That girl is metal indeed. I wouldn't risk to operate with these hornets so close.

She knows their predatory behavior. Seeing how she's a female human being, it's not hard to predict the predatory nature of others.

This girl has bigger balls than mine :_D

That broad is braver than me.

Ovaries of steel*

I would have stamped on it

To be fair If the Hornet is full it's most likely to leave and never return cuz it was literally just trapped for a couple minutes or over an hour

They've touched ground here in the US since 2019 in my state. Efforts are made to keep them back because US honey bees have 0 defense tactics against Asian killer hornets. Meaning, if they do spread they will devastate food crops dependent on bees to pollinate. Honey bees are their favorite Target.

More like hornetkeeper

​@@WhiteWolfoswhat insect predators do us honey bees have ?

​@@WhiteWolfos2019? I remember seeing them as a kid back in like 2014 or 2015, they touched down a long time ago, good thing they cant survive the american east coast winter, i think..

​@@Randomyoutubecommenteryou didn't see Asian giant hornets. You might have seen European ones or something, but it wasn't these.

The black net is resin I believe, not plastic, but depending on the resin moisture will degrade it. (Especially being around honey and such a humid climate like Japan.)

I thought the same thing in regards to the stainless steel option/weathering :)

Not only that but plastic shjt can contaminate the environment

The black resin mesh doesn't degrade quickly and is cheaper. You might have to replace it every 3 or 4 years. Stainless steel is more expensive and won't rust unless scratched too much but the best long term. Oddly enough glass is an excellent option if you want to film through the entrances of the hives and gives a weird "concave" type video, probably similar to bee or hornet vision :P

@@charonstyxferryman Yep. People rarely hear about it, it seems, but it's a serious issue for many man-made materials.

Yeah, i'm also somewhat surprised and glad that they are relatively calm. Wasps like the German yellowjacket seem wayyy more aggressive in my experience...

@@yo-ry1np These insects are very intelligent, they dont the sting the hand who brings free food, would you LOL!!!!!

they looked pissed, but the honey probably has to do a lot with them being so calm and just wondered off right after.. I was in awe

Wasps are very inteligent, on an individual level they are much more inteligent than bees in my experience. So, because she didn't abuse them AND fed them, they see no reason of causing harm. However, wild animals are wild animals, they can do unpredictable things so I'd still be a bit nervous of this experiement, personally, mostly because of the 5mm. stinger and the sheer amount of venom they can inject.

@@bo-dine7971 I've handled one before and even the small wasp is like a dog. While they can be friendly (literally equipped with facial recognition) you definitely don't want to get "bit" by one lol

"Hello, Hornets...I want to play a game..."

“Please try your best to escape, it’s okay if you don’t though!! I’ll make sure to feed you the whole time and let you out when I’m done :)”

Yeah I’ll remember that wasp that stings me out of nowhere isn’t evil... Woman moment ☕️

@@Shendapy Lolol

​@@Shendapy sub 100 iq confirmed

@@Shendapy I can tell you can't think in logical terms

@It'sLowTide They may not be evil. Just nature doing its thing of course. But when you disturb one of their nests, they will 'feel' like evil. Yikes!!! Mosquitoes may not be evil either, but I consider them a mortal enemy. And I do not hesitate to swat any mosquito trying to feast on my blood.

that was my favorite part of the video. What a sweetheart :]

They may be deadly and annoying creatures but they are also a native and important part of Japan’s ecosystem.

@@PatchworkRose567 What eats the hornets?

Hahaha you lot haven't seen the one where she unleashes Hornet genocide with her Glue Traps.

@@cabingamefever2779 those hornets were attacking her beehives, what else was she supposed to do?

They've got really strong mandibles. Even when young they are equipped with the ability to knaw holes into trees if necessary

Maybe they become less aggressive when they've got a load of honey to take back to the nest. That said, it was not a public service to release them after the experiment.

@@jonetyson Yeah, you could be right. And I totally agree with you, I would not have let them go if it were me.

@@jonetyson You don't understand how this species works, they don't take honey back to the nest. They eat it directly. When killing live prey, (which is how they get the majority of their food) they do not eat this directly. They take it back to the larvae and then feed the regurgiated protein to them. The larvae then produce a pure nutrient liquid that the adults then eat. They can't eat if they don't have larvae to feed, first. They tend to also eat invasive species, and in Japan honeybees have defenses against them so this was indeed a public service to release them.

another video showed one of those sticky rat trap mouse trap things, which captures the hornets really well... the plus side, too, is that the trapped hornets give off a pheromone that tells other hornets "I'm being hurt!", and so, more hornets come, more get stuck, more pheromones, more hornets!! It might be an interesting approach in North America...the bee-keeper in the other video actually stepped on a hornet to get it to release the pheromones, then stuck the dead one on the sticky paper.... maybe that really sticky flypaper would work?? Seemed strange that she was so nice to those hornets, who, in the next few minutes, could be invading a hive!! ??

@@lohikarhu734 they are native to Japan and part of the ecosystem.

@@VictorNascimentoo 4head

Our bees cannot defend against murder hornets. They will wipe out the bee pop faster than us if they took hold here

In France the are well established now, I noticed they get excited when you use a brushcutter near their hive, several come out to have a look. We have a large fig tree that attracts dozens, but they are very well behaved.

its so cute how she rewarded the bird netting wasp with honey after breaking through

Lmao probably better to feed it and let it enjoy the honey than let it remember who trapped it. Really strange now chill and easy to handle a murder hornet can be.

"Little" creatures

You mean little monsters? Those brats are nightmare made in hell ☠️

@@milol.akkaraprud8681 Everything in existence was made in _hell_

Better beekeeper knowledge...also from Japan. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdShbMypqJ2zdZs.html

They needed to be healthy and functional for good test results. An injured hornet says little.

She grew up around these hornets and understands their behavior and what triggers their aggression. She respects their place in nature while protecting the domestic hives.

The hornets that had the tough luck of being stuck behind the meshes would probably boast about being the toughest Or maybe it would be the bird net wasp since it broke through it below a minute?

i mean not that smart. The wood hornet would probably free herself 30 minutes sooner if she kept gnawing in the same place instead of biting here and there. A trapped dog gnaws in the same place, THATS intelligence and determination. A dumb insect is just all over the place.

she fed these killers

@@user-ww2lc1yo9c You are really tunnel visioned.

What is their counter attack?

​@@EvilSantaTheTrueJapanese honey bees will allow a hornet scout into their nest / hive. Before it has a chance to leave, the honey bees attack it en masse, but they don't sting it. They form a literal bee ball around it, the idea being to generate heat. Apparently, the honey bees have a higher tolerance for heat than the hornets. The bee ball basically causes the hornet to die from heat exhaustion. After the hornet is dead, the honey bees will remove any pheromones the hornet left so the nest has potential to stay hidden.

@@Sagittarius-88 actually, I do remember about bees cooking hornets, I thought that maybe there would be something new

​@@Sagittarius-88I think most Asian bees do that heat ball attack, as I've seen indian bees do the same thing in indian bee keeper videos ..

Hornet is to the apex predator of the insect world

They must become docile when they are taking a load of honey back to feed their larvae. The ones I encountered in the woods weren't deserving in any compassion at all, stinging me repeatedly as I ran away shouting obscenities. Even if my mother was there, I would have shouted obscenities.

They're more like robots and internally felt overdue to return to its hive. There's nothing to protect at that table to get riled up about.

There are two types of people: Those that have been attacked by a nest of hornets and those who think they look cute.

Having been attacked by hornets, "beautiful" isn't the word that comes to mind when I see them.

@@jonetyson I guess I could edit it to say "terrifying" instead

If you're from the US, not anymore 😂 Someone brought them to the US last year and they started to obliterate American honeybee nests, since neither beekeepers, nor bees themselves were ready for this kind of threat. Officials took some measures to exterminate them, but this summer we will see how effective those measures were.

Some materials made for outdoor use last a long time, black (resin) plant nursery flowers pots last many, many years longer than regular plastics. Metal can be uncessarily cold, and possibly freeze bees so that is a consideration, as well as ease of cleaning. The metal's nooks and crannies may harbor molds and bacteria harmful to bees...