My Pet Wasp Colony Escaped…

2022 ж. 4 Қаз.
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Keeping a wasp colony is not for the faint of heart. I promise.
Surprisingly, keeping them was very similar to keeping ants. In the past I’ve raised a variety of ant colonies, but none were as difficult as wasps. I honestly don’t know what would be worse-my pet wasps escaping or fire ants.
Many of you are probably wondering what happened to the queen yellowjacket in the last video. After caring for her for two weeks, I quickly realized she was too aggressive. I settled on releasing her far, far away from my house.
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  • There is a common misconception that this is an invasive species. These wasps are native to my area and play a critical role in the environment. In addition to helping farmers regulate pest insects, they are also pollinators. They love to drink nectar from flowers, pollinating them in the process.

    @TheDrPlants@TheDrPlants Жыл бұрын
    • I think is fitting if you do bees next! Your videos are amazing! I can enjoy them even if I'm terrified of insects lol

      @annalima7166@annalima7166 Жыл бұрын
    • one of them landed in kazakhstan though

      @multipleSpiders@multipleSpiders Жыл бұрын
    • The only good wasps.

      @no_name2882@no_name2882 Жыл бұрын
    • You should make a video of that bearded dragon

      @shawnschwartz8246@shawnschwartz8246 Жыл бұрын
    • fuck these guys i'll rely on the wind

      @dank420bluntz@dank420bluntz Жыл бұрын
  • Even when the wasps escape and swarm your bedroom, you still end up making professional video shots of them. This channel is so friggin good.

    @adilliosz@adilliosz Жыл бұрын
    • I love the fact that he let his wasps go back to the nature

      @Brazilian_guy.@Brazilian_guy. Жыл бұрын
    • @@Brazilian_guy. wait for them to sting someone

      @sandronecromancer@sandronecromancer Жыл бұрын
    • @@sandronecromancer but if the sting someone its because someone came near then soo its your fault if you get sting

      @Brazilian_guy.@Brazilian_guy. Жыл бұрын
    • @@Brazilian_guy. especially when their colony expands and they start breaking into someone's house

      @sandronecromancer@sandronecromancer Жыл бұрын
    • @@sandronecromancer ok you have a good point

      @Brazilian_guy.@Brazilian_guy. Жыл бұрын
  • Letting wasps escape into your bedroom, that's like the worst nightmare. Respect to you to be able to calmly get them all back 🤣🤣

    @-Raylight@-Raylight Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you for posting this comment, now i know theres a happy ending, i was so scared to watch the video until i saw this comment. Thank you T-T

      @-gal-ya-pal-3967@-gal-ya-pal-3967 Жыл бұрын
    • Not just calmly, he stopped, took his time to get a bunch of footage, then put them back lol

      @jtorp6777@jtorp6777 Жыл бұрын
    • i would have got the other animals outof there and call the exterminator

      @Forrestmcly05@Forrestmcly05 Жыл бұрын
    • @@Forrestmcly05 The wasps were so used to him at this point, they regularly had his hand come in to feed them and they were quick to crawl onto his finger when he was rounding them back up. Social wasps like these can actually recognize faces, and are smart enough to "know" people who they see often enough.

      @dalaminaubis7822@dalaminaubis7822 Жыл бұрын
    • he let the fkn beasts out of their shell in the wilderness lmao, he's non-respected by me the least.

      @Midnight.ZER0@Midnight.ZER0 Жыл бұрын
  • The lizard’s cuteness and innocence at 06:20 took my heart 😇

    @SunnySikarrWAR@SunnySikarrWAR Жыл бұрын
    • Man wanted dinner got fooled lol

      @prettycureforever7102@prettycureforever71028 ай бұрын
    • "innocence"

      @denzterwastaken@denzterwastaken8 ай бұрын
    • @@denzterwastaken well it is innocent. It's not acting with malicious intent, it's just feeding itself according to the food chain due to its instincts

      @SKAOG21@SKAOG218 ай бұрын
    • @@SKAOG21 Yeah, true, but I was mostly just joking.

      @denzterwastaken@denzterwastaken8 ай бұрын
    • @@denzterwastaken haha fair enough

      @SKAOG21@SKAOG218 ай бұрын
  • as someone who is desperately afraid of wasps, it's reassuring to see that those paper wasps are super chill, even with you so close to their nest. reminds me that most things just want to vibe as long as you're not trying to kill them

    @dawn_connor@dawn_connor Жыл бұрын
    • Bro my anxiety goin through the roof j watching them fly around

      @ypc4205@ypc4205 Жыл бұрын
    • Not the devilish atrocities where I live. Just not giving your food will make them sting

      @wubbalubbadubdub5867@wubbalubbadubdub5867 Жыл бұрын
    • This is long, sorry. Read if yah want. But I think most of us were a bit ill-conditioned to fear bees and wasps. I am highly allergic to bees…yet handle them every day and adore them. As a child it was drilled into me that bees and wasps were scary, terrible, awful things. Then I learned how beneficial namely bees are. They swarm my hummingbird feeders and I felt awful learning this happens if they don’t have enough nectar sources so I planted some, and got “bee hotels”. Weirdly enough I lost my fear. I approach them with respect, having researched the best way to approach and handle them. And it’s to the point where I feel entirely comfortable walking over and slowly scooping a handful of honey bees off my hummingbird feeder so I can refill it. I don’t suggest anyone try this, namely those allergic. Especially if people aren’t immediately nearby and know what you’re doing. But I’ve learned that they aren’t spiteful, mean creatures. In fact when I get stung (VERY rarely) I have this moment of “I need to get this stinger out immediately but can’t yank it!” Because this will often kill bees. Non allergic people can often even let them work themselves out, instead of yanking away or smacking away. And there’s almost always a recognizable reason for me getting stung, that was my fault. Wasps, I’ll admit, are a bit more aggressive. They do still make me nervous. It didn’t help that my elderly neighbor was killed by hornets while cutting grass. So wasps/hornets ans the like make me nervous. But wasps are definitely the same in that if you keep a respectful distance, you should be fine. I’d never approach a wasp nest without protective gear (I’ll absolutely approach a honey bee hive without protective gear). I think when it comes to them, it’s just super important to be aware of your surroundings, don’t stumble upon them, and certainly don’t do anything to aggravate them.

      @brie3679@brie3679 Жыл бұрын
    • Yes bees are pretty chill, no need to be afraid. But wasps are the assholes of the insects. They will eat your food and sting you when you want to chase them away. Maybe it is just because I had a lot of terrible experiences with wasps. It is also weird that they don't seem to have any sense how much more dangerous a creature 200X it's size is while most insects do

      @wubbalubbadubdub5867@wubbalubbadubdub5867 Жыл бұрын
    • @@brie3679 I was also conditioned into being afraid of them then I fed some wasps ice tea and we chill now they just keep falling into my glass cause they get too greedy and then I have to help them get out with a stick you'd think they'd learn but it kept happening just have to check every time before taking a sip haha

      @l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l@l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l Жыл бұрын
  • Now that's what I call _a box of constant anxiety_

    @aro-xv9eg@aro-xv9eg Жыл бұрын
    • 👏

      @gewy7020@gewy7020 Жыл бұрын
    • ,lol

      @DRAGONSAREPRETTYCOOL@DRAGONSAREPRETTYCOOL Жыл бұрын
    • Or a contingency plan depending on how you look at it

      @anthony9376@anthony9376 Жыл бұрын
    • HELPMEHELPMEHELPME

      @badelk-nb6zr@badelk-nb6zr Жыл бұрын
    • @@anthony9376 heh, good one

      @martinszymanski2607@martinszymanski2607 Жыл бұрын
  • "Many of you are probably wondering what happened to the queen yellowjacket in the last video. After caring for her for two weeks, I quickly realized she was too aggressive. I settled on releasing her far, far away from my house." As someone who knows wasps really well, this was a smart move. The queens you had before represented basically the two most aggressive, unruly wasp species in North America. They both would've tried to build nests that were way too large for the enclosure you had. The paper wasps in this video are kittens by comparison. For reference, your first queen was a bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata). The second was a southern yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa). The third is a northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus).

    @andrewsinclair7159@andrewsinclair715911 ай бұрын
  • I know people have told you multiple times how Incredible this channel is: the dedication, the builds, the maintenance, the level of knowledge, the videography, the editing, the layers of foley… I’m just here to say that the writing has not escaped it. Masterful narration, captivating and artful and filled to the brim with information. Just beautiful.

    @RangeGleasry@RangeGleasry Жыл бұрын
    • agree

      @mohawho8251@mohawho8251 Жыл бұрын
  • I saw this title and said helll noooooo

    @Cronrath64@Cronrath64 Жыл бұрын
    • Bro same

      @ianfirst3322@ianfirst3322 Жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @Mymorningtoday@Mymorningtoday Жыл бұрын
    • Are you a protective cocoon? 5:08

      @tiadiad@tiadiad Жыл бұрын
    • But said helll yesssssssss at the same time

      @isaiahasbill6162@isaiahasbill6162 Жыл бұрын
    • Fun fact, if u want a diy wasp trap, you half open a can of soda, half empty it and then just leave it out. You'll have an abundance of dead wasps in no time.

      @doodleplayer4014@doodleplayer4014 Жыл бұрын
  • I've been terrified of bees and wasps since I was little, seeing you almost 'socialize' with these insects has put me at peace, beautiful channel

    @oloap645@oloap645 Жыл бұрын
  • Your breathing outside of the frame is why you can hand feed safety. The co2 you produce is what they hone in on. Neat video.

    @josephpotteiger6747@josephpotteiger6747 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@Fresh Start They can smell and are alerted by the carbon dioxide we humans breathe out.

      @humanity_moment.@humanity_moment. Жыл бұрын
    • ? Can you explain

      @breyonpatterson8857@breyonpatterson8857 Жыл бұрын
    • Swarming bees/wasps hone in on the co2(carbon dioxide) animals exhale because it generally is the most sensitive to attack the eyes/mouth/nose.

      @josephpotteiger6747@josephpotteiger6747 Жыл бұрын
  • I've seen studies that show that wasps can recognize the faces of other wasps. I've also seen by my own experience that captive crickets, katydids, and crayfish can recognize individual humans - and remember them. I have no doubt that your wasps were aware of who you are. And if they are anything like my arthropods, they were aware that you were the bringer of food and caused them no harm. As long as you didn't change their opinion on accident, you were probably safe with them around.

    @anyascelticcreations@anyascelticcreations Жыл бұрын
    • no, you're anthropomorphizing them

      @KepperKleen@KepperKleen Жыл бұрын
    • @@KepperKleen Maybe they did, but still if a person doesn't anger an animal to trigger it to attack out of self preservation then they would most likely be fine.

      @blooky102@blooky102 Жыл бұрын
    • @@KepperKleen Exactly, lmao "facial recognition" as a concept is incredibly Human. Besides some animals like Corvids & Apes, genuine facial recognition is rare in the animal kingdom.

      @bustavonnutz@bustavonnutz Жыл бұрын
    • @@bustavonnutz I agree, Mr. Nutz

      @KepperKleen@KepperKleen Жыл бұрын
    • @@bustavonnutz I'm not the one who did the study on whether or not wasps can recognize the faces of other wasps. If you're really interested in the subject you can probably find the video about it on youtube somewhere.

      @anyascelticcreations@anyascelticcreations Жыл бұрын
  • Gosh you’re such a risk taker with these! Such an encouragement to see how far you’ll work for and how experienced you are with handling these animals. Keep up the good work man!

    @henrykelso7349@henrykelso7349 Жыл бұрын
    • Paper wasps are fairly easy to tame and raise. I've done it myself. Other types like yellowjackets or hornets are different, they have much larger colonies and they probably won't be very receptive to direct intervention with humans like paper wasps are.

      @yearginclarke@yearginclarke Жыл бұрын
    • Yes but I would be a male bee

      @jaydenplays9827@jaydenplays9827 Жыл бұрын
    • "Sometimes I'm a mail bee, and other times I'm a spelling bee; as long as I'm not a wanna bee" ~anonumous member of the dead hornet poets society

      @Rick-the-Swift@Rick-the-Swift Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@yearginclarke he had also Yellow Jackets so your comment is useless.

      @nithraliabrawlstars6541@nithraliabrawlstars6541 Жыл бұрын
    • @@nithraliabrawlstars6541 Here's a typical dumbass YT user with a completely unnecessary smartass tone. Unless I'm missing some video that was deleted or some other clue that would indicate otherwise, he wasn't successful with the hornets/yellowjackets. I only see a video called "ATTEMPTING to keep a pet hornet", which the title itself indicates the attempt was not successful, let alone watching the video to confirm it. And also when I say "direct intervention" by humans, obviously it means actually feeding and interacting up close while using a bare hand with a normally functioning colony, as shown with the paper wasps. You may be able to pull that off with a captured yellowjacket queen outside her normal habitat. Or a normally functioning hornet/yellowjacket colony may let you observe the colony up close from a few feet away, but no matter how familiar they are with you I highly doubt you will be getting into close contact and offering honey directly to an active colony like you can with paper wasps. Watch Hornet King's channel where he relocates nests and still can only get so close to them before they display aggressive behavior.

      @yearginclarke@yearginclarke Жыл бұрын
  • What beautiful creatures. Thank you for showing them so clearly.

    @catherinehubbard1167@catherinehubbard1167 Жыл бұрын
  • The beginning of this summer (2023) I had a wasp nest of these same type of red and yellow paper wasps, at my work and watched it grow from a single queen into about 30 individuals. They were doing amazing and even though their nest was under the main steps into my warehouse, they never stung a single person or even bothered with them. Sadly this past week I went to check on them and some smaller animal (racoon, skunk, fox, etc) had pulled down their comb and ate all the larva. Destroying the entire neat. All the grown adults still stay in the same spot but they don't have a comb to live on anymore. It actually made me pretty sad because they are beautiful and were doing so well. Next year I plan to do something like this, keep a nest inside a clear box and have an outlet hole to the outside but keep them nice and safe on the inside. This picture frame idea is actually perfect. Thanks for the idea.

    @thereconrigger4956@thereconrigger49567 ай бұрын
  • I love your editing! It's so professional and engaging. I can tell you put a lot of time and effort into your videos. Keep up the good work!

    @immasofa7885@immasofa7885 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you!

      @TheDrPlants@TheDrPlants Жыл бұрын
    • @@TheDrPlants how long does each video take you from time of inception to execution. And what is the total editing time?

      @Dieje@Dieje Жыл бұрын
    • Yeah! Each episode is like a documentary

      @Elljah123Gaming@Elljah123Gaming Жыл бұрын
    • The first second of the video "eduactional" lol

      @4dants161@4dants161 Жыл бұрын
    • @@Dieje id guess like 3 weeks, looking at upload schedule, maybe more or less

      @user78273a@user78273a Жыл бұрын
  • dude i am deathly afraid of wasps, like if i hear buzzing and i dont know what it is i will run and scream like a toddler. how you managed to gather all those wasps and put them back into their habitat without dying is beyond me. props to you

    @malemon1@malemon1 Жыл бұрын
    • More than likely they recognize him. Social wasps can recognize individual faces, and his (and his hand) are around them so often and bringing them food that they're used to him and "know" he isn't a threat.

      @dalaminaubis7822@dalaminaubis7822 Жыл бұрын
    • thank god someone else does this too

      @grey_street@grey_street Жыл бұрын
    • @@grey_street i do it also, i hate stuff with stingers

      @c_corgi@c_corgi Жыл бұрын
    • i would jump on a crocodile. swim with sharks idfc. a wasp gets within 20 feet of me. im nopein the fuck out.

      @JS-rv3et@JS-rv3et Жыл бұрын
    • @@JS-rv3et bro frrrrr

      @malemon1@malemon1 Жыл бұрын
  • As a bee keeper my dad always said that we are the invaders, not the bees or wasps, they just try to protect their territory. It made me totally tolerate these creatures around me. Yeah, living the sweet life on my patio. 😀

    @Tomy_Yon@Tomy_Yon Жыл бұрын
    • Thats not true. If im eating a ice and it comes to try stealing my food IT is the invader. Also if they then stuck on the ice and free themself they often get agressive and sting you. Or try.

      @nithraliabrawlstars6541@nithraliabrawlstars6541 Жыл бұрын
  • This man has more balls than anyone I have ever known

    @BTtheDumfuq@BTtheDumfuq Жыл бұрын
  • 6:21 bearded dragon tries to eat wasp

    @lolbackwardslol@lolbackwardslol Жыл бұрын
    • 🤣🤣

      @_ayushmehta_@_ayushmehta_ Жыл бұрын
  • It’s incredible how wasps work, thanks for the great videos Dr. Plants

    @henrysapencil@henrysapencil Жыл бұрын
  • My anxiety at 3:14 ⬆️↗️⬆️↘️⬇️↙️↗️➡️↗️⤴️↖️↩️↔️⬆️➡️⬆️⬆️⬆️↗️↗️↗️↗️↗️↗️↗️↗️↗️⤵️⤴️↖️↘️↖️↘️⬆️↘️⬆️➡️↕️↗️↖️🔄⬅️⬅️⬅️↖️⬆️

    @casefilled1134@casefilled1134 Жыл бұрын
  • I did this WAY before you! Well… Kind of… 😆 When I was a little girl, a wasp colony built a nest in my window. The screen had been removed years ago, so they had this perfect little nook to build a nest & be protected from the weather. I spent an entire summer watching the colony, the queen, & all the stages of larvae. I spent hours one day waiting for the new baby wasps to finally emerge from the little hole. I truly felt like I had a pet wasp colony. When winter came, they all perished, but I hoped another colony would come take over, since I left the comb they had made, but none ever came. That was the summer I had a pet wasp colony. I never opened the window to let the wasps in, but this gave me some real nostalgia. Thanks for sharing!

    @RachelleKates@RachelleKates Жыл бұрын
    • I've heard Wasps are territotial insects, i don't think new wasps will build another colony unless you get rid off the empty nest

      @nucleonegro9762@nucleonegro9762 Жыл бұрын
  • All your videos are basically perfect documentation of pet care. These guys freak me out the whole time I haven’t been surprised this much in a LONG time. Way to go bro you’re stronger than I!

    @Get_gudlol@Get_gudlol Жыл бұрын
  • That video was awesome!! Loved the production

    @paulcuffaro@paulcuffaro Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks man!

      @TheDrPlants@TheDrPlants Жыл бұрын
    • b

      @Swaxol@Swaxol Жыл бұрын
    • @@TheDrPlants I used to have a wasp nest on the top of door frame. Never bothered me or swarmed me. I could even stand in the doorway smoking a cigarette and still nothing. Believe it or not the could recognize strangers and would start flying around if someone came to the door. They were the best guard animal😍. Dont be a stranger and knock🤣

      @spankthemonkey3437@spankthemonkey3437 Жыл бұрын
  • I'm happy to see wasps getting a little bit of positive attention. I understand why people are so afraid of them; I myself am terrified of wasps. That said, they're still incredibly interesting insects and they fulfill a necessary role in the ecosystem, and many varieties of wasp are even quite beneficial to humans. I get so sick and tired of hearing people saying they're useless mean nasty creatures that do nothing but cause harm.

    @One_Eyed_Cheshire@One_Eyed_Cheshire11 ай бұрын
  • Yo the color on those wasps is beautiful! Props to you for keeping these in your room, I could never. Love to see them being gentle though, so damn cool

    @ryanthoms@ryanthoms Жыл бұрын
  • The red/black/yellow variety you have are so beautiful! Some of the species are mean and can get a bad rap, but i've sat in swarms of flying bees/wasps of all kinds to get some photos of them getting pollen from a huge field of golden rod in the area, and all of them ignored me. Have been similarly blessed with flowers. I maintained a little bit of space and didn't block them from getting from place to place, got completely ignored, and got lots of great photos from it. Beautiful photography, and lovely to rerelease them !

    @spiercephotography@spiercephotography Жыл бұрын
    • I would love to see those pictures 🥰

      @Romy-Belen@Romy-Belen Жыл бұрын
    • Yeah I was in a swarm of tarantula hawks in Zion. They were going crazy over some milkweed there was a few dozen of them but they didn’t bother me.

      @Koyomix86@Koyomix86 Жыл бұрын
    • The only time I ever got stung was at a baseball game, a ground bee was interested in the sugary smell of a Gatorade bottle I had opened, and I just watched as the ground bee landed on my hand and started sniffing at the bottle I was holding. Unprovoked, unspooked it just stung me and left. I know ground bees don't represent the norm but they're meaner than wasps.

      @bungeetoons@bungeetoons Жыл бұрын
    • The species I have the most experience with is _Polistes carolina_ . Though not very aggressive, they do have one of the more painful stings among commonly encountered wasps in my region, probably second to only the cow killer.

      @moblinmajorgeneral@moblinmajorgeneral Жыл бұрын
    • They didn’t attack you because you didn’t bother them.

      @bootymeatpanicoaks423@bootymeatpanicoaks42311 ай бұрын
  • 6:11 never thought I’d see a wasp take over the globe and twerk over Russia before but here we are

    @sassythesasquatch6847@sassythesasquatch6847 Жыл бұрын
    • It was completely surreal

      @sassythesasquatch6847@sassythesasquatch6847 Жыл бұрын
    • @@sassythesasquatch6847facts xd

      @Catmaniac17@Catmaniac178 ай бұрын
  • Not gonna lie, the red markings on these wasps are its own kind of beauty. Very cool animals!

    @refragerator@refragerator Жыл бұрын
  • I love how the larva are “Hmm yes mother whoever I receive I consume,” I find it a bit cute the way the adult put it into it’s room and the baby “hmm yes mother Ty” and when they’re into the cocoon phase they’re like “Ugh, mom this is just (muffled voice) a phase see u later ✌️” 😂❤

    @AlphaAurora12364@AlphaAurora123646 ай бұрын
  • The shot of you running away was the funniest thing I’ve seen so far 😂

    @reichhb@reichhb Жыл бұрын
  • Your macro videography is amazing. Definitely appreciate the work that goes unnoticed to others who haven’t tried filming small creatures

    @consumertechwarehouse9381@consumertechwarehouse9381 Жыл бұрын
    • Thank you!

      @TheDrPlants@TheDrPlants Жыл бұрын
  • Wasps are my biggest phobia and this video helped me a little bit with that, still absolutely terrified of them but I can appreciate them just a bit more now

    @lilys.2220@lilys.2220 Жыл бұрын
  • I 'raise' (as in, have a garden setup to encourage the growth & reproduction of) scoliid wasps, specifically several species that are present locally and tackle both native and invasive pests such as several invasive species of scarabs. Its a pretty different experience to nest-making wasps, since the scoliid wasps will either hang around flowers or (for the mated females) will hang around areas with scarab grubs or spiders looking for prey for the next generation, but they don't swarm, and despite the females having stingers, they are completely docile - their stingers are really meant just for paralyzing their prey, and the only way to get stung by these wasps essentially requires capturing them and forcing them to sting you. They also have a rather pretty iridescence to them - easily some of my favorite insects.

    @RylTheValstrax@RylTheValstrax Жыл бұрын
  • This has gave me a whole new perspective on wasp. I always thought they were cool looking but seeing them this close just gives a whole new appreciation.

    @2gwells@2gwells Жыл бұрын
  • I only found this channel a few weeks ago, but I'm already a huge fan. Love videos, love the animals even more.

    @MoonBoyAdino@MoonBoyAdino Жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @JJ-df8sn@JJ-df8sn Жыл бұрын
    • @@JJ-df8sn same

      @fismail4330@fismail4330 Жыл бұрын
  • I was your 1m view I saw how it changed The number once I clicked on the video. I just found your videos and I’m binge watching them. It’s really cool what you doing, keep it up 👍

    @joseestevez3061@joseestevez3061 Жыл бұрын
  • The production on these videos is just amazing, being the shots, the lighting, the information, the sound design, everything is top quality!

    @HuRax@HuRax Жыл бұрын
  • We have a pretty cool set up at Sussex University, it's an indoor honeybee study lab where you can observe the honeybees indoors through a glass sheet, such as the one you have, but they still have access to the outside through a tube. This lets us study hive activity (specifically their 'wiggle dance' language) and not interfere with their natural foraging behaviour. Would be awsome to see a wasp hive with this set up on this channel. You would be able to study their predatory behaviour, observing the diversity of prey brought back to the colony. Awsome stuff!

    @lukeantonystevens2942@lukeantonystevens2942 Жыл бұрын
    • Wow that’s awesome! Definitely an interesting concept to look into!

      @TheDrPlants@TheDrPlants Жыл бұрын
    • I’ve just finished my final year at Sussex! No idea they had this there, that’s awesome

      @josephmonti-kaye2487@josephmonti-kaye2487 Жыл бұрын
    • @@josephmonti-kaye2487 Ah no wayy, It's just up the road from the JMS building, kinda hard to find tho haha

      @lukeantonystevens2942@lukeantonystevens2942 Жыл бұрын
  • Whoa, this is so beautiful? Like, you really captured all these amazing shots and were so gentle and kind to your little guests!

    @blueheartless36@blueheartless36 Жыл бұрын
  • this is amazing wasp video! wow

    @alenaxp@alenaxp Жыл бұрын
  • Your a brave man for being calm when there are wasps in your room. Your videos are very interesting keep up the good work👍

    @FivemPerliukai@FivemPerliukai Жыл бұрын
  • 5:20 I have finally found my spirit animal

    @sandronecromancer@sandronecromancer Жыл бұрын
  • 0:15 mans got the long legs

    @cobyholroyd6609@cobyholroyd6609 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for explaining the situation so properly with emotions and a balanced voice

    @dedoinekabongo1557@dedoinekabongo15579 ай бұрын
  • Idk how much this guy trains to literally pick up wasps without them stinging him this guy is truly a legend

    @Rainy827@Rainy8279 ай бұрын
    • It’s so easy

      @Notabl3@Notabl39 ай бұрын
    • They didn’t train the wasp. They just don’t see him as a threat

      @Scaramouche_sillies@Scaramouche_sillies5 ай бұрын
  • This is supreme quality content. Beautiful shots of amazing animals, mixed with educational info and a well-placed joke every now and then.

    @aciebel8313@aciebel8313 Жыл бұрын
  • 6:55 the wasp in the middle just lost his leg 😢

    @parzival1641@parzival1641 Жыл бұрын
  • Ngl I love all of your other videos because your calm approach to insects and such gives me a new perspective (I'm literally afraid of all bugs, including butterflies and ladybugs) , but this one was reeally hard to watch without shattering my phone on the ground haha. I managed to kinda push through tho so I'm pretty proud of myself

    @jiminiechubbycheeksj6296@jiminiechubbycheeksj6296 Жыл бұрын
  • I live in the mountains of Spain and have many wasp nests nearby . They are fairly friendly when left alone especially near water it's as if they know all life needs water and without others they can't survive! I have been stung but only when accidentally getting too near the nest. There are many different varieties as well including a rather gruesome spider wasps.

    @barrymayson2492@barrymayson2492 Жыл бұрын
  • Fascinating. I've never seen wasps like these before. Wasps in the UK are black and yellow and a different shape. Loved the Ride of the Valkyries moment at the end!

    @yippee8570@yippee8570 Жыл бұрын
    • The other popular Wagner song wod have been even more appropriate: Flight of the Bumblebee.

      @daniellemulder6418@daniellemulder6418 Жыл бұрын
  • Your videos have some of the best quality on KZhead. Keep it up!

    @jefftipton3694@jefftipton3694 Жыл бұрын
  • Guinea paper wasps are absolute sweethearts. I always feel comfortable and safe around them, and I love offering them treats. I’ve never gotten stung.

    @isabellagraces5165@isabellagraces5165 Жыл бұрын
  • This is amazing. I have a nest I've been watching because it's inches away from my security camera, so I can watch from a safe distance. That led to a fascination because I realized how little I knew about them. It's been incredible to watch their cycle. This video gave me such a cool close up view with much better camera quality than what I have at home. Mine are European paper wasps. Edit: after watching this whole thing, it's seriously EXTRAORDINARY how much these wasps trust you. I know it's said that wasps remember faces, but wow..they didn't display a single sign of being threatened even one time. This is so freaking amazing.

    @OhShanna@OhShanna9 ай бұрын
  • What species of wasp is that? I’ve never seen any with that kind of red coloring. It’s pretty cool, just like with your last wasp videos I had never really considered how many wasp species there must be and how different they might look.

    @sethsei8746@sethsei8746 Жыл бұрын
    • Its not a wasp its a gorilla

      @briondeman5095@briondeman5095 Жыл бұрын
    • They look so creepy.

      @justinarzola4584@justinarzola4584 Жыл бұрын
    • Polistes exclamans, aka Guinea paper wasp

      @alexvasquez5053@alexvasquez5053 Жыл бұрын
    • @@alexvasquez5053 it translates to "calling the police" lol

      @imsohandsome@imsohandsome Жыл бұрын
    • @@alexvasquez5053 Thanks

      @sethsei8746@sethsei8746 Жыл бұрын
  • These are some of the coolest looking wasps I've ever seen

    @epictaco6659@epictaco6659 Жыл бұрын
  • Your channel is entertaining while still remaining educational and i love it

    @Steamfishwithsoysauce@Steamfishwithsoysauce Жыл бұрын
  • Kept a garden last year with tons of wasps. Fortunately, we had an understanding. I cut the grass and pull the weeds without issues, they can make nests in the shed nearby and get all the flowers they want. Worked out well. I'm sure they'll be back this year! Should also add that I didn't really have any issues with pest insects. Not sure if they were helping to control them but they must've been eating something.

    @kabj06@kabj06 Жыл бұрын
  • The humming sound of these things alone sends shivers down my spine.

    @PdizzleOne7889@PdizzleOne7889 Жыл бұрын
  • Cant believe I've already finished binging all the videos. If you're able I'd love to see more frequent updates like your lizard trying to eat the wasp etc.

    @ChristStopper@ChristStopper Жыл бұрын
  • I had a "pet bee" as a kid. We found some poor little paperwasp wandering around without one of its wings. We named him "Buzzard", because me and my siblings are clearly very creative 😂 We put him in a little shoebox "vivarium" with twigs and rocks and a bottlecap of water and honey, and brought him out to my mom's lilacs and other flowering bushes every day. We'd let him crawl all over us. I absolutely loved how much it tickled when he'd walk across the back of my neck. He was with us for about a month before he crawled into a bush one day and we couldn't find him. I miss the little guy. RIP Buzzard.

    @RochelleHasTooManyHobbies@RochelleHasTooManyHobbies11 ай бұрын
    • I thought this was gonna be a “ and he died the next day” story. Shocked you kept him alive despite thinking it was a bee lol

      @Jayden89117@Jayden89117Күн бұрын
  • 4:00 ok calm down I am having a heart attack watching this

    @Radardocsexplain@Radardocsexplain Жыл бұрын
  • Your videos are just perfect to watch. not to long. straight facts, no unimportant talk. good shots. High quality. intresting stuff. You found yourself a new subscriber lul. thanks for your content

    @Dariomasterboy@Dariomasterboy Жыл бұрын
  • Your videography is absolutely insane. I’ve never seen anything like your channel. Never stop!

    @_guitarjun_@_guitarjun_ Жыл бұрын
  • I don't know how often you hear this, but NICE foley work on this. I can't imagine how long it took, but it makes the video 1000x more immersive.

    @hughsullivan9646@hughsullivan9646 Жыл бұрын
  • lol at the many mother in law jokes in all of your videos. Amazing to watch your videos they are so fascinating and how you learned all of this I'll never know. Keep up the amazing work.

    @Peace444all@Peace444all2 ай бұрын
  • Its nice to see that you can keep a sense of humor in such a tense situation

    @giantsalamander2296@giantsalamander2296 Жыл бұрын
  • I didn't know what to say, a colony of wasps in the bedroom, heck no.... 😳 and loose.... those grey larvae grubs are cool and kinda sea creature spooky. Very informative video. Thanks for sharing. Glad you let them go...

    @LM-Adventures@LM-Adventures Жыл бұрын
  • Found my new favorite channel. Where you been all my life Dr. Plants

    @mikezeigler1@mikezeigler1 Жыл бұрын
  • The best thing about this channel is all the videos are short yet great and entertaining

    @the_prince_of_anime@the_prince_of_anime Жыл бұрын
  • Here I am trying to get into having bees for my garden, meanwhile u go housing hornets... in your home. That's G.O.A.T. status

    @TheAdhdGardener@TheAdhdGardener Жыл бұрын
  • It was such a beautiful idea of you to release. So beautiful

    @DinethFernando-ij7eo@DinethFernando-ij7eo Жыл бұрын
  • Fascinating, incredibly educational for a 7 minute video! Short, sweet, informative, very attractive video format, and your voice is unique. This is great man, thanks! (You have the backstory to a Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater boss)

    @JOEitsjustJoe@JOEitsjustJoe Жыл бұрын
  • they are really beautiful creatures!

    @mormsbie2227@mormsbie2227 Жыл бұрын
  • I just found your channel the other day and it's already one of my favorites on the platform. Love the content!

    @guyfieri789@guyfieri789 Жыл бұрын
  • 6:20 this shot earned you a subscription Friggin brilliant, just brilliant you're awesome

    @AtticusHimself@AtticusHimself Жыл бұрын
  • this is genuanly realy cool to watch and you made my fear of warps and bees alot less worse thank you so much keep up the good work found you about 30 mins ago and love you content would love to see an update on the aquarium soon to :D

    @DevFaze_YT@DevFaze_YT Жыл бұрын
  • Been checking every week for a new upload, finally a new video is out! Thanks so much dr plants. Loved this, and excited for more!

    @manju_keo@manju_keo Жыл бұрын
  • i love how you made chewing noises whenever something was eating bc we couldn't hear it through the glass

    @justalazyemo5160@justalazyemo5160 Жыл бұрын
  • On my stepfather's acreage, in the basement every year we had mud dauber wasps that would build nests for the winter. Come spring and summer we would open up the back door for them to fly up and outside. I actually featured them in a term paper I was doing. Trained some of them, with honey to come to me when I held up my finger. I got the duty to get wasps out of the house when one couldn't find the way on their own. They were great in getting rid of cut worms for their young. I was never stung. But did get stung by our honey bees, often without reason. The wasps you have in your video are very beautiful.

    @jeanannd@jeanannd Жыл бұрын
  • another amazing video, thank you for these experiences! ❤️😁

    @StarLightHH1@StarLightHH1 Жыл бұрын
  • Only recently found this channel and am so happy I did. Another quality video, both educational and entertaining. I am curious as to how or what got you started in this hobby.

    @andrewwarner6820@andrewwarner6820 Жыл бұрын
  • This footage is so cool! It strikes me as super scientifically important, not a lot of footage of the inner workings of these nests exist. Your work on housing them in your own house could lead to important discoveries of their behaviors and intelligence!

    @ribunny123@ribunny12311 ай бұрын
  • Halfway through this I realised i was holding my breath. Great Video. These wasps are beautiful i hav never seen colour paterns like them.

    @Tropategan@Tropategan Жыл бұрын
  • somehow you managed to make me feel impressed by wasps

    @kohakkanuva3224@kohakkanuva3224 Жыл бұрын
  • I've been waiting for you to upload a new video for so long! Thank you for making great content!

    @mkks4559@mkks4559 Жыл бұрын
  • The wasps chopping the cricket was asmr mukbang bro💀

    @moose-da-goose@moose-da-goose9 ай бұрын
  • Respect for handling the wasps like that. I have big red stinging ants and I get nervous when handling them they have a hair trigger and a very painful sting. Some species can be pretty aggressive but I've never been stung by my ants. Being able to read their body language and knowing their comfort zone is important.

    @ZTheLastViking@ZTheLastViking Жыл бұрын
  • Incredible content. Thanks for your through information & hard work.

    @svbakakris323@svbakakris323 Жыл бұрын
  • Ur ecosystem video is awesome... This too is amazing Great work .. Thanks for insights.

    @justsolo4730@justsolo4730 Жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for supporting nature at the end for realising them that was kind

    @gurpreetkaur-xy2cu@gurpreetkaur-xy2cu7 ай бұрын
  • I was astonished that you and the wasps were so, erm, friendly(?) with each other that you could capture them bare handed and return them to the nest.

    @davidweaver4436@davidweaver4436 Жыл бұрын
    • paper wasps are fairly docile, I saved one from drowning and it didn't sting me. Also, depends on how you capture one, aggressively grab and it will sting. Let it get on you if it can't fly to the nest.

      @cds3703@cds3703 Жыл бұрын
  • I was so nervous while watching your video knowing that something bad was gonna happen. Keep up the good work!

    @candycane9067@candycane9067 Жыл бұрын
  • Hey dude cool video! Quick question though are those wasps indigenous to your area to where you live? I only ask because releasing something foreign especially predators such as wasps could upset the local eco system? I might be a little misinformed

    @Fluffybullets2@Fluffybullets2 Жыл бұрын
    • Nah dude that's a good question to ask if you don't know. I don't know the answer either so imma leave my comment here to see the replies. Edit: Found a comment of the creator saying they were common where he lives.

      @Envra@Envra Жыл бұрын
  • Great job, I liked the video and how you take care of them. At one point I thought they would sting you when you put your hand close to them

    @RonyRM@RonyRM Жыл бұрын
  • ‘The colony lives in my bedroom’ *i am concerned*

    @somebody2528@somebody2528 Жыл бұрын
  • 5:25 just like nowadays kids, they just use ipads and nothing else, he's definitely sliding the sexy Wasps on Tinder🤣 love this content, thi'ss the real KZhead.

    @kailee87@kailee87 Жыл бұрын
  • This is hands down the best footage of wasp life and pupation that I've come across.

    @mamaharumi@mamaharumi Жыл бұрын
  • This video is my therapy. I was afraid of these little bugger, after this video now I felt like I just misunderstood them. Thank You.

    @Linkwii64@Linkwii64 Жыл бұрын
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