If you can see the dots in the middle of the yellow jackets face you're too close...

*gets to the cicada killer* "dont mind him he just ugly" 🤣

you got some weird action figures, buddy

I'm not even that into bugs or anything, but its really great watching someone who is very passionate and knowledgeable about things they enjoy. Great job :)

Today i was stung over 20 times by a swarm of yellow jackets. Im obsessed with them now. It sucked big time but so fascinating how they swarmed and protected their queen the way they did.

First thing this morning ,I'm watching a video of dead bugs. I need a life.

Look at the stinger on that bald faced hornet! Gave me chills! Edit: THE CICADA KILLER IS WORSE D:

That’s an awesome video. I had a cicada killer fly by me 2 times. Sounds like a helicopter flying past you. It wasn’t aggressive at all but it is quite frightening when you see the stinger when it Flies past your eyes. The hole was about 1/2” wide in the ground, next to my concrete slab/drive way. It was crazy. Such a cool creature that I never have even heard of. It took me a good solid 45 minutes googling it to find out what it was.

Funny that the Cicada killer is the least aggressive of all the species.

Awesome video man. I'm a biology major in college and find insects particularly vespid species quite fascinating.

I’ve got a day off and child is away at camp so I’m at home doing laundry and making my way through your videos. It’s absolutely fascinating to hear you talk about these insects that most people despise. I hope you can make this a profiting venture for yourself and I helped as much as I could. P.S.-not a stalker...just obsessed with your videos and the chickens! 😊

I admire your appreciation for these creatures. I watch your channel more for the knowledge you share than I do for the thrill/relief of their eradication. The close-ups are fantastic! By the way, an interesting tidbit: "bald" comes from "piebald," referring to their alternating black and white patterns. Please keep it up. Thanks!

*If they would’ve popped up n started flying I would’ve cried😂*

I sure am glad we don't have the Japanese Giant Hornet here. They are like deadly hummingbirds. EDIT 5/6/20 JINXED!

Imagine if they get ressurected while hes talking...

Thanks for this, being British the names and species are different in the US so enjoyed the education. Your comparison to vehicles was good and could be used for European cars having different model names in the States despite being virtually the same vehicle... Thoroughly enjoying your channel 👍 Peace Charlie 🇬🇧

I am a little nervous around wasps but I find them fascinating. This was really helpful and informative. Thank you!

You left your hands on vibrate

I really enjoy watching your videos. They are not only entertaining but also educational. This video is very important for people to see. You’re definitely a very different wasp specialist. I appreciate your detailed insight of these insects. I have a better understanding of wasps now that I’ve been watching these videos.

You’ve spent the evening educating and entertaining our household this evening. Love it! Kids & adults alike. 👍

Had a European hornet in my apartment the other day... I had no problem hitting that thing so hard with a tennis rakket it flew across the room and got knocked out after hitting the wall

It's the "flying asshole sorting hat game"

Really good info! Sending this to friends doing their entymology project on wasps! :) thank you I really enjoy your channel

Thank you so much for sharing the information man, your channel teaches me something new almost every day

I just saw my 1st cicada killer ever yesterday on my jobsite. It was killing a cicada in a tree I was working on. I was amazed how it was able to carry the cicada away with ease.

A Lennon fan I see. I knew there was something special about your channel.

Love the channel dude. Watching you remove those little buggers is incredibly satisfying. Keep them coming, don't let the channel die.

love your thorough explanation, very satisfyingly answered my questions.

My anxiety: Watch this. Me: What, why?! My anxiety: Just do it.

I sure enjoyed this video i'd be curious to see a green hornet

Found your channel yesterday and I’m totally hooked! I just sub’d & hit the bell. Cheers!

Nice documentary bro. Love the content

No body: Not a single soul : Coyote Peterson : Hi I’m coyote Peterson I’m about to inter the sting zone

I wouldn’t worry about pandering to the smart asses they’re a dime a dozen! Although perhaps the best way to approach that problem is to put subtitles with their scientific name?.. new to the channel love it!

After watching a few of these I am very intrigued, New subscriber!

The cicada killer would attack me when mowing the grass in Drexel Hill Pa. Thank you for your video. It helped me. Keep up your great work. It is appreciated. All the best Bob from Clearwater, Fl.

Glad you could inform others what is the right name for our flying stingers.

Informative and terrifying.

Thank you for your time - it’s very educational - unlike our earlier years it was a matter of reading many books & remembering many details 👍

I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Great detailed explanations. 👍👍

Can you please try to remove the stinger of one of them? That would be awesome

Hornet King: see these dots Me: all I see is flying fury

thank you for making the identification so very clear .

I am in Connecticut and appreciate your knowledge. I am an outdoors type guy and have had contact all my life with these creatures. Many stings over many years. You are interesting. Thank you!

That Japanese hornet looks like an a monster from the Godzilla universe

Its cicada time here in North Alabama and the cicada killers have started their nesting season. Ive found that they are not really aggressive unless you disturb the burrow they’ve dug. Its amazing to see them flying with a cicada, which is much bigger than they are! We have them in our flower beds where the soil is loose and have learned to live with them. Great video about a confusing subject!

PLEASE do more like this! Love the education stuff.

thanks alot i have learned more about wraps im a new sub!!!! keep the videos keep coming

I appreciate your efforts to educate layman, like myself, on the different markings of each type of wasp. As a mathematician, I’ve used my education to calculate the odds of ever getting close enough to those ‘winged devils’, to make such an identification. Through a series of very uncomplicated algorithms, I’ve determined the odds to be somewhere in the, slim to none category. 😁. Seriously, though, thanks for the education. I love your vids! Carry on, sir✌🏻

It's great to know this info, an remember the chickens are waiting for that larva 🤣🤣🤣 they go crazy for its amazing

The eyes on the BFH are so big! 👀 After watching your video I feel a lot more confident in identifying the species! Thanks!

I’ve always known bald faced hornets as Japanese hornets for some reason... maybe it’s just where I’m from. Thanks for the lesson! Even though I’m terrified of bees and wasps because I was stung quite a few times as a kid, I’ve always enjoyed learning about them. I find that knowing about them lessens fear and builds respect. Respect to you dude I would never get as close to nests as you do.

U have no idea how scared I was watching this 😂🤦🏽‍♀️

Come to SW Oklahoma. Cicada killers are much bigger than the University of Nebraska antimaligy. The nice thing is they are very calm. Bumblebees are a whole other story. I am allergic, but I ride my 150 Super Vespa!!

I truly appreciate your content. I have a legitimate phobia of bees/hornets/wasps, but I’ve been trying to work around it and get educated and your videos help. Your video with the bald faced hornet nest making was fascinating. I have a paper wasp nest outside a window that I left alone (and watch grow over summer) and they seem pretty chill. I noticed they’re not mentioned often in the videos so I’m hoping that means I was okay to let them be😄

I'm extremely allergic to any bees/wasps. Your videos are not only educational, but very useful/informational and quite unique. Thank u for taking the time to film, post and give commentaries about each video. You are greatly appreciated in Chicago, Illinois.

When I was growing up in West Tennessee I had always heard of the mythical Mississippi red wasp. Is there any such thing or is this just rural legend?

I got stung three times last week by all black hornets i live in upstate NY and the nest was in a tree they were super aggressive and swarmed me as soon as i got close teying to determine what type they were you by chance have any idea the stings were very painful with it feeling almost like bruises around areas.

Thanks for the un-credited shout out bro! I think this was the best video to break this down for all of us. Looking forward to the next one!

Just subscribed. The content here is super informative and interesting! I always stay out of the way of wasps in person, but I’m super interested by them!

I found a cicada killers butt part but the stinger was gone

Them bugs are crazy! They're looking at me, get em outa here. I'm Brian Fellows.

Anyone else getting recommended videos from a Japanese KZfaq page. Some of the footage is pretty good but there is no English translation captions so I don’t know what kind of bees/hornets/wasps they are. Bret, I loved this video, you explain everything! ❤️

Great video! Would appreciate more of this kind a lot! :) Best regards from germany!

The comments are always so full of professors lol aren't they?! Everybody's an expert, but for some reason, they're relegated to sharing their profound wisdom in relative anonymity in KZfaq comment sections hahaha as opposed to creating channels of their own. (Or even having a job at all lol doing anything! 😂) I come here to learn, because I don't know anything about wasps. Except that they're extremely important and should be respected and protected. (The hilarious chickens don't hurt, either 🐔) 🤜💥🤛

I do not have to identify it to know I am not living with them. I am allergic, therefore I always have wasp spray with me, and my epi pen

Never seen a cicada killer in person, but the Bald-faced hornet and western yellowjacket are pretty common here in southern Washington. We also have a fair amount of German Yellowjackets as well, although they're tricky to distinguish from the Western Yellowjacket. The most reliable way is the yellow ring around the compound eyes like you mentioned. Also, the marking in the 1st abdominal segment seems to be more of a sharp diamond shape on the Western Yellowjacket and more of a rounded spade shape on the German Yellowjacket.

Hey man I appreciate the information that's pretty dang cool

EXCELLENT idea to put the specimens in acrylic, you are very professional in your removals. L 👍👍

Awesome video. I learned a few things!

Good first date subject. Haha, thanks, admire the passion and knowledge.

You explain it all so well

Brett, thank you for leaving your pretty face in the video. This video was so informative and interesting. I learned alot. Great video as always!!!

Wow i.didnt know this about wasps.. Thank you so much ❤️

I love all your videos there just so interesting

so much camera chaos, yet such a good vid :)

Great video. Got stung yesterday by multiple yellow jackets after stepping on a nest during a hike in western NC.

Very cool vid. I like the analogies u use. Keep up the great work! Btw ur recording location sounds like it's next to a highway....lol

Wow I got schooled today. Really great video Bret

thanks for the vid's! as a land surveyor in Lake Tahoe, CA i see a lot of underground eastern hornets. They are so smart you'll get hit mulitiple times in seconds if you don't know you're near the nest! and they follow you a good 40 yards, even if you're in a dead run after being stung 5 times already within 5 seconds lol. i've learned from experience more than once!! but you could probably pinpoint what species they are

Watching a lot of your videos and finally getting around to this. That cicada killer....well, MY stinger retracted just seeing that thing.

Very informative video, thanks.

Very informative, I have yellow jackets,mud dobers,bald face wasps,and one they call a paper wasp. They look very similar to yellow jackets ,but a little bigger.

Very informative, thanks

Just caught a black and white one! Thanks for this.

Great video! You should definitely get a ring light and back light the next showcase video so the details show up better.

Thanks for the info! Never really studied up on this topic, but find it pretty cool! Great video! And remember BEEhave out there. Lol! Yeah dad joke....

Really interesting! Thank you!

Thanks so much for doing this video. I am so confused about the difference between the wasp species. To me, everything yellow and black has been a yellow jacket. Everything black and white has been a hornet. I would love to see more videos like this in the future. Thanks again.

Great info. Just think you should try doing it on a white background with better lighting to make the videos clearer. I learned a lot. Thanks for doing what you do. So many misconceptions out there.

Love your channel. I live in the midwest on 40 acres, half is timber. I have encounters with yellowjackets and hornets at least a couple times a year because I run a sawmill as a hobby, and am in the woods logging frequently. Something that might interest you, (or you may already know), but I have noticed some interesting behavior over the past couple years that both european, and bald faced hornets exhibit. My situation is unique, because I work midnights and so on my 2 days off every week, I am up through the night and this is when I do my logging. I have LED light bars on my tractor.. and something interesting happens and I want to try to figure out why. At least a couple times per night, usually a European hornet (sometimes a bald faced) will start circling the light on the tractor. It will fly circles, loops, all kinds of aerobatic maneuvers around the light... but if I am sitting on the tractor when it happens, eventually the hornet will land on my head and sting! WOW it HURTS (as you well know). This happens when I am nowhere near a nest.. so I know it's not a nest defense tactic. Maybe they are confused/scared by the light and just freak out? What are your thoughts? It is literally a pain because I have to really pay attention to what is circling the tractor because if it's a hornet, a sting is imminent! Thanks!

People pay for education less informative than this. Thanks for the info!

Got lots of cicada killers here at work every damn year. I hope you can get a nest video of them one day!

Great video thanks. We have a variety of active nests this year. Up close they are beautiful yet sinister looking creatures.

I thought learning about different types of these creatures would help with my fear of them. I thought they were just nuisances before I did some research and learned that they do actually help the environments they live in, and while I am still very afraid of them, I do have more respect and appreciation for them now. I still plan to keep my distance from them at all times though. This was a great and very informative video, keep up the good work!

Great video, thank you

excellent video

You should make another video of this but put a ruler next to them so we can see their size. I think that would be cool, but anyways awesome video. After i finished watching this video i saw a few wasps on my window screen

I started watching these bee videos because a couple weeks ago I found a wasp nest underneath my deck. After watching these I’m pretty sure it was a bald face nest. It was very active. Being terrified of them, I went through 6 cans of wasp killer spray to kill them. I was horrified by the amount of larvae that were in the nest! Which was about the size of a basketball. Now I’m addicted to your videos! And wish I could have contributed to feeding your chickens! (Obviously if I wouldn’t have used wasp spray). I wish you included pictures or examples of their nests here too! Please do that!

had a cicada killer camping right outside my front door for about 2 weeks, right when i was trying to leave every morning. was there every morning, at the same time, and only that time as far as i can tell. really freaked me out for awhile until i did some research and saw that they really don't pose a threat to humans and rarely ever attack. freaky looking for sure though