vacuum suction to suck-up the bees and not give them any rougher ride down the hose as possible. Also to much suction can kill the bees because they aren't able to breath in the bee box. The vacuum hose is attached to a bee box, the hose bees are sucked into is attached to the bee box.
You apiarists can have the honey bees and all that sticky mess. I tell that to Dirt Rooster every time he complains about yellow jackets 😆 I'll take wasp stings over being sticky any day!
@@HornetKingOfficial LMAO XD
I hope the kids in that school got see the video, showing how you took it out and all the fabulous information you shared, and then seeing your birds eating the larva. There's so much natural science in all of it. I'm sure if you came back for a q & a the kids would have tons of questions.
I love the explanations of the different species! It's very interesting stuff!
Denver liver here. I have a garden in my backyard, and I really enjoy sitting there and watching the different creatures run around. My favorite is the honeybee, and I give them little pets when I can and thank them for pollinating my garden. I love watching the mud daubers grab chunks of mud and fly away, but most recently, I've noticed a small tree sapling that often has a handful of yellowjackets on it. I sat beside it, a good three or four feet away, and I watched then for a while. They just looked at me, then went back to munching on the leaves. They never came near me, they didn't attack me, they didn't even flair their wings at me. They just vibed, and I happily let them do their thing. I definitely understand the "aggressiveness" of species, but I see it like you do; they're just defending their home. I've resorted to calling that sapling the friend tree, because I consider the yellowjackets on it my friends.
I get the fact that wasps are protective of their colonies. After all, it's their home and where their food's at. I'm the same way when it comes to my food too!
The way you talk to your birds is just adorbs
I really love how kind you are about them. They really aren't that bad or evil. I've never been stung for no reason, i did get stung for stumbling onto a ground nest and that was totally my fault
Wasps: That is but a taste of our fury. Do you yeild?
Hornet King: *I do not*
Love your chicken whispering😂
your videos are so damn satsifying, with perfect camera shots. plus your wisdom about all this stuff is intriguing
Your videos are so interesting and informative! I also love how your animals devour the larva.
Thanks for sharing! I learned a lot from this and was super cool to see an underground nest. Unfortionatly I got stung by one today while brushing clearing. I was running my chainsaw on literally the last little tree of the day and got nailed in the leg.
As someone who is undescribablely afraid of wasps and hornsts, these videos are like exposure therapy, keep up the good work
bro same, absolutely irrational fear, i know they cant hurt me, still fucking terrified and ending up shaking if one gets inside
I live in Florida and when I was like 14 (20+ years ago) a friend and I were at a creek next to his grandmas house. We kept getting hit in the head and were like 'what the hell is going on' then I got stung. Then I see something flying in my face. Next thing we know we were getting swarmed, both stung about 50 times. Ran and jumped into the lake that was right there. Yellowjackets flew around the water and waited for us to service to get us again. Nice to see a vid like this. Thanks for avenging me.
Love watching the fowl eating the grubs. They know when a treat is coming.
That's for sure!
Love the end of the video! Watching you with the chickens and the emus is so beautiful!
Great video protecting the children in their playground what a man I enjoy everyone of your videos thank you
Posing with a giant smile next to a big nest is amazing
Imagine playing during recess and running into a swarm of yellow jackets
Does anyone else find his voice relaxing to listen to, or is it just me?
This is certainly one of the more educational channels on TH-cam… I used to hate wasps / hornets / yellowjackets (stung a few times over the years since age 4, but now have to be careful given how much swelling I had in my hand after the last time I got stung a couple decades ago), but after I learned how beneficial they are, I have come to respect them and only remove the nest if they are too close to a door. I even got to watch the goings on at a paper wasp nest that was right outside my shower window every morning.
Lucky chickens, emus, and rhea get the nest to snack on when their dad the Hornet King gets home. That’s like a delicacy. 😊
Hey, Hornet King. You have some knowledge of the behavior of these insects, so maybe you can answer my question: At my parent's house, we did some landscaping, and one day I was helping my dad lay some paving stones. Well, I dropped one, and it hit an underground nest. We were swarmed before we could run. Dad got stung pretty badly, but I didn't. In fact, I had wasps/hornets all over me. They were walking all over me, up and down my arms and legs and even in my hair. Yet I wasn't stung even once. In fact, if there are any wasps/hornets around, they will actually follow me to walk around on me. Do you have any idea why they would that?
Yeah. I would really like to know that as well. Perhaps your skin is secreting a hormone that either calms the wasp or deters their aggression. Try looking it up on the web. You may find some interesting info. Question: is your dad super fearful of wasp/hornets?
I am told it has to do with blood type. An example is: people with A/B negative blood get bit by mosquitos a lot more than O blood.
@@paulsheffield4729 Unfortunately, I have O pos blood, and I was just chased inside by ravenous mosquitoes. I reside in SW FL and mosquitoes eat me for dinner! I hate the buggers.
@Natalie Grandinetti
Hi Natalie. I live in South West Virginia and they leave me alone. I too am O Positive. My wife is A Negative and they eat her alive
@@Nalla762 No. About the only thing that scares the pants off him is snakes. I did look it up, so I think I should narrow my search a bit. But you make sense. I do have a lot of health issues, so maybe that's it? I'll Google it again. Thank you.
You gotta love the interaction between man and beast. It's all about trust and understanding animal behavior. Brilliant!
Very interesting. I have learned a great deal from watching your videos. And of course, as I've commented before, I love your animals.
Thank you!
I really enjoy these videos. Frightening for me but amazing. Wasps here in South Africa are tiny and build small nests. They are not aggressive. So seeing this is fascinating
i would feel better seeing a flame thrower instead of a house vacuum
Ahh the species that have me my lovely fear of anything that flies. It’s a gift that’s never left me.
You make me question what we have here. We just call them European wasps but no doubt there is others. The hornets I know are huge like maybe 2 -3inches long. I’ve only seen them 2 times both in the window trying to get out. Our “European wasps” aren’t too aggressive unless you mess with them of course. I had them last year in my wall. As always very interesting. Thanks for sharing
Hey Mr King. I love how you use the description defensive! The clip from dumb and dumber very good harr
Love the vids man
Thank you!
Hornet king really makes his channel feel like a well produced television series
I wish I could have a nest like theses. It’s amazing how tiny insects can make big objects.
I do want to tell ya, I had a red& black colored wasp build a pretty good size nest under the eves of my porch. I first thought to knock it down but it was on the far end where we rarely go so I left it alone just to watch. It got about the size of the palm of my hand and during peak time there were probably 20 wasp. When Fall got here they slowly became less & less. We had a really bad cold snap for about 3 days and the few who were there were gone. One day before the cold snap I noticed one on a table on my porch he/she wasn't moving. I had my broom so I nudged him a little and he was still "warming up" . I learned that from watching you! After few mins he flew away. I removed the nest couple weeks ago and noticed how the aerial building wasp make their nest very much like the ones you show. It was pretty neat to watch them from beginning to the end. Just thought I'd tell ya. 😊
That is alot of wasps
For sure!
Even seeing flying insects on screens raises my heart rate a bit. When I was in grade school I stepped on an underground nest on some abandoned train tracks about 30 minutes ENE of Atlanta. I froze out of fear for a while before running. Ran into a house still under construction, damn things chased me to the 2nd floor master bedroom. It took hours for most of them to eventually leave the master bedroom, at least that's how I recall it.
2:00 this point about aggressive vs defensive is enlightening. You're there to destroy the nest. It's unfair to label wasps as aggressive for wanting to prevent that.
I love how satisfying it is seeing the birds eat at the end... Circle of Life, and all that.
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The outtake is hilarious 😂
Love your animals.
There’s the potential for such a great learning experience for the students! They would probably be so excited to see the nest and have you explain it. I hope they were able to see your video.
That intro is epic!
Love to catch one of your vids every now and again.
You are the King👍
I have a carport, lots of nooks & crannies to create a nest in. Practically the second I see something flying around investigating where to build that best, I get out the spray. Once they smell that stuff, they're gonzo. I'm in NJ so I start keeping watch around April.
Me too, our house is getting redone so this will be dug up, but this year there's a sizeable mystery species of wasp/yellowjacket in the rock wall lining my driveway, they are extremely passive and you can get within 6 inches of the entrance and they won't attack
What a good job you did . Your presentation is well thought out. I will use your methods in my ongoing battle with my southern yellow jackets.
This entertains me despite terrified of every single bee/ hornet/ wasp out there.
Exposure therapy!
A good friend of mine has a couple of hens they get eggs from, and they feed them mealworms in their seed mix, and their eggs are AMAZING! I can only imagine that the eggs you may get from your chickens have to be great too with the constant stream of wasp larvae you feed them!
Yay! Another underground nest. Those are my favorite kind of wasp nests. I love digging up underground nests myself. Keep it up man!
🤣🤣Per il finale! Ci sono parole che insieme diventano dei sciogli lingua! Bellissima la spiegazione tra aggressiva e difensiva! Grazie a te imparo sempre cose nuove su una specie che prima temevo, ora ammiro!👍👍👍👍buon 2023 amico mio
Your videos are intense! God bless you for the work that you do, NO WAY for most people!
Wasps and hornets scare me, but I like to look at them if they're on the other side of the glass! So fascinated watching you here. Thank you for being educational about behavior and species! I live in WI so I don't believe we get the ground digger sorts here, I only see black bees coming out of the ground holes, it seems way more the classic hanging nest kinds around here. We don't bother them unless they bother us! (feeding the birds and having a yard full of them all the time probably helps, too. And maybe the neighbors guinea hens) This was neat to watch, thank you.
Can't believe I missed this video, been watching all of them whenever I get the time to. Love watching your videos when I'm tryinna sleep, they get me real sleepy (and also educate me on these wasp species).
Glad you like them!
We have yellow jackets like this at our place in Texas. I have hit nests while on a dozer and the literally tore me up. I love your videos and the education of the various species. Stay safe
Thank you for your fascinating content. I understand the defensive attitude of the insects; have lost track of how many nests I've had to deal with in 62 years with no protective gear (I am a carpenter/ remodeler).
Knowing this though, I wouldn't infer that people who've been stung and may be in danger of dying from an allergic reaction; who refer to yellow jackets as aggressive, as abnormal people. Most normal people, without thinking or simply being ignorant, assume the defensive insects are being aggressive.
Fortunately I've only been stung about 14 times in 62 years. It sounds incredible, but I found that, with God protecting me, when I'm around nests of stinging insects, remaining calm seems to lessen my chances of being attacked by defensive insects.
Again, thank you for your fascinating content. I hope you reach 2 million subscribers soon and a billion views.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
What an incredible feast for your birds! I found it funny how many empty discarded combs were laying on the ground; those are some well-fed fowl!
I love how you just give affection to the birds like their dogs keep up the great work lol
So I have a huge Yellowjacket nest in my crawl space. Literally under my room. Been battling it everyday, still no luck. And I’m watching this video while laying in bed and hear the buzzing the in the video and man I have never jumped out of bed so fast in my life. Lol
I was stung by a yellow jacket this morning and still feel pain. I hope they and the nest will be gone soon. They are in my raise garden bed. Thanks for sharing this video which gives me hope.
You're doing an amazing job each time you remove a nest. Very happy that there are people like you out there. I would try to find something to pound the ground for me though.. arghh.. they scare me to death ! 😳😱 Aww.. and bringing back lunch is cute too ! 🥰
That was awesome. We just had a nest of ground hornets removed, after me, my wife and my dog got stung several times. It was great to hear your narrative on how you go about you business to rid a site of these hornets.
Chickens: "We're feelin' peckish here!" 🐔🐓
Bro really dropped the hardest hornet edit and didn't think we would notice
I want to see the vacuum get opened!
Great close up photos 👍
my brother went to this school, he came home one day (early) crying because he got stung a couple times, thank you for removing it!
Yay another video! Someone had commented that there is something very fascinating about your channel. Couldn't agree more or said it better!
Thank you!
18:38 Your right forefinger. SloMo 'I stung and I can't fly away'. 😂
Nani ke mele kumu no kēia hōʻike!!❤😂🎉😅!❤😂🎉😅😊! 5:02
I love how gentle your emus are!! I use to have chickens, i miss them.
I’m surprised to learn that southern Yellowjackets are more aggressive than bald faced hornets. Really enjoy the birdies feast at the conclusion of each video 😊
Bald faced hornets are not agressive at all, we get them in our apple trees all the time and just ignore them, we cut the beautiful paper hives out of the trees in the spring they sure know how to make paper
Got home took an cannabis edible and got a hot beverage and sat back and watched most of the Hornet King. Keep it coming and thank you!
LOL the blooper reel at the end. I agree with your list though, and based on my own personal experience, the first 3 are lined up perfectly. Despite their reputation, Bald Faced Hornets have never bothered with me directly, only if I get too close to their nest for too long. A worker usually gives me the "warning wings" and that's when I walk away. Great video as usual!
Exactly, Chuck! Thanks!
Hi from uk Bret👋👍another good one here and all the birds and lady are looking really well and healthy, bin a while since last comment but still here watching and liking (had crack in phone screen made text hard, repaired now tho👌) also bin minute or so since last ground nest. Hope you had good Christmas 1st one and all 🙏 but all best in health wealth and happiness for 2023 and plenty nests 👌 thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👍 👋
Thank you, Mark! Great to see you!
@Hornet King always here just never there 👌🤣
So here’s the thing.
As a hobby entomologist, I appreciate your caring for these creatures the way you do and spreading info about them.
Simultaneously as someone with a deep and crippling fear of wasps and hornets, I am a little disappointed that your methods don’t involve napalm.
Again, I’m mostly appreciative. The dumb panicky ape chained up in my amygdala, however, is not.
The chickens eating from the nests is just too adorable
I like how most of the chickens and the rhea are fine sharing, and the grey chicken is like, "No, it's mine!"
Timmy just like: "TAG, YOU'RE IT- AAAAAAAAAA"
Sheesh bro it’s been about a year since I’ve watched one of your vids when you were still at like 100-200k and now that I come back you just took off exponentially with like half a million subs! Congrats man
I keep thinking, why not have a second vacuum parked at the front door while you dig elsewhere. But, you're the expert. Good work!
There's only one entrance, so a second vacuum would be redundant. In the instance of a nest in someone's home, I have set up a vac outside and had my other vac inside removing the nest. But a ground nest like this one, it would be moot.
My dude. Thank you for clarifying defensiveness and aggressiveness. I always have to explain most animals are not AGGRESSIVE per se. They are defending themselves. Or "this animal isn't angry. It is literally terrified." For example: when people try to wrangle snakes and say "oh this is one angry snake. No, it is horrified right now and defending itself the best way it can.