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.👍🖖🇺🇸

@william38022

Жыл бұрын

👍😊👍

@eudomoniahadid7070

Жыл бұрын

​@@william38022 wher s mother

@lbowsk

Жыл бұрын

@@eudomoniahadid7070 Yes. My mother protected me from bee stings. Are you on crack?

@irenedavo3768

Жыл бұрын

4999!

The birds being fed is my favorite part. They are so excited about that larva! Thank you for posting.

@haroldsmith7044

Жыл бұрын

I hear the larva makes very good fishing bait too!

@jasonleatherwood2172

Жыл бұрын

@@haroldsmith7044i can 100% verify fish love em

@parsleypalace3272

Жыл бұрын

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?

@codyfromhumanresources6435

11 ай бұрын

@@parsleypalace3272yes, in his older videos he would normally show the vacuum full of dead wasps.

@parsleypalace3272

11 ай бұрын

@@codyfromhumanresources6435 Ok. Thanks!

There’s something fascinating about this channel. Thanks for posting.

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Funny little niche, isn't it 😄

@qgirlcharlie9582

Жыл бұрын

I agree!

@qgirlcharlie9582

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been watching there been quite awhile

@qgirlcharlie9582

Жыл бұрын

I love this!

@byallmeansneccasary6884

Жыл бұрын

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 😂

I love how gentle you are to those backyard animals! They love you!!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

We love each other 😆

@nunobarros3629

Жыл бұрын

I wonder what bird he's going to have next. Maybe a Cassowary?!

@emilywhitfield2780

Жыл бұрын

@@nunobarros3629 I hope not! They're very dangerous!

@peforster6725

Жыл бұрын

Love seeing the skunks

@emilywhitfield2780

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@fletcherhamilton3177

Жыл бұрын

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 👍

@ffjsb

Жыл бұрын

@@fletcherhamilton3177 Are you talking about a wasp, or a woman???

@canteensupplier9084

10 ай бұрын

Rip, bet that wasp was a good lover :,(@@fletcherhamilton3177

17:06 felt like something straight out of a cartoon😂 Amazing video, love the extra explanations of wasps' biological aspects, behaviors, etc! Awesome!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

She deserved it 😅 Thanks!

@Kyo_Streams

Жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard & rewatched that like 4 times bc it had me ded

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!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! I have no idea how many, hundreds of thousands, I'm sure, as a conservative number

@Anthonymw13

Жыл бұрын

Khhm K

@Anthonymw13

Жыл бұрын

I’bbp

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.

I love how him doing his job is providing content for us and snacks for the animals

@TheGodParticle

3 ай бұрын

They sure do eat well. I think they get more vitamins and minerals than me lol

@F1guRas

Ай бұрын

And service to the customers

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

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!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Sina!

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! 😂

@F1guRas

Ай бұрын

Your dad getting revenge was actually wholesome to read

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. :)

Imagine playing during recess and running into a swarm of yellow jackets

This is peak content, man. I love seeing the different adventures you get into!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@randomroses1494

Жыл бұрын

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.

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@randomroses1494 looks like you have been learning from my videos! Great!

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!!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Donnaleigh!

Love the bloopers. It gives me so much joy seeing you enjoying making these videos.

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

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.

You know your a super fan when you go around your own house yelling “Rhea The Rhea” (61 year old Former Marine) My kids look at me sideways. 🤪

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!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

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!

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. 💫💫💫

@chevy4x466

Жыл бұрын

Actually a yellow jacket stung my wife 2 days ago while we were walking to the back door. They r a horrible insect

Love your chicken whispering😂

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?

@Nalla762

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Nalla762

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@paulsheffield4729

Жыл бұрын

@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

@GingerSnape46

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

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!

@akiamini4006

Жыл бұрын

@@HornetKingOfficial LMAO XD

YES YES YES YOUR BACK AND IM SO HAPPY . RELAXING SHOWS TO WATCH WELL DONE HORNET KING

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them!

Love the end of the video! Watching you with the chickens and the emus is so beautiful!

The outtake is hilarious 😂 Love your animals.

Your videos are so interesting and informative! I also love how your animals devour the larva.

I love the explanations of the different species! It's very interesting stuff!

Love watching the fowl eating the grubs. They know when a treat is coming.

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

That's for sure!

your videos are so damn satsifying, with perfect camera shots. plus your wisdom about all this stuff is intriguing

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

i would feel better seeing a flame thrower instead of a house vacuum

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 ! 🥰

Yay! Another underground nest. Those are my favorite kind of wasp nests. I love digging up underground nests myself. Keep it up man!

Great video protecting the children in their playground what a man I enjoy everyone of your videos thank you

As someone who is undescribablely afraid of wasps and hornsts, these videos are like exposure therapy, keep up the good work

@deathedell215

11 ай бұрын

bro same, absolutely irrational fear, i know they cant hurt me, still fucking terrified and ending up shaking if one gets inside

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.

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

Very interesting. I have learned a great deal from watching your videos. And of course, as I've commented before, I love your animals.

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is certainly one of the more educational channels on KZread… 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.

Yay another video! Someone had commented that there is something very fascinating about your channel. Couldn't agree more or said it better!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That intro is epic! Love to catch one of your vids every now and again. You are the King👍

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 wish I could have a nest like theses. It’s amazing how tiny insects can make big objects.

You gotta love the interaction between man and beast. It's all about trust and understanding animal behavior. Brilliant!

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).

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Love the vids man

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That is alot of wasps

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

For sure!

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.

I love how you just give affection to the birds like their dogs keep up the great work lol

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.

First

The way you talk to your birds is just adorbs

Hornet king really makes his channel feel like a well produced television series

I love how gentle your emus are!! I use to have chickens, i miss them.

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.

Lucky chickens, emus, and rhea get the nest to snack on when their dad the Hornet King gets home. That’s like a delicacy. 😊

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.

I love how satisfying it is seeing the birds eat at the end... Circle of Life, and all that.

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!

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.

Glad to see you back, man.

I like how most of the chickens and the rhea are fine sharing, and the grey chicken is like, "No, it's mine!"

Very relaxing and cathartic, great narration too!

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!

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!

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, Chuck! Thanks!

I recently came across your channel,very interesting stuff thanks !!

🤣🤣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

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.

It's so interesting to learn so many different types of yellow jackets.

I mean, I never knew that someone else would call their chicken the same as I did until I found this video. 😂😂

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!

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.

Great video as usual HK, where is Mr squirrely squirrel.? We need more cameo appearances. Lol

These videos make me itch but I can’t stop watching them😅😅😂😂

Does anyone else find his voice relaxing to listen to, or is it just me?

Very interesting, I don’t think I would mess with them. 😂. You got this bro

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. 😊

Great content....Hello from Butler County Pa.

Your videos are intense! God bless you for the work that you do, NO WAY for most people!

I love that you feed these critters to your birds:)

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

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.

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 👍 👋

@HornetKingOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mark! Great to see you!

@marksaunders2500

Жыл бұрын

@Hornet King always here just never there 👌🤣

Wasps: That is but a taste of our fury. Do you yeild? Hornet King: *I do not*

Crazy huge nest, good job on the removal.. we need more guys like you keeping playgrounds & properties safe

@kellismith4329

11 ай бұрын

We use Dr Winter, 100% success rate

My favourite part is just seeing how happy your chickens are

18:38 Your right forefinger. SloMo 'I stung and I can't fly away'. 😂

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.

Bro really dropped the hardest hornet edit and didn't think we would notice

Chickens: "We're feelin' peckish here!" 🐔🐓

Your baby Emus are so cute 😄

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

one has not lived until one has spent a day with this fearless guy

Hey Mr King. I love how you use the description defensive! The clip from dumb and dumber very good harr

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

Timmy just like: "TAG, YOU'RE IT- AAAAAAAAAA"

The chickens eating from the nests is just too adorable