Casting a Yellowjacket Nest with Molten Aluminum
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Pouring molten aluminum into an under ground yellowjacket (wasp) nest. I’ve been waiting to make this video for a long time but I haven’t seen one in my yard, and in a suitable place to pour aluminum, since I posted my first video.
Yellowjackets are a very aggressive wasp that build large nests in the ground and deliver many painful stings to anyone who disturbs them. I have experienced this myself several times. They hurt and can kill people who are allergic. Needless to say, you have to get rid of them if they’re in your yard.
I melted around fifteen pounds of aluminum and most of that went in. You can see in the video that it didn’t quite fill the cavity completely. It looks like the paper nests were pushed up by the molten aluminum, so near the end I was just pouring aluminum onto a stack of paper wasp nests. I don’t think pouring more would have done much other than push those high enough to block the entrance, without adding much to the final cast.
Soon after starting the pour, smoke from the burning nest built up pressure inside and burst through the ground. It looks a little more dramatic in the video than it actually was. It did startle me a little bit, I’m not going to lie, but I wasn’t in any real danger.
Yellowjackets build nests in holes made by other animals. I knew that going in, and expected this would be an old ground squirrel hole or something similar. It actually seems to be built in an abandoned field ant colony. See my past videos to see a casting of a field ant colony. Yellowjackets don’t dig, but my understanding is that they can push the dirt around, which is why it’s more solid than an ant colony. I remember seeing a field ant colony in this area in the past and the entrance hole looked similar. I could be wrong about the species of ant but that long tunnel on the side was definitely made by ants and not a yellowjacket. The general shape also resembles an ant colony, although it has been altered by the yellowjackets and/or some intermediary animal.
They said revenge is best served cold, they couldn't be more wrong
completely agree, i laughed with glee watching this lol
Ikr!😂
💀
LOL
I don't know, liquid nitrogen kills wasps just as dead.
The yellow jackets are now full metal jackets
That's a good one
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@AnthillArt hi
heyooo!
Theyre now armored
The thought of a yellowjacket colony being destroyed warms my heart almost as much as the aluminum warmed them...
Sometimes when I’m not doing so great in life, I go and watch these videos and peoples comments make my day. Thank you!
@@carolynnettles3767same here ☺️
Lol 💀
And drowned them.
Same
Ant nests: Intricate branches going off into different chambers.
Hornet nests: *CHONK*
This one was a former ant colony that was abandoned and the wasps took over
Smart …let the ants do all the work
Maybe because ants are smaller and don't fly
Yellowjacket: everything changed when the fire nation attacked
Yellow jacket, the last sting bender
@@seafaringpuntite wait no the yellow jacket would be katara, right?
The aluminum or the fire ants?
Casting molten aluminum is definitely metal bending which is part of earth bending
It was Tuesday.....
At someone with a yellow jacket allergy, this video brings me more joy than I can express.
Same! Let’s light them up and watch them burn!!! 😊
@@carolynnettles3767Yellow Jackets make good pest control, but this time of year, they harass the honeybee colonies.
@@cbbees1468they do it for food, not for fun…
You’re allergic I get it, but they worked hard to make that nest and care for babies and this guy just ruined it all, wasps are very important to the environment , pest control and pollination are done by them, and people use the excuse “honeybees already do” but that isn’t an excuse because that is mostly jut honeybees and they are endangered, also wasps do eat bees, yes, but they are not the cause of the endangerment, animals are nearly never the cause of endangerment, the wasps are just eating food, these animals do not deserve hell for having survival instincts that people don’t like because of their selfish selves.
@Aiden-t2m buddy this comment is 3 years old. I don't need a lecture on ecology. I was kidding around.
"So what field of archeology do you pursue?"
"Sadistic archeology, I just commit genocide against bugs"
"...can I help?"
Not just any bugs. Hornet!!! They are devilspawn
Genocide entails the attempted total eradication of a complet group, this was just a single settlement
@@luxdeitine4882 We're not done yet.
Yes. Get a magnifying glass or a grenade. Find a anthill. And execute order 66
@@neonthepartycat4990 😂😂😂😂
Kinda scary knowing you could just walk around and accidentally step in an undergournd wasp hive
Yeah, it happens and it's not fun.
My mom had that happen when she was a kid.
I got to experience it as a kid, got stung like 15 times. Would not recommend.
I usually find mine with a weed eater 😐
@William Simmons Just go back and hover over nest with the blades on and mulch them suckers up!
As a lover of animals, someone who rescues spiders from the shower, normally I hate any harm coming to any sort of animal. But having seen these guys' aggressive ways, and being allergic to their stings, I have no qualms about watching these bastards burn.
They're utterly rapacious tbf. They reproduce and take over entire ecosystems.
Lmao 💀
Womp womp
People think in such silly ways. “Well I would feel bad, but since they’re aggressive and I’m allergic I don’t.” Lady. All animals are put on this planet under us. We’re the top of the food chain. We can do whatever we want. The virtue signaling is crazy
@waccness449 like damn, people get so upset whenever I show little to no emotion towards animals, lol
Just because they treat them like their children doesn't mean I have to as well.
*Almost every wasp was harmed in the making of this video.*
Almost? 👀💦
Good.
Fuck em
Not enough
😂😂
“The honeybees send their regards.”
I'm a human that doesn't like bees but I hate wasps more.
The Honeybees are nessary to keep food on the table. Bees are easier to avoid, than hornets. I loved this idea of killing the hornets, but l wouldn't do it. Hornets are part of our ecosystem too. If they are in a place where they don't hurt me or others, l leave them alone. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🐝🐝🐝🐝🐞🐞🐞🐝
Wholesome comment.
I forgive them..
@@kathysemrau2301 fun fact honey bees are an invasive species to the Americas and are killing off Natural Bees of the continent, they're just protected because they produce something yummy
This was totally satisfying. I ran over one of these nests in my yard while mowing and got stung multiple times by those little bastards. My wife was attacked and stung multiple times when she disturbed another nest in our flower garden. They are the most painful bee stings I have ever experienced, and I have been stung by every kind of bee around. The nests are totally invisible until you step on it. They are about the size of a housefly. They are even hard to see, until they are on you.
I hear ya Brother. I battle oklahoma wasps on our farm every summer. Bees=good wasps and hornets= dead
1 in 18 peeps: "You monster..."
Everyone else: "PURIFICATION BY HOT METAL."
The greatest sort of exorcist
The emperor of mankind calls this “ Purification by fire”
@@matthewcaughey8898 one time he tried making and acronym he called it purifier he didn’t even know that was already a word
PURGE THE HERETICS IN HOLY FIRE
@@DingDingTheUA-camBuddy SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
So satisfied to watch this. Their stings are painful.
I second this...
@@apexpredator5721 and that's why you're here on a casting channel watching them die like the rest of us.
Why are u following me?
@Dazzy Bakemono I think he wants to get stung by wasps
@@apexpredator5721 If you want to be stung by wasps, it's your (stupid) choice.
When it was poured, I initially felt bad for the Yellow Jackets having that burning pain and then realized that’s kinda how it feels like when they seem to attack you viciously when you accidentally go too close to a nest.
they don't feel pain
Insects can't feel pain.
They have sense receptors so yes they can feel pain but idk how insect souls are and stuff
As a pest control tech, this looks more satisfying than how I take care of them. Knock on wood haven't been stung yet.
Same
Buy some molten aluminum 💿👃💿
Thank you for what you do.
@@Brievel Thanks, it's a fun job.
@Noot Noot Wants Noose Noose With my sleeves rolled up and a bulb duster filled with tempo 1%. Secret to not getting stung is to not panic. The yellow jackets can detect the carbon dioxide when you exhale.
Man: okay I'll dig it up tomorrow
Fire ants: *It's free real estate*
Memes aside, yeah lol.
Man: *TIME FOR A SECOND DOSE*
@@Bloodschosen2457 purge them!
"The human made us a barbecue!"
fire ants: AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR TAKING OUR HIVE!
_as someone who is deathly allergic to yellow jackets, i can say, this is very pleasing._
Earlier that day: Man stung while mowing lawn.
This is exactly what happened haha
@@AnthillArt One of those yellow jackets must have been Kahn. From Hell's heart I stab at thee. For Hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
@@CJayHD and for content I casteth the
@@Toon_Lucario bruh
@@CJayHD not sure if you'll understand but... "GOOD GOD WHERES MY SALT OH GOD GET MY SALT"
So glad you finally remembered the account's password 😆
good one XD
Haha
@@kingofnuclearfallout39 😂
Wait they forgot their own password? XDDDD
@@Inactivechannel53234 It's a joke, retconning why it's been so long since their last upload.
May all of you sympathizing with these jerk insects, feel a sting! Thank you for what you do!!
the thing is people are against this because they dislike inhumanity & pain & here you are wishing them pain just for feeling bad for another creature 💀💀 they ARE little jerks but I imagine molten aluminum casting is incredibly painful
@@coreyyohm The wasps can't feel pain.
@@JaceFaller thats a load of bullsheet .. every animak, insect, creature feels pain.
@@Chiarakai they're lesser beings than us
I stepped on one as a kid
Fire Ant Worker 1: "Aw dude check it out an abandoned nest"
Fire Ant Worker 2: "Sweet, go check out what's down there"
Fire Ant Worker 1: *Sees cooled Aluminium everywhere* "No...it can't be...NOT AGAIN!"
I like to imagine what his reputation is in the ant community.
@@sjreads7235 🤓👌
@@ticklemonster2222 stop putting in nerd emojis for no reason
@@sjreads7235hes literally godzilla to them, and molten stuff is his atomic breath
That ant has PTSD ever since the incident 9 years ago
There is nothing in this world that gives me more pleasure than seeing yellow jackets drown in molten aluminum
I don't have run ins with wasps too often, but as someone who is a delicacy to mosquitoes for me it's just as satisfying as mowing the lawn and watching the slower ones getting blended like they deserve.
sex
Nothing hurts more than getting stung on the joint of your finger with by a Yellowjacket
Best part of this is no yellowjacket survived.
@@uberpwner48 Nah, this is better than sex.
One year when i was a child I went camping with my family. My parents pitched our tent over a hive like this without knowing and after a few days we were packing things up and as soon as we got the tent up 100s of pissed off wasps terrorized us as we were all running in circles trying to avoid them. This video brings me joy.
And that's how you discovered that molten aluminum fuses to the yellow jacket's body to make them indestructible.
... the yellow jackets' * bodies* ... - there is usually more than one.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 To be fair, saying “the yellow jacket” in reference to them as a species also works grammatically.
Like, imagine David Attenborough saying it and you’ll understand what I mean.
But makes them immobile
@@einundsiebenziger5488 it still works as 'the yellow jacket'
Good lord that is a horror movie just waiting to happen.
“I’m gonna do a wasp nest for a change!”
“...they built it in an ant hill.”
“...still got the bastards!!”
The level of Joy that I have received watching this video is immense and cannot be measured by simple human means
My joy is immeasurable and my day is made.
Wierdo
Love how he just holds the big hunk of aluminum like "what am i gonna do with this shit"
That's exactly what I was thinking haha. I'm still thinking it now actually.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It looks like one of Nick's garbage sculptures from Family Ties. I really just dated myself.
@@AnthillArt sell it to an art gallery
@@DCCLXII Or, to a high school biology teacher.
It’s fairly amazing that some of the comb actually survived
Not really, Watch the Hornet King, he talks about how it's hard to burn combs because of all of the moisture in them.
"YOU BURNT THE F*CKING HONEY!!" ~Clarence Boddicker
yes, I know they don't make honey, still a funny image.
@@nicktwolf
I hadn't imagined it would be difficult to burn the combs at that temperature, even as moist as they are. You know, since it's molten metal? I'd figure the aluminum would very quickly vaporize the water in them and flow into that space anyway, moist or not. Is it more likely it just wasn't quite enough aluminum to flow down all possible tunnels and fill up every single space?
@@inkermoy : Not yellow jackets, no.
But there _are_ three species of paper wasps in Mexico that do...
inkermoy I'll buy that for a dollar.
Try explaining this hobby on a date😂
It shouldn't really be so complicated to explain, but the result has to be seen, especially with the larger, more complicated ant nests. It would be pretty difficult to explain the shapes in words. Of course if you start to explain all the safety measures and such when working with molten aluminium, details matter a lot.
who wouldn't be attracted to a person that burns ants into beautiful works of art. this can be easily explained with emotion towards the art and the methods of making the cast.
Easily explained but probably not as easy for someone to understand.
Would be better than telling a date about my REAL hobbies.
how to get laid
When I was a kid, I used to play "the floor is lava". Now that I am an adult, I play "the floor is lava".
Neighbouring ant hill: Odin is with us
The same ants in the next video : odin has left us
Ants war cry: Till Anthalla!!!
I was standing in a river way downstream from yellow jackets when one stung me completely unprovoked. This warms my heart.
4:34 Actually, they do dig. The queen finds an existing hole to start the nest in, but as workers hatch, they excavate to allow the nest to grow.
Yeah, I should have worded that better. The best info I can find, and looking at the cast, they're definitely moving the dirt around inside but I don't think they actually pick up dirt and remove it from the hole.
@@AnthillArt Actually they do remove dirt from the hole and fly it several yards away from the nest site before dropping it. Ground nesting wasps are honestly incredible. In areas with rockier soil, its not uncommon for yellowjacket nests to have a small pile of gravel sitting at the bottom from where they excavated out everything they could lift.
@@AnthillArt There are several UA-cam channels that focus on wasps and hornets, two of the more prominent being Hornet King and Wasp Hunter, and their videos are quite educational and informative about how wasp and hornet nests are built. Hornet King taught me that ground nesting yellowjackets do in fact dig out the holes to expand their nests, but you are correct in that they don't start the holes, they just move in and expand a pre-existing chamber. Most often they take over ant colonies or animal burrows but they've been known to use rotted out roots too - I know that one personally as 15 years ago I had to deal with a ground nest in an oak rootball that I didn't even know was under my lawn.
Some say a bee fell into his lemonade as a child.
a wasp*
@@bearlycute6427 A bee fell into your cocaine?
@@bearlycute6427 What? The cocaine soda?
@@bearlycute6427 But you said coke.
@@bearlycute6427 No, coke is short for cocaine.
One of the best videos, no 10-minutes dumb speech, only instant action and result :)
I never knew yellow jackets made nests underground. always thought that they hung around in trees or in corners of sheds/awnings.
When I was a kid I found two underground nests. The hard way. And many tree nests. The hard way. I wasn't looking for them, I was just passing and the fuckers stung me.
The Eastern (U.S.) Yellow Jacket is more common with this behavior.
Oh yes they do!!! I always have them in my lawn and I hate it! My husband got stung on his ankle once, and my niece got swarmed by them! Poor girl is yellow jacket prone. Even got stung on her birthday once! You don’t even know they’re there until you see em flying out of the ground.
@@RehanaF13 That's the worst part.
And it doesn't take much to set them off!
Marcus Frazier nope. It doesn’t. Nasty little buggers 😠
The sound of those yellowjackets screaming is music to my ears.
As someone who hates hornets, wasps, yellow jackets, etc with a passion, I thank you for your service towards getting rid of them
Before this I was watching a video of a hippo and a lion
lucky
lucky
NO WAYYY! I was watching the same viewed 😲
Madagascar?
Did the Hippo and the Lion have sex?
Antscanada enlightens us on the behavior of ants by filming and narrating their activities.
Anthill Art enlightens us on the design of the underground paths of these ants by eternally petrifying them, their queen and the paths with molten aluminum.
I’m subscribed to both.
Wait these aren’t ants. Okay I should have paid attention to the title. Anyways u get the point.
ikr
AntsCanada and this guy arch nemesis’s
They should do a collab when AntCanada is done with an ant colony...
@@AFishBicycle lmao but the glass
@@AFishBicycle hes usually is never done they just happen to die of due to alot of things heck his largest colony had to be cut in half due to the sheer size of it.
As someone who has a flight no fight reaction to wasps and other bee like bugs (except for bees and bumblebees, they're my buddies), I LOVED this.
When I “stumbled” upon your first fire ant “pour” video, intrigued, my first question was “I wonder what a ground nesting yellow jacket nest would look like?” Thank you for answering that. Obviously not as intricate, arguably not as beautiful as the ant colony, but still so satisfying to watch! I salute your creativity, amigo!
“It was if millions of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced...”
One of the best comments I’ve ever see
That’s no moon
Perfect.
Ouch.
Next he'll attempt to drown a nest of Asian giant hornets in molten quadanium steel. The next morning he digs up a microminiature Death Star.
As someone who’s been stung by these buggers I find this very satisfying to watch
Me: IDK, I don't like what he does to those poor ants
Him: Yellojacket nest
Me: ... Ok, subscribed
You've never been nailed by a bunch of fire ants have you.
@@shanehiggins3033 Coyote: **Screams in AAA**
The ants he kills are an invasive species so you don't need to feel bad. They ruin the ecosystem
@@empressofkingfishers8656 that's good to know, I was really sad for the ants!
@@macasmack they're invasive and aren't really needed how are they good ?
I always get so happy whenever this guy posts
I got a great deal of satisfaction seeing you pour molton liquid into that nest hole. I was thinking of how much I wanted all the yellow jackets to be there to experience that hot molten liquid coming in and nowhere to escape. Still remember being stung by one on my arm in my dad's truck.
A colony of bugs moves onto this guys lawn
This guy: ALUMINIUM.
P S. These are fun to watch
How there 251 likes yet no replies? Well 1st reply then LOL
How there 266 likes yet 1 reply? Well 2nd reply then LOL
How there 283 likes yet 2 replies? Well 3rd reply then LOL
How there 285 likes yet 3 replies? Well 4th reply then LOL
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Plot twist:
That’s not a pressure washer, he’s peeing on the hive
3:36 w/a metal nozzle 🤣
but why? not saying those words was 100% free
Plot twist:
That's not pee, it's jizz.
Strong stream he's got there
Fitting, then, to pee on what is essentially their mass grave.
I feel a great disturbance in the force. It’s as if thousands of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I feel something wonderful has happened!
5000 yellow jackets lived here, Now it's a Ghost Town.
Good
Call of duty
I stepped on a yellow jacket nest in high school. This was so incredibly satisfying to watch.
That one Yellow Jacket that survived: _“From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh… it disgusted me.”_
That was interesting. I would have never thought of a yellow jackets nest like I do know without this video. Thanks. .
This the ultimate “weird shit I caught my neighbor doing at 2:00AM”
Thanks for the timestamp
Imagine one yellow jacket worker just coming home from work and being like “wtf happened to my house?! And where’s my family?! 😫”
I came here for the art. Didn't realize the shovel scraping the dirt away was going to produce amazingly soothing asmr.
These cast are incredible. I enjoy being able to see what was previously unseen beneath the earth.
They in there like "aye y'all smell sumn?"
I stepped on one of these as a kid in NC. Thank you for spinning the block sir 💙
Everyone:
The king HAS RETURNED
Yes burn stupid wasps
And the queen has burned
So hyped you're back!!
Ok fat boomer
Dont listen to that asshat above me. Youre a pretty girl.
I looked at your tumblr... you can message me any time if you need someone to talk to.
@@Zamora7 also. You can eat shit and pass away from typhoid.
Simp
I've probably been stung by these little buggers 70 times.
My brother and I used to amuse ourselves teasing them when I was a kid, got swarmed a few times.
Now I live in fear that my next sting will be the one to put me over the edge into shock.
Glad to see you doing your part :)
It sounds like you can hear the yellow jackets crisping in the flames 😋
Mmmm tasty
@Alex Lara You think wrong, we are not Asians...
I f#cking hate yellow jackets so this gives me pleasure
@@anatreyu1986 uhh- just because we're asians doesn't mean we eat everything umm- but lmfaoaooa
@@soda_crackerr just a joke, sorry if I offended you.
I love this channel! I always feel a little bad for the ants, but I have no sympathy for the yellow jackets so here's to a guilt-free sculpture!
This belongs in a museum now
Imagine bringing back some food to your queen and as soon as she’s about to bite it, everybody melts outta nowhere
Coming from a landscaper this put a smile on my face
Fun Fact: 95% of the wasp-hater comments haven't ever been stung by a hymenopteran in their life
True.. probably wouldn't be as bothered by them once one gets me. Fear of the unknown and all that.
oh my gosh you cannot recreate the moment i saw this in my recommended i screamed so loud- LIKE BRO YOU'RE BACK
Yellow jacket starts nest in his yard
Anthill Art : So you have chosen death
AHA: casts a Yellowjacket nest with Aluminum, wiping the whole nest out.
Fire ants: I SMELL PROFIT!
The last guy: those poor creatures didn’t deserve that.
Me: you keep your kids locked in the basement don’t you?
Whos this in reference to? Was there a different host on this channel?
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if someone who talks like that actually keeps kids in their basement.
Vegans be like:
murdering them for entertainment is just wrong, hire a professional if you want to get rid of these bugs
@@joelzaldivar1607 or......I can just do whatever I want and kill these fuckers without having to waste much money.
The legend has returned
Dude your backyard is insane
Yellow Jacket * exist *
Anthill Art: ... And I took that personally.
As a person that has a phobia of bees due to yellow jackets. I appreciate this
You're typing this proudly with no sense of shame at all.
@@bryaneberly3588
They're absolute bastards that kill honeybees for sport... 6 of em can kill an entire colony of bees.
@@forgotmyself9205 Wow. Only takes 1 human.
@@bryaneberly3588
"WoW. TaKeS oNlY 1 hUmAn."
My bother and I were playing by a river as children and either he or I stepped on a Yellow Jacket's nest. That day, we found out he was allergic to their stings. This video makes me happy.
i'm not even slightly sad about this one. the anthill ones i'm like 'it's so pretty in a sad way' but wasps? they can burn
Yes. Arse daggers.
Somebody needs to tell Pooh Bear there's a new way to get his honey-
I get your joke. But yellow jacks don't make honey.
Ive never been stung by a wasp but this makes me happy
0:51 you can see a wasp land on the molten aluminium and become a part of the installation
Hornets: exist
This man: *Grab me the aluminum*
Nowhere near enough yellow jackets were harmed in the making of this video
Ant nests are way more intricate but this was cool to see none the less, thanks for the entertainment, keep up the cool videos!
From Yellow Jacket to Aluminum coat.
This deserves more likes
We got a nest in my backyard. Was lucky not to be stung when I mowed the lawn. Giving me a lot of ideas right about now.
This dude is making the world a better place
Damn you just Pompeii'ed those wasps
Imagine if Peter Parker had been stung by a radioactive yellowjacket as opposed to being bitten by a radioactive spider.
Maybe J. Jonah Jameson was right about him all along (if this were the case)
Ah, yellow jacket. My favorite ant
Not quite, but they're both hymenoptera. So, close enough.
Ants and wasps split into two difrent species that’s why both have painful stingers
@@Bee-l3i and then bees and ants split into two groups as well
@@viiizzaalishvili9967 ye
yes
Yellow jacket Queen: “I’ll be back!”
Man: no you won’t
After getting stung upward of 70 times this summer I am so grateful to see this
0:28 I love how something in the damn nest explodes 😂 like they got a yellowjacket - sized meth lab in there or something.
I know it's probably massive amounts of water vaporizing in the heat or something, but it's still immediately unexpected and overall funny.
Thermobaric pour...lol
:0 yay! More of these! I actually missed these videos lol
I got stung by three of these vile things when I was mowing my yard. This video brought me such a disturbing level of joy and satisfaction.
Good ending for a nest of Yellow Jackets.
I remember watching this when I was so young! Thx for the nostalgia!
As someone who has a phobia of wasps, I was smiling the whole time
“You don’t find the video..”
“The video finds you..”