@RU-vidReviewsAndTutorialsMy Asian is a little rusty but I can roughly translate....."Wu sho ting eu wy to la, san sun chin chi cho wa lai, ceen di ho lan"...But that's just a rough translation.
And they sent a whole team of people to WA State to take out one nest and this guy does it alone with a pick, a couple of plastic juice bottles and another smaller jar to catch the stragglers lol. Total respect for him.
It's the difference between private initiative and bureaucratic largess, government agencies have zero monetary discipline or efficiency incentive. They don't care if it costs $1B to remove a solitary nest in fact they like it that way.
@@jameshayes7604 Most would die from honey bee stings doing that without protection. A beekeeper can likely take 100 honeybee stings in a day as a dozen might be ordinary. Safe bet you wouldn't survive doing that hornet hive, like he did, in normal clothing. (IDK how potent the stings of these mean hornets are, I'd assume the worse but they won't chew me to pieces even naked, they'd likely poison me to death)
From my limited mandarin understanding, most of what he's saying is remarking on what he's doing atm: 0:40 - We're looking for disturbed earth, which indicates the presence of the nest . 1:09 - We tagged [a hornet] at the base of the mountain, but we lost track of it, so we're tagging another one. We're not advancing any further (in danger of stumbling upon the nest). 1:24 - He said that one of them has gone to the opposite mountain face to see where exactly the hornet is heading. It's too dangerous (to just keep pushing forward). 2:00 - We just wasted another half an hour, and it's raining now. We're now in a 5 meter by 5 meter proximity of the nest, and are going to eliminate the nest. It's time to gear up. 2:25 - We've made a brand new hornet trap just for today. As for the nest, as there's a village nearby, we're going to exterminate them all. Let's go over to the entrance. 2:48 - Do you see the entrance? The tag is even still there. You can see the hornets moving the soil. 3:58 - We see the nest, it's a pretty big hole. Looks like three layers. 4:14 - It's more or less exposed, looks like three layers. Looks pretty full (?), let's remove it and take a look. 4:43 - It looks pretty full(?). 4 Layers. It weighs around 7 jin (3.5kg/7.7lbs). 4:59 - We're just catching the remaining hornets. 5:42 - Here's the queen. 6:02 - Look, the stinger is stuck in my glove. Look how long it is. 6:28 - We're removing our suits just 3 meters from where the nest was. This is because we exterminated the entire colony today. We exterminated the entire colony because they're very close to a village, 5-6 bee hives that way, and also a road. If they were on a mountain where people don't visit, I would recommend leaving some of them so as not to exterminate the entire colony. 6:53 - It seems to weigh around 7 jin (3.5kg/7.7lbs), and there's about 200 hornets in this container. There's more in this one, probably about 300.
When he took off half his body suit right next to the uprooted hive I was freaking. Like, how is it possible there are not a dozen stragglers just coming back to the hive and going crazy on him? This guy is a champ!
I think most of any that might have been left came back while he was doing the deed. He was definitely there for an hour or two more than enough time for the wanderers to come back
@@jimlee3236 yeah he did, but while watching the video my mind was just taking me to that place of what if? I really have no knowledge of the subject matter.
This is such an excellent presentation. Even though it's not posted or CC'd in English, it's plain to understand the tracking methods in use. Much appreciated. We have a lot to learn.
If you have protective clothing, you can do it too. These people can earn income by catching hornets. If you want to eliminate hornets, you don’t need to be so complicated. You can spray poison and burn them alive.
it SHOULD be useless knowledge. since it would be an invasive species. and from the looks of it, they have mound building skills of generic ants, the swarming skills of army ants, the evil cold heart like killer bees, the abilty to sting several times like wasps, and if they came to any country outside of their local area, it would be an invasive species. again a skillset that would be nice but ultimatly SHOULD be useless. honeybess have a hard enough time as is alreay, lets NOT make them harm our valuable bees.
He explained that if the nest isn't so close to the village and six , seven bee hives; He would not have taken out all of the hornets. versus let say a hornet nest up in the mountain
Actually that record is held by a grandmother and granddaughter who rushed to help a man being attacked by killer bees while the paramedics stood by because it was too dangerous for them and the grandmother knew she was allergic to bee stings on top of everything! That poor man didnt make unfortunately 😢
Idk, the sound looked quite identical every time.. maybe the sound was real but they put it in loop for us to think that every 3 seconds a hornet passes near the microphone.
@@andreags4 it's the same 6 pulse sound that peaks in volume at the 3rd "wub" sound every time. Think I'd agree it's added in post. You can hear the regular buzzing underneath that one sound
Whilst I admire the gentleman’s technique and bravado I personally would have used a 40mm bofors,I mean those things weren’t hornets they were small living aircraft.
IKR - I'm a beekeeper who has dealt with africanized bees but just that deep buzz these hornets make is scary as hell to me; wouldn't do this job if you paid me in gold.
@@mdb831 i wonder how they would look on military "active radar" (the spinning ones like on a battleship or an air force base) like if they were taken close enough to and made to swarm, what would their radar shape look like.
I've lived in SE Asia off and on since the 90's and the most impressive thing I saw is that he's in a neoprene armored space suit in what is probably 90 degree weather with 100% humidity. Got stung by one of those suckers one time hiking in Hong Kong. Luckily I had a small onion with me - specifically for wasp stings - and to my delight squishing a piece of onion until it was juicy and taping it on the sting spot worked almost as well as it does with smaller wasps. The only real difference was the actual tissue trauma inflicted by the giant stinger and/or those jaws. Kudos to this guy for being a real life boss.
From what I've read on reddit, this nest was near a road and some honey bee hives the hornets were constantly attacking, and so the local villagers asked him to remove it. He likely was not paid to do this, but the liquid in the second container was likely grain alcohol, and the way he makes his money from this is by selling alcohol with the dead hornets in it, which for some reason is considered a delicacy in China. Mad props to this guy for doing such a dangerous job with little tech besides that seriously thick suit
This was absolutely fascinating. Thank you to people in the comments section who were able to translate some of the conversation. I can only imagine the nightmare of stumbling upon a nest like this without the proper gear on.
The English translation is as follows. I'm a dumbass. I'm going to molest a murder hornets nest. I could have stayed in school, but chose to be a dumbass instead.
Would have loved to have subtitles as well That is cool How was your day there sir no new music Great video really need to put subtitles though Crazy motherfucca You could not pay me to do that shift fucc that
I always assumed Tay spoke more than one language. I was thinking of when American shows have subtitles on a guy a mutters or mumbles. What if I was watching one of those videos? Like is this a Chinese guy nobody understands without subtitles?
chinese descent here. they own a beehive or some sort and the hornets are attacking the bees, so they wanted to track the hives of these hornets to get rid of them as a revenge. they talked about the procedure and the size of the nest based off the soil expelled on the surface. They know there are more nests but decided not to get rid of all of them since it'd cause a local extinction.
A brave hero. Watching that was terrifying. I cannot imagine doing what he did while smiling and casually explaining what he's doing. Nothing but RESPECT for this bad-ass.
So calm,cool & cavalier.He is no doubt definitely a professional in this feild.Accidentaly falling onto a bee hive,whilst collecting Nature Honey,could not be any worse. Imagine the painful excrutiation seering pangs of a regular standard sized Wasp.Then think of similarities of pressurized poisonous injections, within the major differences incomparison to such an insect.
That was absolutely incredible to watch! I’ve never seen someone take out a massive hornets nest by themselves, only using a large plastic bottle, a pick-axe, a glass jar, and a fly-swatter. This guy knows exactly what he’s doing and he’s extremely good at it. The hornets here in the United States can be dangerous but I know that the Asian variety are extremely dangerous, especially if you’re a bee keeper. One Asian hornet can annihilate an entire bee hive by standing in front of the hive entrance by chopping every single bee in half by using their mandibles. Asian hornets are a force to be reckoned with.
They're *very* territorial if I've read right. As people build more into forests, they run the risk of stumbling on natural nests. Apparently they'll warn you first by grinding their mandibles together and like, flapping their wings all together (like they're hitting a spear against the ground or something, yeesh-). When they attack, they use chemical messages to communicate with the rest of the hive. So when one goes on the attack, it's like they leave a flare on you saying "intruder!" and everyone else comes to drive you away.
Mostly right, but it actually takes2-5 Japanese Hornets to destroy a nest, because if it's only one.. bees Have a neat trick where thousands of them do a giant dog pile on the single intruder, covering it completely. Then they all begin to vibrate so fast that they create massive amounts of heat, literally cooking/melting the loan intruder. It's actually quite interesting 💯👍
@@XXhite That is a neat trick. I had no idea bees will dog pile the intruder to the point where they’re basically cooking them from all their internal heat. Thank you so much for the info and take care!👍🏻
I remember seeing that bee ball trick on a documentary about 15 yrs ago and it fascinated me! It stayed in the back of my mind, and now it's becoming common knowledge
Omg I don't understand how he walks through the forest so easily with testicles that gigantic. Absolutely amazing, he had the courage to mess with those jurassic monsters
@@frenchonion4595 - no lie, I thought the same thing. "Man, just look at the size of them monsters!! Sounds exactly like a WW2 bomber squadron!" 11:54 pm 10-3-21
@@frenchonion4595 - those guys have nerves of steel cuz not even for all the tea in China would you see me anywhere near That Demon's Nest! 11:11 pm 10-4-21
Yeah I thought that! A bit like on horror movies where they hide away in a closet to get away from a "baddie" They manage to hide well enough that the baddie doesn't find them& so leaves the room/ building. But then the person comes out from hiding straight away! I would stay in that closet for like half a day so I was sure the baddie had gone! (In this case the baddie is the murder hornets!) :-p Fair play to him though for killing those nasty things. Die murder hornets, die!!!
Sure makes the bee suits we use here in Florida look like painter clothes. That suit, while hot, is definately what I would want to use when they get to Florida!
I live in South Fl, and yeah, I'd bet you'd bake in those. Sounds like they come with a battery operated fan to pull in air through some small mesh opening, like the one they have in those inflatable dinosaur costumes. I think you can hear it running when he's facing the camera
Yeah, I bet they could easily sting through stuff like heavy cotton and denim. They could probably chew their way through pretty fast too if it came to it. That suit looks like an outer layer of mesh with a core of thick foam and likely an inner mesh to keep the foam in place. Makes sense though. You'd want at least half an inch of material between those fuckers and your flesh. All it would take is for one of them to make it inside the suit and you'd be having a very bad day. Hell, we just have Vespula Vulgaris here in the UK and they're bad enough.
@@mosesa2305 Yeah. They'll sting you just for the sake of it. And unlike bees, they don't rip their own guts out as the sting isn't barbed so an individual wasp can and will sting multiple times. They'll also happily wipe out entire bee hives. Don't get me wrong, they're not as huge as the ones in this video but they make up for it with sheer horribleness. Highly aggressive especially in autumn when the weather changes and their food sources start to run out. Nests can get super feisty. Then again, they don't have the term Vulgaris in their name for nothing although you might know them simply as "Yellow Jackets". They're arseholes with wings.
@@Crimsonedge1 Thanks. when in the UK I've seen yellow jackets around my property, like 1 or 2 flying around. Thankfully haven't been stung, they buzz around me sometimes and I walk away. Just 1 or 2 probably means I'm not near their nest and hence not a danger. However will have to be much more careful.
@@pumpkinchucker4953 Could be Iso (Alcohol) but in most cases all you need is soapy water . They breathe through their abdomen and the soap will suffocate them, it doesnt take much . Cheers .
@@ammocan2796 We could _all_ handle it? You sure about that? I believe that even with that suit most people would get PTSD from attempting it. Camera doesn't do it justice. That must be a very intense experience, even not getting stung. Like bullets whizzing all around him constantly.
@@ammocan2796 I think what you meant is that, with such a suit, it looks very safe and anyone "could" (in theory) do it. But I'd say not many would actually (in practice) be able to do it and do it well, especially without supervision. Personally, it would (in theory) be very therapeutic for me (as I have a phobia of wasps), but I would be kidding myself if I'd think I would be able to do it. These giant hornets have made it so much easier for me to handle the puny wasps I otherwise would encounter where I live, but my phobia is still there, and probably will never disappear fully.
@@productrecall5183ethanol or isopropyl alcohol. toxic? Yes. Toxic to both wasps and humans. Dumping them in the soil like agriculture pesticides are sprayed onto plants and crops? No.
Love this Video!! The Americans have had a recent invasion of the Hornets in the Pacific North West, Then mucked about with tagging a wasp with a bluetooth transmitter these boys just tag one with a piece of ribbon that they can see and follow it back to the nest
@@persephone2706 They have been using the ribbon method in Japan and mainland Asia for generations, its low tech and the weight of the ribbon is enough to slow down the Hornet and keep it in view, High tech doesn't always mean better.
@@vaughanellis7866 you realize that they did lose track of the hornet at some point right? Part of the beginning was about how they found the one with the tracker again.
@@Aaron-yw7ji Oh damn, that's pretty weird for anything that has a solitary phase to return to having multiples in cooperation, or is there only one founding queen and the rest are just offspring? We have argentine ants being all invasive and shit over here in NZ and they do the same thing but with inter-nest cooperation on top, a lot less deadly though (at least to us).
Great video! I was in absolute awe watching - the camera work alone of the person capturing the entiretry, sharing with us viewers. 2 thumbs up to both. You did such an amazing job eliminating these dangerous HORNETS! Keep up the great work.
Some of the hornets being grabbed directly from the combs are probably teneral, meaning they've emerged recently, and are relatively feeble, unaggressive, incapable of flying, and of rather drab coloration. It takes a couple days for them to mature completely after emerging from their cocoons (which are in the cells having the white caps, which the insects chew open when they emerge).
@@amberbob2634 Yes, that can happen. Bees and wasps aren't even defensive when they first emerge from their cocoons--and aren't really capable of stinging for at least a day or so. That changes soon enough, unless the enemy actually invades the nest such as one or more of these hornets.
This video is a lot more fun when you imagine he's a vengeful avatar summoned by the honey bees of the region performing a desperate dark ritual to defeat the giant hornets constantly raiding them
That buzzing is very intimidating, the quantity of demons in that one nest is horrifying! He waves that orange net around like Sponge Bob Squarepants Jelly Fishing😂😂
“My queen, our entire cavalry’s been captured in this impenetrable cubic forcefield..” Seems sallying forth against a besieging armored titan’s ineffective in Fortress Defense huh.
Imagine leaving your fly open in a situation like this. Edit: seriously, just take your suit off next to the entrance of the nest?! What if some scouts or workers return and get angry?
thought so too... had a wasp nest removal on my balcony and after two weeks without going outside the fist time I went outside a wasp came flying and stung me right in my leg... hurt for 2 months....
The most insane part to me...in this merry-go-round of insanity...is how he's happy...smiling...barely even fazed...I'm terrified just watching this...nevermind actually doing it!
From what he was saying, he's actually afraid to move forward, not knowing where's the nest is located, until the spotter saw the streamer tied to one of the worker hornets. Once the nest's location was identified he was able to move forward and destroy the nest eventually. Of course being a pro helps. He's done this a couple of times obviously.
@@laurasalo6160 I don't think I could settle and live in a region with creatures like that. Even in the southwest USA, with the tarantulas , et cetera .
Come to the US, this job description would read "Wonderful opportunity working in nature! Must be willing to work in a stressful environment. Degree in biology or entomology a must! Starting Salary $12.00/Hr. Hazard pay available!
I would love if you enabled others to translate this into different languages! It's somewhere in the video settings. Even if you add a transcript in the original language it will help. Thanks! EDIT: Your country's landscape is SO beautiful!
Thank you for posting this video. I had no idea they could fly against that kind of drag! You may be able to take advantage of their heat intolerance by tacking black plastic over the ground nest, and letting the sun help your work.
I imagine they would dig out in another direction....I think giving them time to figure it out might not work. But who knows....it might....I think using their super aggressive nature and just having something like a bottle over the exit/entrance hole and agitating the ground...sending them into overdrive. Lol. They don't even think.....they just fly out to kill...to their own detriment.
I understand language pretty well. He was saying, "We're tagging large bees. They'll take us to the nest. I'm on a mountain with huge bees and I have balls of steel. These bees are no match for my plastic traps." Something like that.
Live in Japan: I’ve seen murder hornets big enough to carry off small children. And the disposition of the f…. ers, they’re constantly pissed-off. Remind me of my wife!
us humans are different from any other animal because we TAKE REVENGE. A single hornet stings a person? The whole nest is destroyed. A wolf bites a man? All wolves in a 50km range are shot dead. We are really the most dangerous species on Earth
@@carloorelli3538 Well, let's not forget that this particular species of giant hornets is especially dangerous because they chase anything they attack for miles, so it's not only us who play the revenge game (but we do it better and with less individuals used or sacrificed). Moreover it is an invasive species, which for the above described reasons dangerous to us and is exterminating native bees and wasps where it propagates.
Seriously I was wondering what would’ve happened in the bottle broke and they all escaped lol the suits seemed to work really really well but I sure wouldn’t want a full hives worth crawling all over me looking for any minuscule gap
When he takes off his suit around the 6:20 mark, keep staring at the hive, and that circle of "white spots" ... that's larvae ... and they are still wiggling. Kind of moving up & down. Especially the off-white ones at the outer edge of the circle. A big screen might help you see them better. Pretty friggin' cool!!
Wow! Have to admire the courage and ingenuity of these young men. Really like the looks of the protective outfit he employed. It served him well considering the amount of swarm that engaged him. I wonder what would ensue should Murder Hornets invade a hive of Killer Bees that also attack in murderous swarms. That would be a terrible fight.
Africanized bee stings probably won't penetrate the wasps' exoskeleton, while the wasps could bisect the bees with their mandibles. So likely devastation for the bees unless they learn the "swarming heat ball" behavior.
What a battle to see. I would put my money on the killer bees. They would swarm the hornets automatically and suffocate them like the asian bees do. Killer bees would find the secret to killing pretty fast because they viciously protect their hive.
Would love to know if these guys are Entomologists or....??? Crazy how calm, cool and collected he was just getting the nest out and collecting the queens and workers! Plus, taking the suit off in the same area as the nest! No fear of a late arriving hornet!! Wow!
@@mikldude9376 maybe for domestic use yeah, but I'm guessing if you're gonna be fumigating a natural area, you're gonna end up causing collateral damage to other life in the area as well
"Handling" sometimes we separate ourselves from the truth because if makes us uncomfortable. Like when we eat a spaghetti and meatballs, we know that meat was once a living creature but we prefer not to think about it...
This guy has balls of steel! (as does the cameraman) Even with that protective suit, I would not dare to do what he did. A flamethrower would be my preferred weapon in this situation.
Probably has adaptively developed some resistance to the venom, similar to bee and snake handlers have some resistance. Thankyou for your service. The hornets, similar to many other insects, can develop immunity to pesticides, so after catching them they could be destroyed simply by pouring plenty of strong alcohol into the bottles. Ethanol would not poison ground water as bad as isopropyl or methanol, and after the big catch and nest removal operation, it would be good to soak the nest area with ethanol to destroy any stragglers. Ethanol also would probably destroy any hornet chemical pheromones.
A crazy thing... I worked at an Office Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2006... the main entrance has flat landscape stones in the center of the parking lot which was fashioned as a 3ft. tall circular island ... I don't know how they got there but, those were the same kind of hornets... it wasn't a hive like the one in the video but, they had to uses about 6 protective-suit wearing exterminators to get rid of them... The biggest one i saw, was about 3inchs (the 3 knuckles of my index finger)... The flapping of their wings give a very distinctive and ominous low-decibel hummmmuh (bass)... They fly at incredible velocity for an insect, to the point of sounding and feeling as if, a projectile was shot at you and barely missed... It took them 6 hours to get rid of them.
the fact that this guy literally needs to wear half a hazmat suit to be protected from insects a fraction of his size. these things are inhumanely effective and the absolute stuff of nightmares
this looks like a horror movie even with the suit on. very disturbing to see them so many so big . . . terrifying edit: and the end?? I would never take that off maybe if I was like 100 miles away from them lol . you're the real beast
yea thats why he said look at how clean of a job he did, not a single one left. That he could even take off his suit now. He said that he cleared it so clean and thoroughly because this was near a village and their honeybees nest. But ideally in more remote areas, it would be healthier to leave hornets n honeybees to their own
@@stanleygohqiming5417 True. In general hornets are not aggresive towards ppl unless u ofc happen to disturb them and to be honest even though he was digging up there hive they did seem far less aggresive then what smaller bees would have been. If u can live with them around your house they for the most part actully benefit u by keeping other small insects away. Ofc u wouldent wanna have a hive at the corner of your house that would just be to close but a hive in the general area would deal with other far more annoying insects.
As a bee keeper years ago I would occasionally see hornets attack my hives. It usually didn't end well for the hornets as the bees would simply outnumber them. But these hornets, wow, wouldn't take many to destroy a hive.
Seeing as the Murder Hornets are many times larger than the honeybees, could effective protection be made by making a mesh enclosure around the apiary where the gauge of the mesh allows honey bees to travel in and out, but the Murder Hornets can't fit through? The Hornets could obviously attack single bees out in the field, but the hives would be safe from direct attack.
@@chriskelvin248 The hornets' MO is to wait outside the hive and bite the heads off any bees that come out. Pretty soon there's a pile of Bee bodies and the hornets just stroll right in and eat sweets and larvae.
Asian honeybees will lure the hornets inside the nest and then mob them and cook them to death with body heat in the center of a bee ball. This works because bees can tolerate higher temperatures than the hornets.
