I remember when I was a kid a neighbor Mr. McGray had a nest in a tree. All us kids gathered as he doused it with gasoline from a step ladder and tossed a match. The hornets stung him but he got the match lit and tossed it and the nest went up like a nuclear bomb. He got swarmed, fell off the ladder and dropped the gas. We all started moving back and then a burning piece of nest touched off the dropped gas can. It went up pretty good. We all began to run because the Mr. McGray was running. We thought he was running from the hornets. But he was on fire and was running to a garden hose. Guess he hadn't seen stop drop n roll on TV yet. His pants were on fire. He ended up stopping and taking them off. When all was said and done Mr. McGray's khakis were shouldering ashes, his arms and legs as hairless as Raquel Welch's legs in the movie One Million Years B.C. (I never saw the movie but had her poster over my bed) and the Fire Department got called and showed up while Mr. McGray was standing in his tighty whities in the front yard.

@freedomspromise8519

2 жыл бұрын

If this isn't a movie scene, it should be.

@donaldoehl7690

2 жыл бұрын

Great story!

@bah5310

Жыл бұрын

The good Ole days.

@kerrytodd3753

Жыл бұрын

I had that poster as well……we had relations, in my mind 😮

@jonnysinclair2186

Жыл бұрын

Yeah hornets are jerks

The bees appreciate you increasing their nest's insulation value up to an R-30.

@jamesvw769

Жыл бұрын

There not bees.

@jumpinjojo

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesvw769 *They’re.

@RadDadisRad

Жыл бұрын

Bald faced hornets

@martinmiller8953

Жыл бұрын

That's funny

@Darci3333

Жыл бұрын

Yes I hear them buzzing a Thank You song🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have been a beekeeper and doing trap-outs and extractions for more than 15 years. A good way to take care of the lingering flyers is to mist the air with Elmers Spray Adhasive. It sticks to their wings and knocks them out of the air. Its environmentally safe and biodegradable. I've used it to great success with yellowjackets, hornets, and agressive honey bee colonies. A lot of the New Mexico and Arizona killer bee guys use it prolifically. I'll also use foaming wasp spray in a sealed nest because it expands and spreads. This is excellent for ground nests.

@Speeddemon3

Жыл бұрын

Haha that's brilliant!!

@lalopez1221

Жыл бұрын

GENIUS!

@BigChunk4530

Жыл бұрын

Imagine flying and then ur wings just stick together...😂

@auroraborealis6009

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic !

@dandruff7807

Жыл бұрын

That's a "Tacky" way of getting rid of them.

My employer installed this ridiculously loud industrial type buzzer in our break area at work. Absolutely well above any safe hearing limit. We were going to report it to OSHA, but we figured it would take to long for them to do something about it. We got a can of that expanding spray foam and filled the housing of the bell. It reduced the noise down to an alarm clock level. Good stuff.

@WVdavidB

11 ай бұрын

"Great Stuff"

@drophammer776

10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@chriscosby2459

3 ай бұрын

HaHa I had similar situation at a place I worked -- only we put a shop rag in the siren to deaden the sound.

@patrickpreston8327

2 ай бұрын

I was wondering where it was going. 😅

The ungrateful little bastards just didn't realize that you nicely insulated their house for the winter!

@wasphunter7131

2 жыл бұрын

Overwintering is a struggle for all wasp I agree they should have accepted the renovations without the attitude

@g.o.b.2558

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Next time, spray the nest in the early morning before the warm up from the sun. They are most lethargic when it's colder.

@MoneyManHolmes

Жыл бұрын

Hmm. Maybe use compressed air in a can? Turn it upside down and shoot the refrigerant directly at them?

@jaimestewart8295

Жыл бұрын

Then the video would be boring.

@daffyduck9901

Жыл бұрын

He does it for a living he probably had other ones to go to in the morning.

@JoeXTheXJuggalo1

Жыл бұрын

Well from the sound of bro guy he doesn't get out of basemen untill he smokes a pound of weed

@a.c.6475

Жыл бұрын

Yeah...either before dawn or at bit after dusk, everyone will be home, you'll get em all then!

Carefully secure the intake end of a shop vac hose near the entrance of the hive. With the shop vac left turned on but unplugged you can now go to the end of your extension cord and safely plug it in. The sound of the air entering the hose will piss the bees off like nobody's business and as they attack it they are sucked inside the hose and into the dust collection bag. Leave the vac run until you no longer see any activity from the hive. Done this a few times. Works like a charm.

@richardnwilson

Жыл бұрын

I've done that too totally non-toxic and works great. Remember to stuff a rag or something in the end of the hose when you turn the vac off and let it sit for 24 hours.

@michaelbayne2315

Жыл бұрын

If you fill the tub of the vac with soapy water, it'll kill them safely as they enter the vac. Easy way to make sure they're done for.

@richardbillin5190

Жыл бұрын

I’ve done this as well many time…it’s called a “Hillbilly Bee Catcher”

@sledderal1016

Жыл бұрын

Did this to get a wasp nest or of my exterior wall. Worked excellent.

@johnsmccullough9431

Жыл бұрын

You know if you just use the plastic bag at night. I cut hold the plastic bag at the bottom of the nest and then cut the branch off leaving the best falling for the bag and you close the bag. It's have all your watch capture and if you happen to have a trash can for the press can't pull the fire. You just dropped the nest and that will take care of all of them and they won't come back. You'll be none worry about it but you have to do it at night

About 20 years ago, we were baling hay and our kids were riding on top of the hay wagon. As we were driving along the edge of the field, my son (10 years old at the time) put his hand up to move a branch and put it right into a hornets nest. He was stung 32 times. My daughter, who was 8, was stung 8 times, all in the face. We took them to the emergency room, of course. Even with antihistamines, they swelled so bad it looked like his body was just one big bee sting. To this day, we call that field, "The Bee-Sting Field.

@n.e.barton1299

Жыл бұрын

Your family hunted that nest down like UBL Geronimo 0:30

@margricks

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad your son is okay!

@theYungOldBoi

Жыл бұрын

But you said they were hornets

@austinpowers1999

Жыл бұрын

I bee understanding why

@243wayne1

10 ай бұрын

Never happened... Thanks for the BS story though.

As someone who has had to remove these twice by myself (after experiencing their wrath firsthand)...this video was both satisfying and traumatic to watch!

@justinwatson1510

Жыл бұрын

i think i would sooner douse the entire property with gasoline and flick a match before I tried to deal with removing one of those by myself.

@desitterspace2127

Жыл бұрын

@@justinwatson1510Nuke it from space….it’s the only way to be sure!

Have you considered harnessing the power of natural rivalries? Some years ago, my Dad had a colony of wasps living in his tractor which he used to bushog with. He'd tinker on the tractor and the wasps would go all hostile. He'd tell them "You can live in my tractor, but if you sting me, I'll kill every one of you." After a couple of rounds of "screw around and find out" from the wasps, he finally ended up with a colony that would buzz around, but didn't sting. He'd do his bushogging surrounded by wasps, put the tractor away, then they'd all return to the nest under the hood. So after a couple of months of this, he bumped a tree with the bushog, and a wasp from the colony in the tree stung him. The entire tractor colony came out and decimated the tree colony, then returned to the tractor some three hours later. There were thousands of dead wasps at the base of the tree, including the queen, which they tore to pieces, and their nest had been cut out of the tree. Wondering what kind of fireworks you'd see if you brought a hornet's nest to deal with a hornet's nest. Like, a huge one in a screened box. Open the lid near the other nest, and let nature sort it out.

@TechWithTrey

13 күн бұрын

That’s amazing… I want my own tamed hornets nest!

Wow, this brings me back! As a little bastard teenager my friends and I used to get a pole, some twine, and foam caulk and foam up the entrance (JUST the entrance) to the biggest bald-faced hornet's nest we could find, then cut it off the tree. Ya' see, they only have one way in and out, so if you block that off and then quickly remove the nest by cutting off the tree branch it is attached to before the incoming hornets that were out foraging start to gather, and you wear a thick coat with a hood and full-face motorcycle helmet, you can literally walk away with an entire swarm of hornets trapped inside their own nest without getting stung. After a while they will chew their way out, but you have a while to strategically place said nest ANYWHERE you might desire to put an active, pissed off nest of hornets. Say...in a disliked neighbor's car, or mailbox, or a city bus stop, or a gas station bathroom. Or throw it like a biological hornet bomb at the local bully. The possibilities are as endless as your twisted, evil imagination can devise.

@wasphunter7131

Жыл бұрын

😆😆😆😆 I don’t condone putting the nest by a enemy’s car or house but man you showed them who’s boss lol

@chrishagreen3988

Жыл бұрын

my preferred method is to use yellow jacket attractant

@mrmushroomman9617

Жыл бұрын

I would have tossed it in our local "creek" no coming back from that one.

@YTInnovativeSolution

Жыл бұрын

I've seen a car with a garden hose filling the interior from the vented sunroof before. It was late at night and the garden hose was coming from the next door neighbor's house. I have a hunch whoever owns that car must have really pissed someone off.

@nikiTricoteuse

Жыл бұрын

We don't have hornets here in Aotearoa/ New Zealand but, l've heard legends about the shoebox method of payback if someone has seriously pissed someone else off. Fill a flimsy box, eg a shoe box with $hit, wrap it with something flammable. Wait for night time, place it on the enemy's doorstep, set fire to it, ring the doorbell and run like hell. Theory is, the victim will be in bed and stumble barefoot and half asleep to open the door. Seeing the flaming package will attempt to put out the fire using the closest available tools -their bare feet - and revenge will be had. I really don't know how true it is but have often comforted myself by imagining testing it out on ar$ehole neighbours.

I had a similar incident with wasps, only my little buggers were indoors. Usually, if the nest is outside like the one in this video, I would use starting fluid (ether) and a Zippo lighter. The results are almost instant. If you do it at night, you will get a full kill. Just one thing to remember. Don't take your finger off the button of the spray can, use the entire can. Now in the case, of those little buggers being inside, say a shed like mine were, you really can't or shouldn't use the Zippo Flame Thrower method, for obvious reasons. I wound up using a bomb, an insecticide bomb. One that you part company with, after setting it off. Touch it off, set it on the floor of the shed, close the door. Then, 24hrs later, you can do a body count.

You could also spray them with Aqua-Net hair spray. Then you'd see them fall like flies as the hairspray would be sticky on their wings and they wouldn't be able to fly.

@swampy6194

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to get mum out of the hairdressers chair when they use Aqua-Net.

@georl1

2 жыл бұрын

@@swampy6194 - Hahahaha, I know. :)

@Squirrely23

2 жыл бұрын

Yep like our moms from the 70”s and 80”s. There hair could stop a bullet haha

@georgeberz1798

2 жыл бұрын

Aqua Net is also very flammable. You can never go wrong with pyrotechnics!

@urbanurchin5930

2 жыл бұрын

@@Squirrely23 .....THEIR hair......illiterate idiot.....

I once had a group of hornets build a nest on my bedroom window which was cool in a couple ways. It made a great security secret for that part of my house and the bonus was that I could see everything going on inside. Cool video

@jkeithfowler

Жыл бұрын

I did get attacked by a bunch of yellow jackets that my dad had dug up with the tractor while putting in a water line whenever I was young got stung about 20 times on the face, chest and back. I don't like them too much myself.

@taylormahan1744

Жыл бұрын

I concur. Also try poison ivy.

@XAVargasX0206

Жыл бұрын

and you can't open your window........nice

@jkeithfowler

Жыл бұрын

@@XAVargasX0206 I had other windows it wasn't the house on the street with only one window.

@XAVargasX0206

Жыл бұрын

@@jkeithfowler I wouldn't open any windows considering a nest was outside the bedroom window, they are capable of flying to the other side of the house if they want to you know....

I kayaked decades ago, and while in Tennessee around the Ocee river area, we were camped for the night and the guys in the next campsite got drunk and decided to throw stuff at the MASSIVE hornets nest high in the tree. We all hopped in our tents, cars, etc. and watched these buffoons eventually contact the sweet spot. That friends, WAS EPIC. They left and never came back for their stuff for days. No idea what happened.

I had one of these in my back yard, I used to go and study it. You could tell each of them individually by the color of the paper they used to build their nest, they would return to the same spot to collect. That is why it has those stripes. Once a yellow jacket flew to the nest by accident they pounced on it and killed it. I was able to get really close and they never bothered me.

Listening to the hornets swarm with bone conducting headphones. It is something else feeling the bees vibrate the skin above your eardrum and I swatted several unseen wasps.

@wasphunter7131

Жыл бұрын

😆😆😂

I bumped into a hornet nest in an apple tree once. Before I even knew what was going on, it felt like someone dumped hot ashes all over my head. It wasn’t until I grabbed my head in pain that I realized I was covered in them. My head was swollen and I didn’t feel dwell for a couple of hours. Luckily I didn’t have any worse symptoms.

I've been stung by bees and yellow jackets all my life. I've only been stung by a hornet once and HOLY CRAP, that is not something I ever want to experience again. It was CRAZY how my body reacted to it. My hand was numb for hours (after the intense pain finally subsided).

@NicCageForPresident2024

Жыл бұрын

I have been stung by bees and yellow jackets as well one time I was trying to get rid of a hive and all the wasps chase me down like jet fighters remember one got me right in the Achilles and then I got a few more. I have never been stung by a Hornet and from what you said I hope I never do

@Chaotic-Demise77

11 ай бұрын

I was attacked by a swarm as a kid and was stung all over my body (including my groin/crotch), the doctors' told my parents' I was hit 130+ times & could've died. I was bouncing on an old grapevine & didn't realize there was a hornets' nest in the leaves under the vine.

@dienekes4364

11 ай бұрын

@@Chaotic-Demise77 -- HOLY COW!!! That's incredible. I can't imagine the pain you experienced.

@Chaotic-Demise77

11 ай бұрын

@@dienekes4364 yes, the worst pain was in my crotch & on the knuckles'. Not to sound funny but, I thought the "jewels" were going to explode. It felt like I was constantly getting kicked down there...

@sloppyfloppy79

3 ай бұрын

Yellow jackets, wasps, and honey bees are nothing compared to bald faced hornets.

I’ve been putting my wasp traps out in early spring baited with cat food. I’ve caught as many as 25 queens before they can build nests. This method has pretty much eliminated my wasp problem which used to be quite an issue. I’ve read that most nests have hundreds of individuals so doing the math I’ve eliminated potentially thousands of wasps by doing this. Then towards summer’s end I switch to sugar water to catch hungry workers after the larvae are gone.

@djiceyfan

Жыл бұрын

Are u using wet or dry cat food? I might have to try this …. Thanks for the tip 😊

@nikiTricoteuse

Жыл бұрын

I'd love to try this but would be worried about catching honey or bumble bees. Do any of them get caught?

@apollomoon1

Жыл бұрын

@@nikiTricoteuse not that I’ve seen so far but it certainly is possible. Lots of flys get in tho. I put 1/2 inch of water in so they drown eventually. In late summer switch to sugar water with a little juice and a couple drops of dish soap which breaks the surface tension so they don’t sit on the water. I use the yellow hanging bell shaped traps from Amazon. They’re around 14$ for 2. The suggestion came in the trap instructions

@nikiTricoteuse

Жыл бұрын

@@apollomoon1 Brilliant. Thanks. I think l've got traps that would work. I use them for flies but, I think if I switch out the bait they should do the job. I've been using powdered fly bait that you just add water too and they're brilliant for flies but have never seen them catch a wasp. It's winter here in Aotearoa/ New Zealand so there's no flies or the wasps at the moment but, l'll certainly be ready in the spring. Do you use the dogwood mix in spring and can you tell me what you mix with the dog food please?

@apollomoon1

Жыл бұрын

@@nikiTricoteuse catfood or any protein like tuna or even spoiled meat although I’ve never gone to that extreme. Start as soon as it gets warm and you see the wasp queens moving around looking for nesting spots. They are at least twice as big and all the workers die in winter. In late summer the queens stop producing larva that the workers feed on. That’s y they become so aggressive in early fall. They are looking for food. Switch to juice or sugar water in summer to catch worker’s. I’ve had good luck with this method. I’m in farm country in northern NY state US and used to be plagued with these things but not so much anymore.

I’d love to see what results you get if used the expanding foam on a nest after dark.

@HollyOllyOxenfree-

2 жыл бұрын

Smart!

@mikesmith7209

Жыл бұрын

at night, just dump whole nest into plastic bag, no spray foam needed... tested...

@CRAZYHORSE19682003

Жыл бұрын

@@mikesmith7209 Or when it is raining.....tested.

@aleastwood1698

Жыл бұрын

I have had them chase after dark hitting them with hornet blaster

@Jmacfann

Жыл бұрын

The myth that hornets/wasps sleep at night is completely false. They are not active outside the nest at night (European hornets are active outside their nesting area 24 hours a day) they are however very much awake inside the nest at night. They are attracted to light, so if you go out at night and piss off a nest you are the only light source (since you most likely have a flash light since you know its nighttime) so you might as well have a giant blinking neon sign saying HEY IM OVER HERE.

I have been doing this for years with yellow jacket nests in the ground. I usually tape a straw onto the end of the tube it comes with so I can get deeper in the ground and hold down the trigger until the can is empty or it starts to push the straw back out of the nest and then I sit a rock or brick on top so the dog and kids don't get it on them before it dries since its impossible to get out of hair or clothes. I had a pecan tree in the back yard and I used to spend all summer every summer trying to get rid of them. Neighbors always said to pour gas down the hole, but my kids and dog play around that tree and i didn't like that idea. It kills them, they don't get out and move to another location, no pesticides or chemicals where my kids and dog are. The ones that come back around tend to try and land in it and get stuck and die. Next day cut it off level with the ground and you are done.

@alexlogue2505

Жыл бұрын

Long after humanity is gone, future archeologists will study it to determine the meaning only to decide that it must have ceremonial significance...

We had a huge (about 30" long) high in a pine tree. A particular challenge because they had incorporated so many limbs.early in the morning my dad went up and surrounded it with a contractor bag, they emptied a whole bag of wasp spray into it then closed it off the best he could. We checked it the next day, and they were goners. Cut down the limbs to get a good look. Crazy.

I remember early one spring my dad was trimming the bushes in front of the house and got stung four five times. There was a hornet's nest built around one of the branches in the bushes. You had to walk right past it on the walkway and it was only four or five feet from the front door. It was getting up into the 60s during the day but it was going down to 40 at night and they get real inactive at that temperature. So I waited until dark and they were all in the nest and took a tube of caulk pumped the only entrance to the nest because there's only one full of caulk. Gave it a couple minutes nothing came out put a bag over it tied it off and cut the branch. Worked like a charm.

@MsGail61

11 ай бұрын

That reminds me of a movie where a car was so covered with bees that the driver couldn’t see, so he was lured over the radio to an arena where they could drop the temperature to 45 and make the bees fall.

In 1979 I worked painting high voltage steel tower's, while energized, and we were working out of town outside of Cleveland Ohio. First thing one morning a co-worker got the last of the boxed up paint, mixed up, and laughed a little because he got the jump on the rest of the crew. Off he went, climbing up the tower. This tower was around 100' tall, and over a couple hundred thousands volts, I don't recall exactly. While we were mixing up additional paint, we heard him hollering, then louder, we looked up, and it was like a brown cloud chasing him. He threw his paint bucket down, and, in his confusion, and pain, started going around the tower, in circle's, while slowly working his way down. Although, it wouldn't have made any difference. The angles on the tower's vary in size somewhat, but many are 2"-3" angle iron. We always wore long pants, long sleeve shirts, boots, rag hat, a t-shirt tied over your head, and gloves. It was a dirty, paint wise, messy job, so we covered up fairly well, and would rub Vaseline on exposed skin. By the time he made it to the ground, really just a couple minutes, the hornet's lite him up so bad in his exposed facial area we could hardly recognize him. His face was swollen very badly already. The got him around his wrist, and face and neck mostly. He was immediately ran to the hospital, where he was treated, released later that day, and returned the next day to work. The hornet nest, was as big as a 5 gallon bucket, and inside the peg leg, that we use to climb up. So, he never seen it and hit the nest with his hand climbing up the tower. At the time, a very intense and scary situation. Luckily he was fine after treatment and we later burned the hornet nest out.

Always wait until dark. The bees go into the nest before dark. This way there are no hornets and you can seal the entrance without being stung.

@mandograssable

Жыл бұрын

Then how would he make a video to get views? He does it all for views not good results.

@l3p3

Жыл бұрын

Stop calling them bees dude

@Trainwheel_Time

Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you to the random KZread commenter who somehow knows more than the people who actually do the stuff for years. Go film one at night great KZread insect expert and show everyone just how smart you are.

@donnalittle1507

Жыл бұрын

I did wonder why we were doing this midday

@shieeeet2334

Жыл бұрын

Your mom comes out and starts slinging her bunghole around 6pm so everything needs to be done midday

Whatever method you decide to use, you should do it late evening, when the wasps have all returned to the nest and less active. This way there is far less chance of getting stung, and almost no change of any lingering insects. Doing it during the day, a lot of the wasps are going to be out and about, so lots of them left to start a new nest.

@wasphunter7131

Жыл бұрын

Sadly we do removals when the customers schedule them it’s how most business work. The product I use the dust will kill any that return to where the nest was located so none survive. The ones out during the day will return to the same location and also meet their end by the dust I leave behind. It’s impossible for them to go start a new nest as only the queen can start a new nest and she is inside the nest at all times. With no queen the survivors will die out within a few days even if they do not return to the nest location. Once the queen is dead so is the colony.

@ianemery2925

Жыл бұрын

@@wasphunter7131 OK, you are a business, I understand; the above was more for people doing DIY. I had a nest in my loft so old and large, the pest control guy wouldnt actually go into the loft to deal with it - we are talking something the size of an overstuffed lounge chair. I ended up dealing with it myself, using OTC wasp nest killer - sprayed it late evening, left it 24 hours, then bagged it in a large bin liner.; it was around 18-20 layers deep; possibly more, as it broke up in the bag, getting it out of the loft. If you can get them all in the nest, there is no need to spread other chemical poisons around - that might also kill innocent bugs, birds, small pets etc. I dont know what the dust you use is made from, however a lot of chemicals used in the US are banned elsewhere for exactly that reason.

@GatekeeperofOld

7 ай бұрын

@@wasphunter7131get you a tennis racket so you can swat them out of the air into oblivion!

I got attacked as a kid messing with a nest. 20+ stings. Imagine those slams on the mic being slams into your body. These bugs don't mess around

I have found out over the years. Getting rid of yellow jackets and hornets can be fairly easy. 1st. of all. Wait until after dark. Most of the bee's will be in the nest. They don't harvest after dark. 2nd. Get a black contractors trash bag and a pair of rose bush clippers. 3rd. Get the bag up over the nest and clip it away from it is hanging into the bag and close and tie the bag. Now the great stuff will work big time.

@briankleist7154

2 жыл бұрын

yes best way...

@donaldoehl7690

2 жыл бұрын

I know a guy that got a nest this way then drove to a rural bar full of people he didn't like and tossed it inside...

@IHateWearingBra

2 жыл бұрын

@@donaldoehl7690 wow! And then? And then?

@lgstar3363

2 жыл бұрын

@@donaldoehl7690 🤣👍🏽

@Captain_Pricey

2 жыл бұрын

@@IHateWearingBra what do you think happened?

Years ago I commented about doing this with a drone. The drone would be equipped with the ability to carry the spray can. After the hole is filled with foam, the drone can return with a insecticide and a metal tube. The tube is punched through the side and the insecticide is sprayed thru the tube into the nest.

I remember coming across wood wasps, when camping with the scouts in 1958 in the New Forest, England. They are territorial and if you get within about 400 feet of their nest, they will come for you. We had a narrow escape, but nobody got stung. Everybody else should take care of the warning on expanding foam that states, once hardened can only be removed mechanically. In other words do not wear anything you want to wear again because if you get it on it, you will be throwing it away.

@2A_supporter

Жыл бұрын

Your old ahs needa stop telling fake stories them do not attack ppl within 400tf they attack when YOU DO u obviously was messing with they beat idc what u say I’ve got so much experience with wasps bees hornets flies and their relationship with their surrounding environment

@dcolb121

11 ай бұрын

40 feet is more accurate

@mikecoulter9427

9 ай бұрын

​@@dcolb121yeah what are they killer bees?

@storm_filter

8 ай бұрын

I got expanding foam on a pair of pants once, I just sprayed the affected areas with wd40 and it peeled off the following day

I know that you posted this video about a year ago so you may not see this comment but bro I'm absolutely loving your content. I subscribed ever since I seen your 1st video of the hornets underground The way that you get rid of them is absolutely Mesmerizing

Many years ago we had hornets build a nest on the rung of an aluminum ladder that was propped against the house. It had gotten to about the size of the one in the video when we went to that side of the house and found it. I waited until after dark and quietly approached it. It was slightly lower than my head. I had a bottle of alcohol and a lit blowtorch, and quickly poured the alcohol on the nest which ran all over the outside surface and started dripping off the bottom. They didn't respond for some time, I guess it seemed like rain which is natural, until they got a whiff of it. Then I lit the nest and got back to a safe distance. Soon they started coming out and as they exited their wings caught fire so we had a mini meteor shower of hornets dive bombing the ground. The nest burnt well once ignited and about a hour later there were only a charred stub of the nest and a lot of dead hornets on the ground. Much more recently they built one close to the carport - we could never find it but they would sometimes attack when we came home or left the house. I got a large bug zapper and set it up in the carport, just sat it down on the wall of the built in flowerbed. About dusk I went out and plugged it in and went back inside where I could watch in safety. Nothing happened for a while then one came down to investigate. For some reason it got really interested in the UV light inside and had to squeeze through the plastic grate to get inside. Once it touched the metal cage it sizzled and the venom squirted out. I read that they also release an attack pheromone at death to alert the rest of the nest and I guess it's true as soon they started swarming that bug zapper, racing each other to get inside and be electrocuted. This went on for quite a while and finally slowed down after a couple of hours. I emptied the zapper the next day and repeated the process the following night. This time only a few came down. By the third night there were none and we weren't bothered by them for the rest of the season. If one gets in your house squirt it with alcohol and they drop like a stone, clogs the air passages that power the wings. Then you can dispatch them, just remember the stinger still works so don't mess around.

@willg.5168

Жыл бұрын

You mean rubbing alcohol?

@vanceblosser2155

Жыл бұрын

@@willg.5168 Yes.

@kh3612

2 ай бұрын

Hairspray also works by freezing their wings. Especially effective on the inside of windows. Zaps flies, too! ☮️

Well, this explains that disturbance in the force we felt.

Dude, this is an awesome way to dispatch a hornet nest. Red Green would be proud!

Was house sitting one time and while water flowers got attacked by about 19 hornets. Called bug killers and they had a wild time trying to get them, had to come back 3 days before it was even safe to try and see the nest. Whoever built the house had built hatches over a stairwell that led to the basement and when we lifted them we were shocked. There was styrofoam insulation about 3 inches thick glued to the hatches and they had dug a bunch of that out and made a huge nest in the dug out area. I saved the nest and gave it to a teacher in an elementary school for her science corner. Never saw anything like it before, it was crazy, they obviously were evolving, the insulation was keeping the nest from dieing in the cold weather.

My favorite way to deal with these wasps is spraying diesel fuel on them. That was the bees spray in the old days. The cans of wasp and hornet spray used to use diesel as a base.

They were the best anti-pest protection your apples ever had.

@averyslife6314

2 жыл бұрын

Anti people too

@KLTV2

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@brianmoore6490

2 жыл бұрын

However hornets can be very aggressive and he said he has children.

@tedhart4468

2 жыл бұрын

Hornets and wasps kill honey bees so if you want fruit bearing trees you got to get rid of them

@johnnie3Chords

2 жыл бұрын

@@tedhart4468 I think he meant those apples that are currently on the tree are covered with PESTICIDES 🤔

It’s always a good idea to wait until late evening before handling nests. Then all the Hornets will be inside and you don’t have to handle all the angry ones coming back to the nest while you are finishing it off

I had a bald faced hornet nest on my back porch all summer. I never messed with it and I never got stung because unlike yellow jacket hornets the bald faced hornets are not aggressive until you actually do something to them.

@jester_killzem3005

11 ай бұрын

That is false. European hornets are chill compared to bald face hornets. Them and yellow jackets are A-holes

I've only tangled with a hornet's nest one time. It was in a large bush in my yard. Waited until evening and fashioned a torch from a broomstick, a rag and some gasoline. That nest went up in seconds like flash paper. They never knew what hit them and did not come back.

@vincentput

Жыл бұрын

Did the same thing with boiling water (ground wasps). Night time ninja's baby

Wouldn't it make more sense (and be safer) to do this at dusk or after dark?

@johnwalczak935

2 жыл бұрын

It would if you want to kill all the hornets. What a amateur

@dcocz3908

2 жыл бұрын

The only thing to say about this is that its probably meets the green agenda, look at all that insulation

@68fmj51

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely would be better to wait until dark.

@Zoltarswim

2 жыл бұрын

That would make for poor lighting for filming.

@xxxXXXjdXXXxxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnwalczak935 He's just creating these videos for entertainment. He does know what he's doing as far as pest control goes.

We had a large basketball sized white faced hornets nest that started high in the tree but as it grew in size the weight pulled it close to the ground. I waited until dark when the activity stopped for the day. I used a 2 gallon pump up sprayer full of kerosene. I put the end into the hole at the bottom and saturated the nest then lit it on fire. I could hear them inside while I was spraying. I kept spraying the nest with the kerosene until the entire nest was burned up. Nothing got out and no one got stung. I kept my truck close by with the door open just in case.

This currently has 1.3 million views, so his guess of taking a few years to get to 50k was humble.

These nests are pretty valuable. People use them in taxidermy, decorations for cabins, cast them in resin and make book ends ect. They can go for $500+

@jody6121

Жыл бұрын

Had no idea

@Leviatiemily

Жыл бұрын

There's a place in Maine called Perry's Nut House and (the fudge is fuggin amazebawlz) they have walls and even a lil room full of nests.

@TedTheAtheist

Жыл бұрын

How can you kill all the wasps while maintaining the integrity of the nest?

@jody6121

Жыл бұрын

@TedTheAtheist bag it in a clear trashbag with ammonia soaked cotton balls for q few days...limb and everything...integrity preserved.

@TedTheAtheist

Жыл бұрын

@@jody6121 So the wasps will just die in there.. and you won't destroy it at all? Ok thank you. Then you can sell it for a few hundred? Depending on how big it is? Who should someone call to sell it?

You should try using spray foam on a ground nest, that be cool to see the aftermath

@wayneheidlebaugh9915

2 жыл бұрын

I did axactly that. the nest was under the concreet and hard to get at so put sprayfoam in every nuke and cranny and that salved that problem.

@carolrobinson7779

2 жыл бұрын

There's a couple of channels I've watched them casting aluminum and copper in underground nests. The resulting sculpture is pretty cool

You were so fun to watch thank you for bringing us along. Cool glasses by the way. I was thinking of the rocky song same time you were.

Thank you. I loved watching that nest blow out on the side from the foam. Imagine everything inside the nest was totally encased in the foam. No escape no new hornets being born and whatever queens were in there - they are trapped too.

I had a yellow jacket nest in my yard and used Great Stuff. Waited until evening when they were headed in. Sprayed it in and the next day there was what looked like a half of a basket ball in the yard. Gave it a twist and broke it off at the entry. Worked like a charm!

Very helpful. Might have to give this a try. Been buying so many different stuff that is not working; This looks good

I had one of those nests in my driveway. They found a hole between teo retaining wall bricks and hollowed out the dirt behind the bricks. We had wasps all the time until my attack at 10 PM one night. I didn't have the proper clothing, so My attack was late when they were sleeping. I emtied two cans of Great Stuff into the hole and that was the last of them. They never returned. I highly recommend Grerat Stuff but be careful to attack the nest late at night. it was a real adventure for me.

Hey, I've got an idea for you on collecting the aggressive stragglers: Glue traps. The ones designed for mice. Hang some of those up and you'll nab dozens on each trap. Plus the smell of the struggling trapped hornets will draw others over to help them... which also traps them.

Oh man, that’s horrifying. I never knew what it was until now, but one of those stung the palm of my hand and it was really painful. I can’t imagine being swarmed like that without a suit.

@uckedinhats

Жыл бұрын

You tell me it was the worst thing to ever happen to you. And all wasps must die.

@uckedinhats

Жыл бұрын

Don’t understand why large numbers of people can not feel or see a need to help nature. People thing they’re removed from this planet cuz they wear clothing and drive cars. Or what is it . In this case the nest could be moved and the colony allowed to live to add it part. Cuz you may not see or know what it adds is more reason not less to not just kill to make your simple view palatable.

@germxiii9779

Жыл бұрын

@@uckedinhats James the Wasp Butcher

You are absolutely the MAN!!! Nice to see someone address nature head in and not be timid about it. Best wasp video I have seen in years. THANK YOU!

@CRAZYHORSE19682003

Жыл бұрын

If you knew how irresponsible he is with his Pesticides you would not. I am not just some keyboard warrior, I was in Pest Management for more than a decade with one of the best Pest Management companies in the world. Doing this sort of stupid shit would have gotten me fired.

@artifacthunter1472

Жыл бұрын

Why is everybody so ignorant they are not wasps they are not bees they are hornets!

When I was in the 4th grade..one of the kids brought in a nest larger then this one....the teacher thought it was great too ...she was young .....she put it on top of a bookshelf and thanked the kid.....three days later we didn't have classes for a week and we THANKED THE KID... ........in case you don't know ....in the winter the hornets are hibernating and the hive is full of next summers hornet young.....look out....

DUDE, your videos are so cool. Love your personality.

Wow, that spray foam REALLY works!!

Better to do it at dark when they're all in there.

@pogunguskingofthemilk9529

2 ай бұрын

Not when you literally can't come over at night because you are doing it for someone else

Interesting method. I have tried just about everything for yellow jackets and found a little patience (approximately 2-4 days), a bellow and Delta Dust and it's 100% effective for me so far. The trick is to allow time for the foragers to enter the nest (the entrance is where the dust goes) and contaminate the heck out of it, including the queen. I have yet to see a nest last past 4 days after a dusting of Delta Dust. Biome and Tempo are also incredibly effective dusts, but Delta cannot hold moisture, so it stays in dust form indefinitely and the Deltamethrin continues killing for 8 months.

@wasphunter7131

Жыл бұрын

Delta dust was my go to for a few years. I went from delta to tempo then last summer made the swap to drione the drione is a little more expensive then delta and tempo but man does it make up for the price with the speed it kills them

@snowdogthewolf

Жыл бұрын

@wasphunter7131 I have yet to try Biome or Tempo but I've heard nothing but great things about them. If time was a priority, that's the route I would take as well. 👍

@elementarystemwithms.crosm5345

Жыл бұрын

I've had a lot of success using Sevin Dust and a Dollar Tree water squirter in the kids' summer toy section. I find the opening in underground nests, suck up about 1/4 cup of the Sevin into the water squirter, blow it into the hole after dusk, and I never see any action from that hole again.

To finish off those stragglers, get yourself a top quality electronic tennis racquet. You’ll love the sound the wasps make when they get zapped. There is also a pro grade application gun that allows the spray foam to load upside down from the top of the gun. No need to spray upside down.

Had one of these years ago on 2nd floor gutter. Casted fishing line over roof, attached rope. Once in place... I hoisted up a bug zapper near the nest. As they attacked it, more kept coming to help... eventually they zapped themselves to death.

@fayspaniel1604

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Intention8

Жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣 genius

I feel for the unknowing person in the area of that nest.

Thank you, I love learning new stuff and this was amazing!

Now I'm dying for a Granny Smith. Had a nest like this that was over 18" hanging on our pool house. Cut open, it's an amazing work of architecture! Really, really beautiful inside and out. I mounted it on a board and hung it up like art. Cool for kids' school!

@tabithahoward6621

Жыл бұрын

My sister and her husband had a apple tree but it was getting worms in all the apples and our dad cut it down

I'd love to see you use an electric flyswatter in the swarm after you remove the nest. great video!

@herbhunter5520

2 жыл бұрын

Yah 👍

@ryeckley7267

2 жыл бұрын

Hell Yes!

@likwidmagik

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, however those things are thick skinned (pun intended) and I'm not sure how much a buzz (pun once again intended) would harm them. I would love to see it, though!

@lgstar3363

2 жыл бұрын

An electric flyswatter actually exists?!!😳

@brianbanks3044

Жыл бұрын

i have used it on yellow jackets around the hummingbird feeder...it kills them

have you tried computer duster upside down? It sprays out as a liquid around -50F. not only does it instantly freeze anything it also displaces the oxygen. I've had good luck using this to kill mice in a live traps within seconds. Would be neat to see it used on a hornet nest :)

@Vazzini42

3 ай бұрын

That's like 3 times the price of foam 😥

Bro idk what it is. Maybe nostalgia, your commentary, or what but your videos are awesome 👌

That was awesome very satisfying to watch thanks man I never would have thought of using foam

Love your videos man you really are a Savage I could not handle getting stung like that it would piss me off and you just laugh and continue on its great content and I'm glad you're helping people that need it

Love how he talks to the bees while he destroys em

@JohnDoe-cd6ro

Жыл бұрын

hornets*

I had one of these nests in my back yard. It was the size of a basketball. I just waited until it got dark, when all the hornets were back in the nest, and I torched it. I wrapped a gas soaked cloth around the end of a 6 foot length of pipe, lit it and held it to the bottom of the nest where they would try to get out. I thought I got them all, but a couple of days later, I noticed they started rebuilding what little bit was left of the nest. This time I finished it off. They never returned after that.

Seen the Great Stuff technique before. Thanks for sharing your version.

if my kid eats one of them apples with the dust on it will it make him do more work around the house ?

At our previous house we had a hornet nest up inside the eaves. On a chilly morning I used spray foam to fill up the space and encase the nest and hornets. Some of the wood was deteriorated, so I knew I'd have to rebuild it anyway. I let it sit for a couple days to make sure they had all died, then opened up the eaves and removed everything, including any wood that needed to be replaced. I rebuilt it, painted, and fixed everything up. This was a good way for me to deal with the nest without using poison.

@wasphunter7131

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. Most people left nasty comments about the spray foam I used but it honestly worked very well and encasing them inside

@inconnu4961

Жыл бұрын

@@wasphunter7131 C'mon now, we all know the Nasty Comments are the cherry on top!

@wasphunter7131

Жыл бұрын

I agree part of my morning routine is reading the negative comments every morning 😆😆😆 it’s refreshing to see nice ones here and there though

Pretty cool how that worked! Never seen inside a hornets' nest before.

When I was a kid I got attacked by a hive of mud wasps I had over 96 stings on my body, I was screaming and crying, my Grandma had to take me to the hospital where I had to get Anti-Venom or they said I was going to die. I wasn't allergic, but there was just so much venom in me that I guess it could kill a small kid. I was around 7 or 8 years ago. I wish this guy would have been around to help me out. Great job dude, the only good wasp is a dead wasp !!!!!

Yep, that was the way to go. So amazing what it did inside the nest. Fantastic video, my friend 👍💕😊

Would waiting until night time to do the spraying be something you could do? They would be inside the nest right? Great video 🤩

Nice seeing a man enjoy his work

As a 15 year pest control guy i died laughing when you said you were gonna delta dust the area.

@Just.A.T-Rex

Жыл бұрын

Why is that funny? Shit works well

@k24civic

Жыл бұрын

@@Just.A.T-Rex if you’ve never used anything that actually works…..

Love this guy, his humour and of course, the videos. *squish* lol

I had a nest of these sting me bad clearing them out of a roof over a front porch they had gotten into. I had the liquid spray you get at hardware store and after getting stung several times up on a ladder I sprayed so much is was dripping out of there like a hose. Killed them by the next day and I repaired hole in the trim. They are Nasty.

Spray foam works great for those underground yellow jacket nests. Wait till dark when they are all home and just fill it up lol.

Haha got the evil laugh right after the first spray, I’m surprised you laughed too! Heh I like the whole vibe all while you humming and shit, a gem for a pesky bugs exterminator video !

If all else fails, read the directions. And the directions on the can tell you to hold the can upside down or nearly upside down when applying the foam.

@leighanneboles6609

Жыл бұрын

Smart ass

@oldtimefarmboy617

Жыл бұрын

@@leighanneboles6609 Thank you for the complement. If your going to be an ass, it is better to be smart than dumb.

The hive is not amused...

Scotch 77 spray adhesive vs. a wasp's nest will make you giggle for days.

Fantastic job. At 8:15 it looks like a novelty dessert at one of the local Polynesian restaurants. Good thing the video didn't end with screaming and somebody calling 911.

SHOW US THE GSX! I seen the turbo housing in the background! You can’t hide it forever 🤣

Do they make clear foam? I've never seen anything like that but to see them frozen in time would be neat.

@k24civic

Жыл бұрын

They make a product called “wasp freeze” it does just what you’re talking about.

It's fascinating how the plant had been given a brief chance to grow unhindered due to the hornet nest being in that part of the tree, first I thought "wow that's a lot of apples on the tree" then I realized it's likely because the wasp nest acts as a deterrent. Best I know the hornets moreso enjoy the fallen apples beneith the tree. It works out for the hornets too because any such tree (in nature) would be prime real-estate. Cool video.

All the people with hurt feelings should be required to take care of the nest with no protective gear.

How would a can of CB-80 do getting blasted up into the nest? I know the stuff is great for flushing, but I’ve seen red paper wasps drop almost instantly after a good gassing.

@tictoc01085

Жыл бұрын

I many times have taken out nests that large using CB80 and no bee suit. Sneak up on it blast the entrance then use a second can shove the tube into the side and blast it from the top... immediate knock down... then you finish it off with some drione to get the leftovers... the CB80 gets em before they can release their attack pheromones the stragglers then are just confused and easy to finish off

I must be missing something. If you've got the protective gear on, why not just clip the nest off and put it in a sealed bag, then dispose of it? The foam would seem unnecessary.

@axemanlion3475

Жыл бұрын

You're missing the fun

@latouselatrec

Жыл бұрын

I would say your comment was unnecessary. It's his video not yours.

@Martin.Wilson

Жыл бұрын

@@latouselatrec Exactly. It is his video....which he posted in a public forum for public comments. I posed a legitimate question, not rude or offensive. What is offensive is your suggestion that I don't have the right to ask a question in a public forum and what is unnecessary is someone like you trying to be the arbiter of comments made here. Grow up.

@latouselatrec

Жыл бұрын

@@Martin.Wilson I figured out what you're missing a brain

@Martin.Wilson

Жыл бұрын

@@latouselatrec Well, good for you, I'm sure your mom must be very proud of you,

Myself being allergic to bees and wasps, i find your methods rather enjoyable. The odd thing was, i hadnt been allergic until my mid 40s. Weird how that works

@RamoArt

Жыл бұрын

Were you stung a lot before your 40s? Allergies often develop after prolonged exposure

@BrianLarmay

Жыл бұрын

@@RamoArt Not really, probably 15-20 times my whole life im guessing. Much less than the guys who eradicate these nests in the line of duty. I was downhill mountain biking last time I got whacked by one which got me under the eye, and then my throat started to close up. I hadnt an epipen yet, so i had to calm myself before proceding downhill to the car. Of course I made it as im typing this, but I bought a pen right away. Ridiculas the cost of one.

Why not wait until dark and foam them when they are all home and docile?? No stragglers coming home while you are foaming.

@MoncureCoyote

Ай бұрын

We wouldn't be able to see. 😊

@rapinncapin123

Ай бұрын

Because that makes for a trash video

As usual, love your videos. Keep up great content, humming and laughing! Suggestions: try to stay close to Mic so that we hear you! Your video skills are getting better each time. :)

My blanket tickled my arm while watching this and I almost jumped through my window thinking it was a hornet lmao

You can literally hear them trying to sting you! 😭 I'm so glad you were wearing protection!! 💖 stay safe!

Eeyyaahhhh that's not the greatest idea. We had yellow jacket in the walls of our shed one year, I had the crazy idea to do this. The little devil's chewed their way out. I think I used several cans before the cold weather moved in.