Bald-Faced Hornet Removal In A Garden 8-18-23
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- This is a bald-faced hornet removal in a garden. In this video I use a shop vac with some water and dish soap to catch and kill 463 wasps. This video is in Western Pa on 8-18-23 in the evening. I also show the final catch afterwards and go through the comb to show some of the different stages of the wasps.
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I sat next to a nest for 6 weeks with a camera. Within inches of the opening regularly. Held one in my hands and fed them sugar water. I saw no direct aggression simply to be aggressive. I was very careful though and I've seen them get anxious and even attack a new camera but not me. I was not wearing gear or anything. I was not a flying insect person. I'm of the impression now that they were used to me having been there the entirety of their lives. It seems everyone's bad experiences are a result of surprise on both sides. Not aggression. Further, they eat mosquitos and citronella candles don't work. A mosquito borne virus or possible sting if you walk into the nest? You pick. I'm on the side of the hornets in that regard. I do understand they can be gnarly but remember, from their perspective, you're attacking them. The owners didn't notice until a week ago? I would have let my private mosquito killing army that isn't bothering me continue to faithfully serve. If it's out of the way, perhaps mark it clearly so others don't stumble into it but otherwise, let nature do it's thing. My 2 cents.
Came back from vacation 2 years ago and found a hive this size attached to my dining room window. I said to myself "self The Hive is made of paper, what does paper hate? water! Waited till about 4:30 a.m. got an 8-foot green step ladder and my garden hose set it to Jet and laid into that nest for about 90 seconds until it fell to the ground in pieces. Went back about 7 a.m. with my propane torch and just hit it for 10 seconds to be done with it. I was quoted $450 for nest removal
Yikes! I would say $450 sounds high, I haven’t really started to do this as a “business” yet, everything has been word of mouth for people I know. I am thinking of advertising next year but was thinking much cheaper than that on pricing for these ones.
@@Outdoorsful-living good luck with your Pursuit. Sooner or later you will suffer a setback, and it will sting , but you will get over it.............. I had to
The 14 large wasps probably were new queens (gynes). D. maculata can begin producing new queens in late July or early August. This is earlier than species like Vespula maculifrons which typically don't have new queens until at least late September, but later than D. arenaria which can have new queens as early as late June.
Thank you for answering that’s what I was assuming. Love your videos by the way, I’ve been following you for years.
@@Outdoorsful-living Your welcome. I hope you can grow your wasp removal business and keep making videos.
I agree with herc1120. Although I'm not fully versed in all the particular species. I have noticed that the comb changes and the queen cells are larger. In late summer I always check the latest layer for size change. Nice vid!
Drones have no stinger. They have a kind of pincher that connects with the queen's mating organ, both at the "stinger" end. I observed this after once hearing buzzing in leaves on the ground in late October. There I found a male and female yellowjacket, attached end to end. I put them in a jar and observed them for about an hour before they separated. At no time were they still and seemed to be trying to separate all along but couldn't, until the male's sperm packet was torn off and absorbed by the queen. I believe the male dies shortly after mating but they both flew off when I released them.
This summer, I used bait stations made with sugar water, chicken, and tainted with boric acid. The yellow jackets and BF hornets take the tainted meat and liquid back to the nest to feed their larvae, and the entire colonies die. This has been the first season in years that I haven’t had to lose my fig crop to the wasps. I also have a honeybee hive, and they’re safe from them as well.
People don’t realize it has little to do with strength of the vacuum as you are getting them mid flight, or as they are attempting to land or take off from the nest. I’m sure you know from experience that once they land(especially on the nest material) their barbed feet/legs have an amazing grip.. on the other hand I’m sure the clog you described could probably be avoided with a stronger vacuum but it sounds like you found another way to avoid such a situation going forward... cool video thanks for sharing 😊
Yes it’s incredible how well they can hook onto material. Some regular TLC is all the vacuum needed…I had an inch of mud that had dried/built up inside of the vac attachment.
I just had a nest professionally removed a few days ago and my neighbor was stung yesterday while trimming his side of the hedges ( the nest used to be in those hedges) and he said that a swarm of them came after his hedge trimmer. Is this normal ? Shouldn’t they be gone after a few days?
I wouldn’t be surprised if there wasn’t another colony separate from the one you had removed (possibly a ground nest). In general of the wasps have nothing to defend (once the nest is gone) they aren’t as aggressive
Why not spray expanding foam into hole to seal up then incinerate?
Cool video, those ones hurt!
They pack a punch but it’s the small yellow jackets that usually get you in the ground nests
Use the lave for fishing bait. It's actually deadly!
I’ve always thought that, just never tried it yet.
Hornet King would know for sure
If uou hold the vac pipe at an angle yo the nest entrance you will catch alot more than straight toward it
I have a big hornet problem but cant locate nest. Any helpful tips besides just trying to follow them in the evening? I follow them about a 1000 feet before losing them
I’d say it just depends on what type you have. Where I live I have several types around me and I only know of a couple nests. If they’re an aerial nest type like these bald faced hornets or yellow jackets I’ve had nests everywhere imaginable but typically on the side of a house or shed sometimes right under the roof line. Ground nesting yellow jackets can be hard to find they’ll typically build in a rodent hole or along landscaping Timbers around flower gardens, I’ve had nests that were in a well head and I had one in a rotted tree stump. If they’re a cavity nesting species sometimes they’ll crawl between a gap in soffit or where a pipe or conduit comes out of a wall. If the nest is real close you’ll see them throughout the day taking a direct flight pattern to and from the entrance (several per minute flying back and forth). I would say in a way if you don’t know where they are then you haven’t had a problem where someone accidentally found them. Depending on what part of the country you’re in if they’re a hornet or wasp they only have a couple of months and they’ll be done for the year (unless you have honey bees those will winter over). I turn down a lot of jobs though, if they’re not in a problem area where someone is at risk (like inside of a block wall) I’ll usually just suggest to leave them be, they do still serve a purpose for the ecosystem
@@Outdoorsful-living thanks for the reply. They really are not a HUGE problem but they're the bigger white and black hornets and they swarm my apple trees for a month starting now. Im kind of like you i think. I love wasps nests and think there super cool looking and its fun finding them. But im curious. What purpose could these carnivores possibly serve to the eco system? Thank you for the reply
Im in western washington btw
Ok if they’re the black and white ones then they should have the same type of nest that’s in this video. They aren’t as efficient as honey bees but they do still help with pollinating. They also do help to keep the other insect populations at bay.
Stop flailing around like a panicked child every time one comes near you and it won't be a problem anymore :)
People who can't coexist with wasps frankly can't coexist with anything
@ 15:07 throw it on a web. Feed that stinging bastard to the spider!
Hornet king is the guy to go to