Q: Why do they sometimes not exterminate the whole hive? A: The hornets are part of the local biodiversity and are not invasive species. These guys harvest for sale/consumption and only completely exterminate hives that are close to civilization (roads/villages). Most of the time, they take what they need from the hive and leave the queen behind to rebuild. Q: Why don't they use 10 gallons of dish soap/diesel/flamethrower/shop vac? A: In case you didn't notice, they have to trek up mountains with all that equipment just to get to the hive, the logistics wouldn't make sense. These methods also completely destroy the hive, which is the product they are trying to harvest and the main source of income from this work (the RU-vid videos don't pay much). Lastly, it's generally not a good idea to deploy flames in heavily forested areas. Q: What do the locals do with the hive, larvae and adult hornets? A: In another video, he mentioned the hive can be used for traditional medicine, the larvae can be eaten (fried in omelettes, or boiled in soup and porridge). Some people might use the adult hornets in medicinal wine, similar to snake/scorpion wines you find in southern China or Vietnam, as the venom is believed to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties.
these giant hornets are cool. ive seen some in person before. they are at least twice as big as regular wasps. when you see one flying through the air its like woah wtf is that. then you realize its not a giant dragonfly, its a wasp.
The last colony, he said it’s not big, a lot of brood, about 3 kg of brood. The queen was hiding inside the nest, but he got her eventually. Don’t take off the bee suit on site. Always go far away from the nest then take it off.
@@flynais9870 bro he's obviously speaking of his special hornet suit or whatever that he called bee suit because everyone can understand that you smartass
1:14 was tensed. He told the other 2 guys to stay still and should have waited for the 2 hornets flew away (back to their nest) before they put on the suits.
Wonder what kind of bee that was he got stung by with the hive just hanging on leaves, looked like the sweat bees we have in the us but the size of yellow jackets.
Asian giant hornet or Japanese hornet in Japan. Those guys are speaking Mandarin (Chinese) so could be Mainland China, Taiwan or other places where there are ethnic Chinese.
No they estimated the harvest of larvas around 3.5 lbs ( 4:02 ), which can fetch quite some price (from my guess and experience around 40-50 USD) on the local market. Then he complained "too small", which means he usually gets much more harvest per hive. If we add the adult hornets (which also fetch a decent price), I'd say they make a lot more than $1.25/hr.
