Baldfaced Hornets Prey On Other Yellow Jackets For A Living.

I've watched several of these videos, and I want to know how in the hell do people let those nests get that large.

shoutout to all the hornets that jumped on the vacuum tryna save their bros

That must be a harbor freight vacuum. I thought I saw a hornet walkinto the hose and then walked back out.

We had an A-hole business teacher senior year in HS. He used to openly hit on our girlfriends (back when teachers could still get away w/ that), and was brutal to athletes (like me). My teammate threw a couple garbage bags over a watermelon sized baldfaced hornet's nest, and sawed off the branch. The next morning we tossed it in the back seat floor of his BMW (was scared out of mind b/c I'm allergic). After school we watched him try to get in his car. One swat, two swats, and he was running for his life swinging his suit jacket. We watched until the firetrucks came, I had a 2 day headache from laughing so hard. He knew it was us, but couldn't prove it. Years later I heard another group of students repeated our feat, lol! Trust me, he really deserved it, picture Ron Burgundy the HS teacher, mustache and all. He eventually lost his job b/c of inappropriately propositioning female students, and being in possession of blow..

Good lord that has to be the worst spot for a hornet nest.You're a goddamn hero with your shitty vacuum.

There is only one time I have ever had bald-faced hornets act aggressively toward me, and it was while I was traveling with a yellowjacket in a jar. They really do love yellowjackets. Probably picked up a pheremone trail from the distressed yellowjacket

Man you should invest in a better vacuum, lol

Man, you guys think its bad down here is Oz, you guys have hornets that build Death Stars!

Time to buy a new vacume dude

dude wtf i love your videos man... your commentary is actually interesting and visually its satisfying to watch!

while is was watching this i didn't notice my pencil rolling off my desk till it poked my leg and i freaked out cuz i legit thought one stung me lol

It makes me so happy to see people enjoying there work, having a good time with their lives.

my skin is crawling

Your vacuum kinda sucks...but still fun to watch.

I use to love around Paoli, PA, now I live in Philadelphia. Thanks for showing us your videos.

Dude, you are fearless---just watching this made me squirm in my seat

The vacuum is the most effective as they fly back to the nest. If you prop the nozzle about an inch from the opening and leave it running through the evening, before dismantling the nest, they'll fly right in and you'll get just about all of them.

0:22 the hornet lands on the camera, MY PHONE LANDS IN THE FUCKING WALL!!!

They are without any doubt as fearless as any creature on the planet

Herc1120, I love your videos. I'm just across the river from PA out here in Southern New Jersey. I just removed a bald-faced hornet nest that was on a fence along my driveway. It was only about 3 1/2 feet above the driveway and my wife and I have to use that path to get to our cars. Almost a month has passed since I first noticed the nest on my fence and I watched it grow to the size of the one in your video. I was able to walk past the nest without rousing their interest in me; however, I did something stupid the other night that I regretted. After dark, I went out and pointed a flashlight directly at the nest. I was about four feet away but a wasp darted right at the light and stung me on the wrist. After two days of my entire arm swollen, itching and burning I decided that they had to go. I love nature and would have left these creatures alone had they been in a more remote part of my property. I have read that these wasps can get aggressive during the fall so I suppose that acted at the right time before something worse may have occurred. I set up a large shop vac with the wand positioned about an inch off the entrance hole. the wand was mounted off a tripod so I didn't have to hold it. I started about a half hour before sundown and went in for dinner. After dark, the population was significantly collapsed to perhaps a dozen that I finished off. Keep up the good work.