What is the Difference Between Bees, Wasps, and Hornets?
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There are many similarities and differences between our little wing-whipping friends. For starters, all can sting you. That said, you may derive some solace in the fact that when certain of them sting humans, they die- not so when they sting many other animals. The barbed stingers on honey bees particularly end up getting lodged in our soft flesh, ripping out their backsides when they try and get away after stinging you. When they sting most animals, this doesn’t happen.
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Basically, the less round and fuzzy it is, the more hatred is in its soul.
Do you think there mad cause they're bald?
@@angelaguilar9222 🏆 you win 😂
you talk abou women?
*What soul?*
Hornets are like the emo teen phase in the world of stinging insects.
Bees: Hard workers Wasps: Assholes Hornets: Demons
Kybersketcer What about the bumblebees??
@@opqrrg To my knowledge, they go in the "cute, fuzzy hard worker" category
@@kyberkreeper they definitely are!! I think they even work harder than bees because with their size is more difficult to fly propely!!
OH shit... that means my yard is possessed by 200 demons
Hornets are more docile than wasps!
Here's a little extra for you all: the sting of a bee is always inherently acidic, while the sting of a wasp is inherently alkaline. Thus, a bee sting can be treated with a water and bicarbonate of soda mix and a wasp sting with vinegar, as the alkaline bicarbonate and the vinegar neutralise the respective stings.
Or you could treat a bee sting with a wasp sting.
@@BritishBeachcomber Genius, I thought he was gonna say that
The only thing either can be treated with for me is an EpiPen and a trip to the emergency room.
@Janitor Queen no they shouldn't
Lies again? Cock It Manuka Honey
I always say it like this: -Bee: You have to attack it or threaten it in order for it to attack you -Wasp: You just have to somewhat annoy it to piss it off and trigger an attack -Hornet: You just have to breath and exist near it in order for it to try and brutally murder you
The bit about hornets is, unfortunately, an incorrect generalisation, the European Hornet, which is, in fact, slightly larger than the Giant Asian Hornet, is extremely docile, more so than most other wasp species. The European Hornet also leaves beehives (and people) alone unless directly threatened, while the Asian one is known for, well, murdering entire beehives, and being aggressive towards pretty much anything and everything.
@@MareLooke I'm not taking any chances with those guys it's on sight with them. (I still got a bunch of stings from them randomly nesting in a bush I had my hand near)
Not true. Not all wasps are aggressive. In fact, I'm convinced they recognize a human and will try to avoid conflict. There was a wasp nest outside our front door for years. The wasps generally watched us come and go. Occasionally, they would fly around us when going to and from the hive. In the morning, the wasps would wait patiently while I filled water dishes outside. Then, they would fly down for a drink. As long as you don't swat at them, they will leave you alone. I can't say the same for all bees, wasps, and hornets. Some are definitely aggressive.
Your infomation about hornets is, unfortunately, mostly wrong. The European Hornet, Vespa crabro have workers average around 25mm while the workers of the Asian Giant Hornet, Vespa manderinia is about 45mm. Their attitudes are basically the same, not particularly agressive unless you mess with the nest, but because of its size and more potent venom, a swarm of V. manderinia has a chance of killing a human (a few every year in Japan). They are somewhat attracted to human food, but nothing like the much more 'aggressive' jellow-jackets. And while the European Hornet doesn't directly invade bee hives, they prey on bees a lot, just like they go after other smaller wasps. As after all, these ARE the primary predators for these kind of insects, in volume even more so than dragonflies or birds. The same goes exactly for their larger Asian cousin, except their overbearing size allows them to go as far as directly invading the nests of smaller wasps. The whole 'murdering entire beehives' is undeserved bad rep as the indigenous Japanese bee species can deal with their invasions just fine by heatballing invaders and it's only the domesticated species that get annihilated. But people reallly should stop with the hypocrisy of freaking out about it as our honey bees are effectively an invasive species, pushing out indigenous ones (yet people are fine with it of money and honey). Besides, it's trivially easy to stop V.manderinia from invading a commercial hive simply by putting a narrow metal grill on the nest's entrance. If they can't get inside they'll kill a bunch of workers but quickly give up when they can't get to the larvae.
@@tobiasrietveld3819 Soo, they do kill beehives and people, and are attracted to human food, but it's ok because some can survive as long as we give them special protection?
Bees: Buzz Wasps: *Drunken buzz* Hornets: *IT IS GODS JOB TO JUDGE SINNERS, IT IS UP TO ME TO SEND THEM TO HIM*
Josh Fontaine hornets are actually Joshua graham
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This made my work shift pass quicker. My face hurts now. Ta. 😂
@@infernous.. the burned hornet
@Peter Richard-Johnson Are you aware that your surname translates as "Dick-Dick"? 😂
*Human* : takes one step *Hornet* : are you challenging me?
Me in s nutshell
Hornet: *so you’re approaching me?*
@@thewho186 yay jojokes
So you have chosen....Death
@@theguy2838 Still Hornet: Instead of running away, you’re coming right to me?
I’ve explained this distinction to many people at my food service job as those INFERNAL yellowjackets are notorious for making life difficult in the late summer/early fall. I have a standing “Kill on sight” order for those within my store. We protect the bees but hornets and wasps are murder on sight, no remorse.
Too bad they emit a pheromone that alerts other wasps in the area
What is more worrisome to me is the carpenter bees…. Not only are they aggressive if disturbed, but Also destroy wooden structures quietly!
as a food service worker myself what kind of place would rather have there employees deal with wasps hornets and bees? your employer must really not care about those with allergic reactions to those things that can kill them because that is exactly what will happen during allergic reactions to bee wasp or hornet stings in some circumstances. also in food service that is just a unsafe work place anyways if you are having to worry about being stung all the time in the kitchen
@Omnipulsar most places, unsurprisingly. I work for a large corporation and it’s a well known fact that corporations don’t care about their employees. They prefer avoiding liability and having employees take appropriate precautions as necessary. And we’re not exactly out here holding all the doors and windows open all day long inviting them in. They will slip in through the constantly opening and closing Drive Thru window and I murder them as quickly as possible with a fly swatter. It’s not like we’re sticking our hands in an angry hive. If anyone is present who has an allergy we have them step away until the problem is dealt with.
@SourLlama ya I get corporations don't care if people die of allergic reactions on the job but you would think they would have enough brain cells to know that if they don't address the wasp problem someone who is allergic can die and then they will be liable and also I've worked at places where they are wasps in the smoking area but never so bad where you get swarms of them in the restaurant maybe if the employer at those places hired a family member and they died from a allergic reaction to a wasp sting maybe they will care enough to fix the wasp problem
A necessary note about wasps that was missing: The species of wasp known as Yellowjackets are unusually aggressive, in the sense that your every day paper wasp will most likely ignore you, while a Yellowjacket will become aggressive and sting with little to know provocation. They are considerably larger than their smaller paper wasp cousins, and can be identified by a large enclosed paper nest with single entrance versus the typical paper wasp umbrella nest.
See it gets confusing though: Where I'm from (Georgia, usa) we have lots of "yellow jackets" that have ground nests, sometimes with multiple entrances, layered waffle-style inside. Then we have "hornets" that make a somewhat similar nest but hanging in a tree usually. /shrug P.s. last time I was stung I was taking down a small tree with an axe and some nearby yellow jackets did NOT appreciate those sharp vibrations coming through the ground.
I think you mean NO provocation not “know” rofl
@@ManDuderGuyI was coming to say something similar! My mom got swarmed by those damn yellow jackets when she was around 10 🥲 bitter sweet moment bc she obviously got hurt, went to the hospital with like 40-50 stings (?* I don’t remember exactly) but learned she wasn’t allergic lol 🫠
@@fucno6924 Word up. Few people are allergic, thank goodness, but to be safe it's a good idea to have an epipen somewhere. I've been lucky I guess, never really been swarmed, it must be awful!
@@UFCMania155 yeah oops lol
Bees: "I will eat this plant." Wasp: "I will eat this small insect." Hornet: "I will eat your soul."
I hated bees until I discovered hornets and wasps. We're cool now, bees.
Borg “you will be assimilated” 8€
Hornets are the ss guard with wings, and you are a Jew
Yellow jackets: "we got jackets..."
😂😂😂
Bees - Average - Workers Wasps - Soldiers Hornets - *Special Forces*
Lmao love it
Hornets are assholes
Shots of bleach he probably died a long sad death by now bro
Hornets - the government
what about hovorrors 🤔
Hormet: "Imma get me some honey!" *procedes to get moshpitted to death*
This explains perfectly why I was being attacked by wasps today. All summer long we peacefully coexisted. I usually don't resort to killing them since I can't tell the difference between wasps and bees but today they broke our detente leaving me with no recourse but to deploy the Spectracide. Rest in peace, my little friends.
To put it in simplistic terms: Bees: Bros Wasps: Not bros Hornets: Not bros
Bumblebees: bros
Sandor Clegane Indeed. Bumblebees are definitely bros.
Kyle Niquette honey bees are also pretty bro
Bees: Bros Wasps: Not Bros Hornets: *NOT BROS*
Bees are cool until October hits once October hits bees will sting anything they see because they already know they're going to die
*BEES:* Leave me be, hooman. *WASPS:* Don't start nothin', won't be nothin'! *HORNET:* Omae wa mou shindeiru.
WTF !!!??? (Is That "Ubonics"???)😞
Nani?!
Lyle Rodriguez bruh... just watch any anime (specifically Hokuto no Ken)
G Truesdale NANI
Paper wasps will build a nest in places where humans frequent and then get all uppity when humans appear. Like, WTF.
I'm imagining an English honeybee screeching, "God save the Queen!" Before the raid of Japanese hornets.
Bumble bees’s wings don’t flap up & down. They flap in a circle which lowers the air pressure around them. This allows them to achieve greater lift.
So basically… Bees: “Hey man, I don’t want trouble.” Wasps: “Pillage and plunder!” Hornets: “Execute Order 66.”
Beautiful
Lmao. On point
It will bee done my queen
Yeah.
@@tylerjhackett6806 Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz x5760
Bees: Polinate, mind their own business and are fluffy. Wasps: Bees on meth. Hornet: Wasp on steroids.
😂😂😂😂
Hornet: Wasp on PCP
Basically just described white people, black people and mexicans
@@ronkong8085 basically describing racism since your thinking these races only do that
Wasp on a maniacal Angel Dust high
I think it's worth mentioning that there are flies that masquerade as wasps(hoverflies) which can be distinguished by their flight pattern. There's also tiny wasps which probably look more like flies which are beneficial to humans since they kill more threatening pests, usually ones that prey on our crops like leaf miner. Everone's probably seen hundreds of them and just never realized they were infact wasps.
You can also distinguish them by their antennae. Hoverflies (like all flies) have short ones, while bees and wasps have long antennae
They are smaller than wasps too. Last summer I saw one struggling upside down in a tub of water so I fished it out with a leaf and was able to watch it up close on the leaf as it wiped itself dry and buzzed its wings to shake the water off. I was able to watch it up close for about a minute before it flew off.
Yep, hoverflies can easily be identified by the fact that they, well, hover in staggered bursts, which wasps just dont do. Also the head is very different and more rounded, with red eyes while wasps have black eyes.
Part of my job is to water flowers outside. Normally it's fine but this year there is quite a few wasps hanging around. They would fly at me and I would have to walk away at times. However about a week ago a single wasp dove straight into one of my water buckets. After a moment it flew out and went along its way. After that it seems we've developed a mutual agreement. They leave me alone and I leave them alone. I think I'm the only one left who consistently waters the flowers and hasn't been stung.
Bees: Ya like jazz? Wasps: Ya like getting drunk? Hornets: YA LIKE DYING?
Adrian THIS IS THE BEST ONE
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I love this one
Red paper wasps are pretty chill. They just wanna invade your personal space to perch, groom, and drink your sweat (so long as you don’t whack them (and miss. They’ll hold a grudge forever if you miss.)) Yellow jackets, however...are basically miniature hornets and boy do they know it.
bee: i am the reason flowers exist wasp: i dont spread too much pollen but i control the insect population hornet: i thirst for blood tbh
Hey Yennefer
Bees are an small part of pollution
Actually, Hornets hunt small insects, like mosquitoes. Yellow Jackets, however, are very vicious, and will attack if given the smallest incentive. Bees sting, hornets bite(mostly) but Yellow Jackets bite AND sting. I would know. I have been attacked by all three. And I have almost been sent to the ER by Yellow Jackets... very nasty.
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I had a job working for a pharmaceutical company in the allergenics and extracts dept. We processed yellow jackets, hornets, and wasps for their venom. So you have latex gloves on, masks, hair coverings, lab coat, and you pull the stingers out of the dead insects with small tweezers. You pull out the stinger and the venom sac and put it in a small vial. Repeat process ad nauseum. We had to make sure to never rub our face, nose or eyes. One day my coworker Julie had a problem with her contact lens and rubbed her eye. Shes screaming in pain and has to be driven to the ER. I figured she would have some swelling but she went into anaphylactic shock! Her face looked like she had been beaten with a baseball bat!! She took pictures of it and it was like half a grapefruit was growing out of her face below her eye! She was out for a week. We all got reminded of the danger and were very careful always.
Honey bees being so friendly while simultaneously developing a lethal defense mechanism: Group hug of death!
I think Bee: Wasp: Hornet: Just became a new meme format
Carlo Gaytan for real bro lmao
I like it
**When a human walks by...** Bee: I'm busy, let me work. Wasp: Get any near, or else we'll swarm you. Hornet: FOR MOTHERLAND!!!
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For mother Russia
I have a severe phobia of wasps... They freak me out. The idea of one landing on me is what I hate the most.
hornets the hitlers of the bug kingdom..
I was thinking more British "FOR THE QUEEN!"
So, it was nice to learn about the strategies used in the Great Bee-Wasps War. They really should teach more of this in school, I mean, it's some of the best strategy I've heard of.
I got stung by a wasp or as I referred to them at the time, a yellow jacket. I was mowing the back yard of my house when I disturbed a colony of wasps that had a nest hidden underneath the base of the fence that separated my yard from my neighbor's. As I pushed the mow near the nest I felt a knife stabbing pain in my right ankle. I looked down and spotted the wasp on me, its stinger buried into the area where I felt the pain. I stumped my foot shaking it away, then I ran away from the mower leaving it running. Safely away from the fence, I turned around to look at the mower horrified to see it being attacked by a swarm of wasps who had come out of the nest. I went inside the house and looked at the swollen bump on my ankle which hurt like hell. I remember being scared, hoping I didn't have an allergic reaction. I had heard horror stories of people dying after being stung by bees because they suffered an allergic reaction that caused their tongues to swell up and cut off their air passage. Lucky for me I did not suffer any serious complications however I will never forget that day.
Hornets when they see another creature: your free trial of living has ended
Wait, you have a free trial?
first name last name this shit expensive
Lmao. I didn’t expect the comment section to be this 🔥
@@jezebulls same 😂
@@firstnamelastname-rz5xl *always has been.*
Their reaction to humans: Bee: -.- Wasp: •.• Hornet: 👁👄👁
this comment right here concludes it all
Sam Tanna wth🤦♂️😂
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You never disappoint, thanks for the info.
Bees: Lawful Good Wasps: Chaotic Neutral Hornets: *Chaotic Evil*
Bumblebees are Lawful Good. Honeybees are Lawful Neutral.
So pretty much every tRump supporter is a Hornet: Chaotic and really, really stupid and evil. I know it’s a throw away society, but let’s be honest, you can’t fix stupid, just throw them away
@@mahamakeamericahealthyagai2153 How do you make even bees about Trump? Go get medical help you're clearly deranged.
Definitely deranged, you’re a sharp one
Hornets: *terrifying, chaotic, evil, and harmful*
Fauna: Exists Wasps: *Get ready for trouble!* Hornets: *Make it double!*
“I understood that reference”
OH GOD THE TEAM ROCKET OF BUGS
@@GhalidiusTrident But they're actually good at what they do
I read this as sauna rather than fauna
Wasp: to protect the world from devastation Hornets: to unite all peoples within our nation
I've found wasps and ladybugs to be the best form of pesticide, I rarely have problems with pests in my garden and I know it's because it's always swarming with predatory insects like wasps and hornets. I try to get out and water the garden while it's still cool out before they're up and about because I live in a fairly arid environment and they'll start trying to get a bit too close for comfort seeking out water, so I also leave out a water dish for them in the garden in the summer because we'll go a month without rain pretty regularly and I can't blame them for being desperate for water. I've found them to be strangely way less aggressive in this area than other places I've lived tho, not sure why
Didn't know i needed this today. Thank you Simon.
Human: tries to take out garbage Hornet: Oh, you’re approaching me?
Human: I cant take out the trash without coming closer
Take my like for the effective use of a Jojo meme.
*hits hornet with garbage as hard as death*
@@air_wick560 Oh then come as close as you like
human: opens beer hornet: mine mine mine mine MINE MINE MINE MINE!!!!!!! (stings) hornet: mine....
Person: *Does nothing* Hornets: And now you officially took it too far, buddy.
My experience with wasps in a nutshell. And boy did it hurt!!!!
You can be super without it.
Lol
Thats why whenever i see hornets its on sight
The funny thing is that hornets are pretty smart and they never attack people, unless they cause danger to nest or hornets themselves. For example, stupidass mf named wasp flew into my living room. I tried to free it by opening the window, but it still didn't know how to escape, but knew how to bite my arm, so I had to kill it. The other time hornet flew into the room. I opened the window, and it instantly realized, that in some places there is glass in some there isn't. In counryside I got biten and stung dozens of times by wasps and not a single time by hornet. Problem is, when people freak out and start waving their hands and shit, insects panic too.
The main difference is that bees went down the vegetarian path when they split from wasps. Wasps do eat some fruit but prey on other insects as food sources for their young to feed on. There is also a group of stingless bees in Australia that produce honey as well and are excellent pollinators. There are also a great many solitary bees in Aus as well like the blue banded bee etc.
love your channel very informative
*breathes 100 miles away from a hornet* Hornet "so you have chosen death"
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I was stumg by not a wasp, a hornest and let me tell you, IT HURTS!!!!!!!!
El Master Actually if you were stung by a hornet, then yes you were stung by a wasp. All hornets are wasps
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TMAKT M0s4n1ty But the curse now lies on you
Bees: Fluffy, peacefully pollinating Wasps: Gang mentality Hornets: A menace to society
So accurate. One time I was on a river resting trip and we went to a camp sight that had been burned to the ground the previous year. So 👀👀👀 all of the dead trees were INFESTED with jeweled wasps and they could walk on the water. After we got chased into the river twice. We risked poor rafting conditions to leave lol
Wasps and hornets kill all the flies and mosquitoes. So really, they're more like asshole police officers who are scary but they get rid of all the annoying petty criminals.
@@YourGirlYangOr chaotic evil vigilantes.
Honeybees are assholes other bees are the real heroes, except africanized honey bees
Hornets: Black Air Force Energy
Good afternoon mr. Thank you very much for the information. You really know your turf. I really enjoy. The best of the best. 🎉
Couple of points to elaborate on. 1. European Wasp (Vespula germanica) in most parts of Australia it has found it’s way, have changed their behaviours compared to their cousins in Europe. They do not die off in winter. They do continue to use the same nest, often forming nests with millions of wasps. They are more aggressive and will return with many mates if they are harmed. 2. The honey bees that cover hornets/wasps to kill them with heat have a shuttle system where the hottest bees work their way to the outside to cool down and to get fresh air. This constant flow of bees means higher core temperatures, and the bees don’t get affected by the heat or carbon dioxide. It also ensures the captured wasp can’t defend agains the horde as it is constantly changing.
Bees are your friend. Wasps are pricks. Hornets are Hitler with wings.
BP Lup Strange, the hornets at my house leave me alone. I can even get my hand within inches of the nest. But I do have blond hair and blue eyes, so who knows?
So hornets can revitalize a dead economy and rebuild a crippled nation to new heighs?
@@chrisevans7562 Yes, but only if it's followed by mass genocide.
BP Lup wasps and bees have all been very polite and kind to me. They are much nicer than some humans.
Then what about Japanese hornets
bees: potheads wasps: alcoholics hornets: crackheads
Nah bees aren’t annoying
@@braydicus that kind of wit is wasted on the general populace
@@SamCork1 I would argue bees are most annoying than wasps and hornets
@@braydicus do you really find stoners annoying?
No hornets: coke heads
Bees: ouch... Wasp: Damn ! Hornets: Son of a B...H !!!!!
Thank you so much this was very informative
Bees: We make good things Wasps: We kill bad things Hornets: We kill EVERYTHING!
I CAN'T STAND wasps and hornets, but I love bees!
@Gaius Wyrden They still do that to survive
killer bee vs bee vs wasp vs hornet
@@djfrancis5205 the hornet would probably win ngl
hornets don't discriminate. good to know.
Bees: This small pocket knife should only be used for self-defense Wasps: *I won’t hesitate to unsheathe my sword* Hornets: I MUST FEED MY BLADE MORE BLOOD!
Bees: Mr bill Wasp: higher leveled, well educated and wealthy Jerome,Juanita and Jerry Hornet: shanaenae, Daquan with no chill and always gets offended then shoots people
Hornets be like BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULLS THRONE.
Blood for the blood god
Nataraj Monk Killer bees: -watches hornet- oh! I like that, we would try more of that. But like... with thousands of us. 0-0
BURN IN HOLY FIRE
I recently read wasps can recognize faces. The ones in my shed never bother me, and I don't bother them. 3rd year having them as uninvited guests. Piss them off once by mistake and they'll remember. I plan to make fake nests and a boric acid meal next spring.
I see a few comments here referring to problems with yellow jackets (a particularly aggressive ground wasp). An excellent way to dispose of problematic nests of yellow jackets is a simple road flare. Ignite, insert into entrance and allow to completely burn out until no longer smoking.
Bees: Bro, I'm busy here, so could you leave? Wasps: Get out of my way! Hornets: You lookin' at me? YOU LOOKIN' AT ME?
You gave me the impression that hornets are like those black people
@@whitecunt6903 Why do morons like you exist?
Bumblebees: peace bro! Yeah you can poke me I don't care
@@whitecunt6903 you gave me the impression that you're an ignorant person
@@whitecunt6903 lol
*dude just walking* Bees: whatever Wasp: just dont get near me dude Hornet:He did WHAT?!?!?!?!
More like, Hornet: You dare?! YOU DAAREE??!
lmaoooo
in my experience you have to switch the hornet and wasp around
Not sure if you have the red 1s around where you live but red wasps will try to sting you
@@austinbutcher8106 im dutch and we have the german hornet, they usually mind their own business and wont bother you
The first time I saw a cicada killer I almost came unglued! Then I came to learn that they are quite docile around humans if left alone. They use the cicadas as a place to lay their eggs.
Bees: "Do not be careless with your lives! Only sting if it means protecting our home!" Hornets: "WITNESS ME!!!"
Bees: Usually friendly Wasps: Drunk bees Hornet: Jacked Wasps
If you're careful, you can pick up bees, but that's not recommended for wasps and hornets.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade unless you want a swollen finger
@@SmallSpoonBrigade As long as you don't do swift movements you can. Also easier if you have sugared water with you
@@dundee6402 Yellowjackets are easy. Share some food, be cool, and they’re cool. I haven’t been stung since I figured them out. They really like stinky feet. Don’t let you them nibble too long, eventually they will start biting skin. 😮
Hornets are basically just wasps on steroids super jacked and always angry
Human: *breaths* Wasp/Hornets: I don’t like the way he’s looking at us
Human: walking around a hive and even going so far as to help the hive honeybees: :o wasp's/hornets: >:T
In my experience wasps don't care about you unless you get especially close to it's nest or you agitate them, basically just bees with a bad attitude and much stronger sting. Hornets however, they're bloodthirsty or something cause they will fuck your shit up for literally no reason.
@@killerbug05 yea wasps are basically bees with nothing to lose.... hornets want nothing but death
Yq
@@killerbug05 yeah we have some wasps that made a nest on my porch. They’re pretty chill. The bees actually bother us more than they do.
That was a great video, thanks Mr. British Guy!
Bees are like a neighbor who is generally fine keeping to themselves and only get mad when you do something stupid. Wasps and Hornets are like a neighbor who regularly has the cops at their house, they use your pool without asking and they have threatened you multiple times without cause.
Honey bees: *sees giant Asian hornet* Giant asian hornet: *gets sealed away by a forbidden jutsu to protect the hidden bee village*
underrated comment
Shinra tensei
Beellage
Chibaku tensei
With compound eyes, just imagine how many fucking Sharingan they'd be busting out.
Bees: “leave me alone” Wasp: “ don’t make me sting you” Hornet” OH HUMAN..... WHERE ARE YOU??”
@Vladimir Pennysuckovski also true, so better keep a safe distance in any case possible.
Good stuff as always, Simon!
Bees: cute little honeymaking pollinators! Wasp and hornets: Satan's little helpers!
Bees: i won't hurt u if you don't hurt me Wasp: don't come near me please -Satan's children- hornets: hippitty hoppity your life is now my property
the stupid thing about this statement is that hornets are actually the most chill of all three of them.
@@windhelmguard5295 I disagree I've been around bees and there hives they're preety chill Been around wasp and j did get stung but that was me being an idiot My freind had a hornet nest we're he lived he walked past it and the lil fucks started trying to sting him
MOON SHATER :o
MOON SHATER he okay? Please tell me if he’s ok
@@tarniahmatthews5396 yee he's a tough sun of a bitch
Bees: fluffy and cute Wasps: assholes Hornets: *boss music starts playing*
Boss 4 starts playing
And then there's africanised bees
@@Axle594 *lil wayne starts playing*
To be fair, the solitary wasps he mentioned (mud daubers, cicada killers) look like other wasps and aren't aggressive at all.
@@joehemmann1156 No, you're right, solitary wasps only attack people if said person makes the foolish mistake of stomping down on his "ground-burrow." Which is annoying, if said "ground-burrow" is in a place on the front lawn of your house, where stepping on them is nearly impossible to avoid (and yes, I speak from direct experience with this phenomenon. It IS a problem some properties have, where I live). Basically, every year my wife and I have to go outdoors, seek out any ground-burrows we can find, and then, with the wasp sleeping inside it (typically during the evenings, because these wasps are not nocturnal), poison the burrow with some spray. We then cover the hole with some mesh, to prevent escape, and wait, as the wasp slowly suffocates to death inside the oxygen-stealing miasma the spray creates. Yes, that sounds cruel, but actually, the wasp dies painlessly, and in its' sleep, which is really no different than executing a criminal with a "lethal injection."
Yes, very informative…. Thank you 😊
Recently, science learned that wasps carry yeast from plant to plant, so they’re more important than we previously knew.
Bees: chaotic neutral Wasps: chaotic evil Hornets: Actual Satan
If any insect out there is Lawful it's bees
@@ryankwok1021 is correct. Bees would be lawful neutral. They don't even understand the concept of not obeying the law of the hive.
I’d say they’re chaotic or lawful good
Chaotic good - bees neutral evil - wasps Chaotic evil-hornets
Lt. Viper bees are chaotic good
Bee: Watches video and goes away. Wasp: Watches video, reads comments, hits dislike, goes away. Hornet: Doesn't watch video, posts troll comments, and comes back to reply.
greenjelly01 funniest shit
Guess I'm classified as a hornet 😈
@@scarletbouvier520 and I am classified as *Horny* 🖕
@@ViratKohli-jj3wj don't make u sting you 🖕
I just get a mental image of each one on a tiny insect mobile phone😂😂😂
this year for the first time I've seen only 2-3 bees during the summer. Our vegetables grew very badly. However, wasps have been wondering around like usual.
I’ve had a wasp land on my chicken Katsu and start eating it. Then it turned around and looked at me and turned back around and went back to eating his food. I said, now I know you are bold. I was happy I could help that wasp eat because she left with a full belly she was happy.😊❤
Bees: Firecrackers Wasps:Hand Grenades Hornets:Thermonuclear Hydrogen bombs
Precisely
That's about right.
Tarantula Hawks: Supernovas
That last bit about the honey bees killing the hornet was extremely fascinating.
Hornet: “Hey! Free food! Come here-… wait what’s that sound… WAIT NO OH GOD PLEASE NO!” Edit: *YOU HAVE ALERTED THE HORDE.*
Honestly "eusocial" animals like bees or ants are extremely interesting
Facts bro how tf are bees that smart how did they learn to do that
@@jacevalentine5746 I can't give you a real answer and I'm by no means an expert. But looking at it from an evolutionary standpoint, the bees that started attacking wasps this way got to live, while the ones that didn't figure it out, died. I don't think it's just random chance, though. Honey bees _can_ sting, and if I were to guess (again, purely speculation at this point), it might've started with just a few hives of bees. Maybe they tried to defend themselves by simply dog-piling and stinging the hornet in large numbers. Although they didn't _intend_ to kill the hornet by roasting it alive, the strategy still worked, and so they learned to do the same thing the next time they were attacked. We know, after all, that bees _are_ capable of learning and passing on knowledge. The final step in the process goes back to evolution. Through trial and error, various bee colonies started picking up on this new tactic, and teaching it to new generations of bees. Bees who learned this tactic, and were able to pass it down, survived. Bees that didn't learn how to do this, died. Over many generations, they perfected their strategy, learning that the best way to kill the hornet is by cooking it alive (although I'm sure the bees who land on the hornet first probably sting as well, just for good measure).
Honey bees will do this to a colony’s queen they are invading. It is known as queen balling in that scenario. It’s very fascinating
That was so fascinating!!! I have always just (mostly to myself, because I wasn't sure. And I try not to say things I'm not sure of. Even still I'm only human) speculated on what I remember from school about these creatures regarding a lot of what this video covered. I'm really glad I watched it!!! It was great to learn something new that I have always been curious about, but never took the time to clarify. This video was very instructive in that regard. Thanks for teaching me more about the world I live in and the spectacular creatures that inhabit it. !!!☮️☮️☮️!!!
you are amazing and interesting! I learned more than you know from this presentation .... i'll be back !
Bees:G Fuel Wasps: monster energy Hornets: Gamer girl bath water
Can’t touch this Stone weak
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 YES
Bees= non aggressive. Wasps = partially aggressive. Hornets= serial killers reincarnated.
you mean only the Asian hornet spieces. European hornets are less aggresive than Wasps
@@Powren0972 Hornets of all kinds are proportionately more evil than bees and wasps.
Actualy wasps and hornets are much less agressive than everyone thinks they just are with other insects ( hornets kill wasps eather) but just to feed the larvaes and none of them is very agressive with humans!! They only attack humans if they feel threatened!!
I had a hornets nest by my kitchen window for years . I fed them apples and candy corns and anything else I set out . They never bothered me never attacked me as I put out new food & if trapped inside they left quietly with assistance. 🐝
Always keen to learn something, and THIS is really interesting. Well done!!!
Bee: call a service Wasp: Wd-40 + cigarette lighter Hornet: nuke from orbit, its the only way to be sure
Around here, if you discover a wild honey bee hive on your property, there are plenty of local bee keepers who will fight to the death to relocate it to their farms.
Lol
@@nowthatsjustducky LOL
Either that or a really big shoe.
“Game over man, game over!!!”
Human : * Exists * Hornet : And I took that personally...
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bol
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Like being a white heterosexual male these days...
As a kid I used to think the bumblebees were the bosses coming through to clean up. Hornets and wasps were dealt with, with Brake Cleaner and a lighter.
i was just imagining steven he's dad screaming "MURDER HORNETS" at the end of the video, and couldn't stop grinning.
Moral of story: if it doesn’t die when it stings, it will sting relentlessly
Unless it is a bumble. Unlike honey bees, bumble stings aren't deadly to them, and they are still among the gentlest of the bees and bee type insects.
nowthatsjustducky thanks I didn’t know that
@@nowthatsjustducky tbh bees in general tend to be fairly docile overall. I know there are a few exceptions, mainly African bee hybrids but, bees are fairly kind natured and really do not try to sting unless they are attacked. Wasps see you existing and instantly want to make you pay for the crime of existence. I have had unfortunate run-ins with territorial wasps more than once. Sucks for them bc while they get the sting i get the last laugh with pesticides.
@@oceanbytez847 lol
Literally every bee except honey bees won't die after a single sting. Honeybees are just fragile messes that overreact to every little bad thing. When comparing anything to bees, please refrain from thinking of the honeybee, they are one of the weirdest bees on the planet and aren't even native to most regions. Mason and sweat bees are far better examples of the average bee. Also, most wasps aren't actually chasing you to cause harm, in many cases they just think you might stir up or attract food items, like mosquitoes or grasshoppers. When they do attack, it's usually because you are near a nest. Even still, solitary wasps are quick to abandon their nest rather than stand and fight, so they are less likely to sting than most bees. Plenty of solitary wasps don't even make nests, making them _even less_ aggressive.
Bees when they see you: “I’m busy gtfo.” Wasps when they see you: “Ay yo chill fam or we about to go to war.” Hornets when they see you: “Did you just exist? Bah nah nah nah nah, you don’t do that here.”
"You got a license for existing mate?" -Hornet
Bzzz bzzz your existence is wrong - hornets 🐝
A few years ago I was on a hike . I saw the Forest Ranger running toward me screaming "TURN AROUND, TURN AROUND"! He had been trying to spray a nest of Hornets and they weren't o happy about it. They chased him all they way back to the Range Office.
I got bitten by wasps as a kid. I’m 44 now and swear I can still smell and hear the pain that I was in. And can obviously remember the physical pain too but the fact that those other senses were so messed up paints a real picture.
Do you actually mean bitten and not stung?
@@zakosist I think I was both bitten and stung. Enlighten me.
@@davidmgill Its possible it was both (but at minimum you got stung). Getting stung would hurt more than a bite since its venom. And it tend to be the main way wasps attack
Bee: flower Wasp: alcohol Hornet: bath salts
Hahaha 😂
Bee should be weed
@@MultiMacmiller that's kinda what I meant by "flower". I was about to write "bud" but I liked the way this flowed better and imagined that stoners would understand the double entendre. Yeah it's hard to design the perfect YT comment but we're trying out here lol
Patricio Ansaldi I feel you my boy 💯💯
LMFAO!
Bees: “yo chill let me pollinate, I don’t wanna die” Wasps: “well i have nothing else to live for, so why not get drunk” Hornets:”BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD”
Finally the Warhammer 40k reference I was looking for.
Let the galaxy burn!
Skulls for the skull throne
Brother..get the flamer.....The HEAVY flamer
Ahh, an overly sarcastic productions viewer in a wild. A rare sight indeed
👏👏👏 to the guy telling us all this. His performance was impeccable. But uh, something tells me his real "speaking voice" sounds like, "#SteveCarell" from a great show, "#TheOffice!" Lol. I love that show. 😂 Great video. 👀
Thank you for this
Asian .Hornets: Ooh, bees! Bees: Here, step into our oven.
Is that a ERB reference I’m detecting? Hitler v Vader🧐
You really can see the future
*Asian honey bee Japanese subspecies
Gang of 30 hornets: show up at beehive Bees: We're in the endgame now.
This comment aged in a really unexpected way
Honey bees: nature’s gift to us all Bumble bees: Well at least they pollinate plants Wasps: ehhh, they kill insects I guess? Hornets: why is it so angry???
Hornets are assholes
Hornets: Nazis of the insect world.
When you say bumble, do you mean those fuzzy fat wood bees?
@@megancrager4397 Those are carpenter bees. They have a fuzzy thorax, but a smooth abdomen. Bumblebees have both a fuzzy thorax and abdomen.
@@WellPreparedTreeFrog dude everything in Australia kills things for fun. It’s proof God has a sick sense of humor lol
Fun fact, Great golden digger wasps are virtually harmless; the males don't even have stingers.
Great job ,good stuff,you get a big 👍and I'll definitely check out more of ur videos
Human: Hornet: "So anyways I started stingin."
bee: your friend wasp : your sibling hornet : your mom
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Underrated
I love my mom
Oh I get it
What are you soing stepbee
That was dope, thank you
I know wasps are seen as pests but during the summer there was one that'd sit on the stairs to my porch and turn to watch me go up and down and I thought that was so cute. I'm sure it was keeping watch to protect its hive cause it would also raise its wings when I got close to make itself look threatening but man it turning on its little legs to see me was adorable.