Yellowjackets 

Those are some great in-focus close-ups!

So, the nest becomes vacant for the queen to hibernate and start again, but does she use the old nest or go and build a new one?

terrifying little creatures. We had to share a house with an active Wasp nest :(

This is extremely fascinating as we have a LOT of these guys around our home. They dont usually bother us unless they get near the doorways of our home (just like what you experienced). a year back we acquired a nest after the winter from a close-by tree and it was as large as the one you got from behind the board. i was pretty sure what i could find behind it, but now i know for sure. Thanks for posting this as it's something interesting my neighbors that live around here as well.

When I work on cars that have been incapacitated for a long period of time I encounter scenes like this. There was one car I was working on that was dropping freshly hatched adults that would promptly sting me as I laid under the car working. Though that may sound like a terrifying nightmare, it wasn't that bad and I was ok again in a day and a half. These are fascinating and very cool looking detailed creatures.

I've got a very large yellow jacket in my house right now. Watching this comforts me. :) Thanks for your calm voice.

good fishing bait

3:59 SHE WAS NOT READY!!!!

2:25 on the lower right corner...CREEPY !

bear grylls would eat the larvas :D very interesting though (:

Haha cool! A nice colony of Dolichovespula arenaria you have! :D

Again a very interesting video! But couldn't you also film them alive and their acticivities with one of those tiny camera props? Another maybe interesting question: Why are the cells of all hive building species of bees and wasps always sixcornered? I can imagine that round cells would waste space and material between them but why not less or more than six corners?

very interesting & very well done video, thanks

Very interesting video.. but I am very scared of wasps, I got stung too many times.. I would always try to destroy a nest If I see one..

interesting, this guy does everything!

Amazingly good job! Thanks for the video~

Very cool :)

cool

i like this video

@Pipelord33 yup