As long you keep you distance and move slow, you will not have trouble. Hornets are only agressive if you try to destroy the nest or they think you try to destroy the nest. Take care, Benedikt
we have a pool and these things set in the gras next to the pool, seems once or twice a year I step on one of them and it feels like a 2" needle is jammed direct into the arch of your foot. incredibly painfull. When they make nests under our roof eves, I spray them with adhessive glue and it stops the in their tracks.
Great video Mike. The science of it seams to be that wasps start feeding on rotting summer fruit where the yeast in the skins has started to ferment the fructose inside. Basically they get a bit drunk, as well as indiscriminate of where they fly or what they sting.
Wasps tend to be more aggressive if you Smell, are Loud, are hot, move arround lots, or try to swat them.
In my job with the ranger service, we had a specific routine for wasps when brushcutting. You spot the nest about the time where 400 wasps buzz out, very pissed that you just cut into their hive... Then you THROW the brushcutter down off of the harness, after GUNNING The engine, and you run like a blue-assed fly, hoping the smoke, and noise makes them angry at the cutter, not you!
Wasps tend to be more aggressive if you Smell, are Loud, are hot, move arround lots, or try to swat them.
In my job with the ranger service, we had a specific routine for wasps when brushcutting. You spot the nest about the time where 400 wasps buzz out, very pissed that you just cut into their hive... Then you THROW the brushcutter down off of the harness, after GUNNING The engine, and you run like a blue-assed fly, hoping the smoke, and noise makes them angry at the cutter, not you!
I was hiking up a mountain in Colorado one summer and grabbed a tree for balance. In the tree was a hanging hornets nest. I got stung a couple times before I got out of there.
Feck that !!!! - wasps are the most sadistic critters i know of because they seem to sting purely for pleasure. Maybe its just me but a wasp can pick me out of a crowd of thousands and give me no end of grief. If there were two or three of them i would move to a different county never mind a different part of the woodland lol.
Some people have a phobia of clowns or spiders - mine is wasps
Wasps are amazing creatures but not the best neighbors. When I was a kid I stepped on a nest and had a hell of a lot of stings. They don't bother me to much now, probably because I 'm sure I'm not allergic but I don't hand out with them if I can avoid it.
Wasps get a raw deal. I think alot is to do with the fact that wasps will eat meat as well. Like bees they will only attack if they feel threatened. Stay calm and move slowly and you shouldnt get stung. I had them crawling on me before. Doing what you were doing was pushing it though.
The best thing to do is be calm and move slowly and carefully. And once you get stung once, get the hell out of there, because the sting releases chemicals that intice other wasps to sting...
Nice to watch them Mike, but at a distance LoL...They tend to chew sort of on different woods and plants, then regurgitate it into there thin papery nest build. Cheers Mike :-)
Thanks bud! Yes i love them but as far as im concerned im out of there for good, looks like they moved from a spot about 20 meters away which was disturbed. I will check around when looking for my next spot!!
As long you keep you distance and move slow, you will not have trouble. Hornets are only agressive if you try to destroy the nest or they think you try to destroy the nest. Take care, Benedikt
benbushcraft 5 months ago
Cool vid. Love the bit at 4:00. EPIC MIKE!
samee71survival 5 months ago
we have a pool and these things set in the gras next to the pool, seems once or twice a year I step on one of them and it feels like a 2" needle is jammed direct into the arch of your foot. incredibly painfull. When they make nests under our roof eves, I spray them with adhessive glue and it stops the in their tracks.
PHARRAOH 5 months ago
Great video Mike. The science of it seams to be that wasps start feeding on rotting summer fruit where the yeast in the skins has started to ferment the fructose inside. Basically they get a bit drunk, as well as indiscriminate of where they fly or what they sting.
ThrHillSeeker 5 months ago
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Wasps tend to be more aggressive if you Smell, are Loud, are hot, move arround lots, or try to swat them.
In my job with the ranger service, we had a specific routine for wasps when brushcutting. You spot the nest about the time where 400 wasps buzz out, very pissed that you just cut into their hive... Then you THROW the brushcutter down off of the harness, after GUNNING The engine, and you run like a blue-assed fly, hoping the smoke, and noise makes them angry at the cutter, not you!
ESAPOWER 5 months ago
Wasps tend to be more aggressive if you Smell, are Loud, are hot, move arround lots, or try to swat them.
In my job with the ranger service, we had a specific routine for wasps when brushcutting. You spot the nest about the time where 400 wasps buzz out, very pissed that you just cut into their hive... Then you THROW the brushcutter down off of the harness, after GUNNING The engine, and you run like a blue-assed fly, hoping the smoke, and noise makes them angry at the cutter, not you!
ESAPOWER 5 months ago
Saw a wasp sting my Dad and knock him to his knees......only time I saw my Dad drop.
shugemery 5 months ago
I was hiking up a mountain in Colorado one summer and grabbed a tree for balance. In the tree was a hanging hornets nest. I got stung a couple times before I got out of there.
Texasoutback 5 months ago
Feck that !!!! - wasps are the most sadistic critters i know of because they seem to sting purely for pleasure. Maybe its just me but a wasp can pick me out of a crowd of thousands and give me no end of grief. If there were two or three of them i would move to a different county never mind a different part of the woodland lol.
Some people have a phobia of clowns or spiders - mine is wasps
You are a brave guy Mike for going up to the nest
Peace
RumbleGuts2112 5 months ago
Got stung under my arm pit twice last week , not a good thing.
MrTam63 5 months ago
Wasps are amazing creatures but not the best neighbors. When I was a kid I stepped on a nest and had a hell of a lot of stings. They don't bother me to much now, probably because I 'm sure I'm not allergic but I don't hand out with them if I can avoid it.
Nate
CdnLifeguard71 5 months ago
did u get stung?
walkergreen1 5 months ago
Wasps get a raw deal. I think alot is to do with the fact that wasps will eat meat as well. Like bees they will only attack if they feel threatened. Stay calm and move slowly and you shouldnt get stung. I had them crawling on me before. Doing what you were doing was pushing it though.
seanmulhall 5 months ago
The best thing to do is be calm and move slowly and carefully. And once you get stung once, get the hell out of there, because the sting releases chemicals that intice other wasps to sting...
salpednavsalocin 5 months ago
Yeah, if you see a wasp's nest.....bug out !
Good luck in the new wood's.
PaulDeFitter 5 months ago
I really don't like wasps.. there aren't much creatures on this earth I don't like, but wasps.. gah, can't stand the little buggers!
Smith28Adventure 5 months ago
I should have clarified myself, why did you move to this woods.
jackclark1981 5 months ago
why did you change locations
jackclark1981 5 months ago
Wasps have no purpose on this planet!!!
secretscot 5 months ago
Nice to watch them Mike, but at a distance LoL...They tend to chew sort of on different woods and plants, then regurgitate it into there thin papery nest build. Cheers Mike :-)
007vauxhall 5 months ago
That was a great shot at 2.40 showing 1 making it.
I'd move camp and leave them be (or wasp)
Ive got to check my new camp im moving to,sat for a drink and 4 or 5 appeared
Good vid Mike,keep them coming,it's all part of nature and woodlore!
MrSkooty1968 5 months ago
@MrSkooty1968
Thanks bud! Yes i love them but as far as im concerned im out of there for good, looks like they moved from a spot about 20 meters away which was disturbed. I will check around when looking for my next spot!!
wall2rockclimber 5 months ago
Mike, give us a Buzzzzzz.LOL
kyletango 5 months ago
If you respect the Bee the Bee will respect you :)
CiaranRooney125 5 months ago
@CiaranRooney125
Most certainly but its not always the way with these wasps.
wall2rockclimber 5 months ago
Is that a Jay or a parakeet
dan5six 5 months ago
@dan5six
These were a mixture of parakeet and greater spotted woodpecker.
wall2rockclimber 5 months ago