So Insects Feel Pain? Here is some interesting reading for those who wish to delve deeper on that subject: askentomologists.com/2016/08/29/do-insects-feel-pain/
I want to make disclaimer that I'm not an expert and have probably little overall knowledge on this topic. I read a study piece that argued that insects don't feel pain only just recently. It argued that insects reacted to limb damage differently than those that have been proven to show emotion like a cow or a sheep for instance. A reactionary response to damage that is built in to respond to danger. It talked about I forget which insect it was but how it responded exactly the same way no matter the cause of damage. Be it by heat or by freezing temperatures and many other methods. The insects responded exactly the same as each other regardless of the situations. Anyway there's a totally different topic in the two and that is do insects feel emotion? If insects do not feel emotion then it is impossible for them to feel pain as pain is an emotion. I don't strongly believe it to be impossible for insects to feel pain however I think it is probably improbable. Though I am always open minded and happily proven wrong. If you cannot be open to being wrong you'll never actually learn anything.
Physical pain is not the same thing as emotional pain. You might feel emotional pain/grief if some one close to you dies, esp in a bad way. Bees (insects) do not have that emotion. However, if I stick you with a pin, you feel physical pain and it causes your body to jerk away from it to avoid any more damage. It's part of the body's innate survival system to stay alive. If I stick a pin in a bee, it will squirm in an attempt to get away. The fact that it's squirming tells you that it feels very uncomfortable, it's pain. It's an automatic system, there's no need to actually "think" about it. Insects have a bit of a brain and they have a nervous system. Nerves tell the brain what is going on inside of the body as well as outside of it, and the brain tells the nerves what to do about it. The physical feeling of pain is a very primitive alarm system. If an animal (including insects and other invertebrates like worms) can move under it's own power, it has a nervous system. It might be a crude one, but it's there and it has a job. Even plants have a very rudimentary nervous system.
@@larrythorn4715 I don't hate wasps. Ecologically they are very important as they kill tons of flies and mosquitos. Except for regions where invasive species are a problem of course.
@@larrythorn4715 yeah, as NeoAemaeth said, wasps are incredibly important. Yes, they hurt like hell when they sting and people with allergies should always be careful, but I hate it when I see people going around torching nests or something. Just because you can't see the benefits outright like with honey bees doesn't mean they aren't there. Wasps are pollinators and natural pest eradicators. They deserve some respect.
Not into beekeeping, but I have to say, watching Yellow Jackets be absolutely railed on by Bees was incredibly amazing. You just got yourself another subscriber :D
"This worker has decided that the yellow jacket hasn't had enough yet" I don't know but this killed me. I can't stop laughing but I'm tryna be quiet because it's 7am 😂
Drone lives are pretty grim in comparison to the workers afaik, they are just there to mate and nothing else, so they are effectively disposable and a waste of resources once they have done their job
Came across a bee documentary on the BBC years ago.... .....Utterly fascinating and now youtubers make better and more informative stuff than mainstream outlets so this was WAAAAAAY more interesting than that.
Fascinating viewing. Having been stung by a wasp in my younger days I have a natural hatred for them. So it fills me with joy to see those bees working together and dishing out the pain to the wasps.
Now I don’t research bees so i just learned here that they can repeatedly attack a wasp and not loose their stingers... I’ve always thought once they sting its over. Thats pretty awesome!!
The yellow jacket at 9:30. I imagine they do not have such advanced thinking processes but I imagine him being like “crap... well that was a stupid idea..”
In New Zealand we have two species of wasps, your Yellow Jackets. Most folk don't bother to differentiate vespula vulgaris , the common wasp from vespula germanica the German wasp. Both are introduced pests from Europe and can cause considerable environmental damage. Their life style is similar and both most often make underground nests, though they'll also choose attics and other roof spaces to create nests that can be over three feet in diameter. The dust pesticide you demonstrate in another video is very effective, but if a nest is underground with one distinct entrance then filling a quart glass bottle with gasoline and ramming it firmly headfirst into the hole at night is a very effective killer. But it is the fumes that kill, not flames. When we were kids we preferred to pour fuel, light and run, but this rarely kills a whole nest. In frame 7.00 Fred wonders if that is a queen wasp. I would say not, I think it is a germanica worker (slightly bigger than vulgaris) with the typical distinct black spots. wasp queens, like bees, have a distinctly longer abdomen. We frequently see them emerging from hibernation in early spring as they start to build their nests. They usually die off in winter, more by the ground water logging than by cold. Second year nests can get huge. Here in NZ they've developed a targeted, protein based poison called Vespex which, when taken back to the nest by foragers, can clear a whole area given the right conditions. The poison is completely ignored by bees and other insects. Big fan of yours Fred, though I only have a single hive as yet. Waiting to build a "long Lang" when you finalise the design. Regards Ed
Well, unlike in NZ, so far as I know, Yellow Jackets aren't a pest in the US. So I always feel kind of sad to see them hated on so much - when they aren't out of control, most wasps species are incredibly important for the ecosystem. Hell, in germany they are protected and you can get fined for trying to kill them without a license or a very good reason (such as killing one that gets close because you are allergic).
@@Salted_Fysh Sadly the two wasp species from Europe vespula vulgaris and germanica are a real threat to the NZ ecosystem. We have many small bird species that depend on honey dew excreted by some of our forest trees for survival. The same honey dew can lead to vast wasp populations enough to starve native birds to extinction by severely compromising breeding success. Very hard to control in remote, impenetrable forest that NZ has so much of. Before I moved here from the UK I always, like you, regarded wasps as useful parts of the ecosystem. NZ has unique and wonderful ecosystems, but very vulnerable to introduced species. Come visit one day!
@@edwardreid8861 yeah, I read about that, it's a shame really. But I imagine you do have some unproblematic native species as well. Hopefully one day you'll be able to go back to equilibrium. I've always wanted to go to NZ sometime. It seems to be a very beautiful country. Alas, there is naught to do but wait for better times right now. Anywhere in particular I should definitely visit?
@@Salted_Fysh Bigger question than I could answer here! When you're ready to travel reply again and my wife and I will welcome you and set you out as to where to go and what to see!
Well european honey bees also invasive species in your country if lots of bee keepers keep importing them also the introduction during a colonial era by european settlers. They dominating and reducing the diversity of native bees esp to the non-honey making kind
I got to love those honeybees. Cannot stand yellow jackets, though I love the summers here. They are the a-holes of the bees and wasps. Even paper wasps are nicer than the YJs. You really have to upset them to sting you. Not yellow jackets! Their sting is quite memorable from childhood.
Knock on wood, I've been around yellowjackets my whole life, and only received one minor sting on my elbow as a teen. I learned to generally be calm around them so they don't pay much attention.
There is something beautiful about the workers showing up to kick the wasp some more while it's down before punting it off of the platform. I never realized how much personality bees could show sometimes.
Hi there Mr Dunn, watching from England, UK. Found your channel yesterday. I know nothing about bee's, and never really cared to until I watched one of your video's, but you make it so interesting I can't stop watching. Excellent work.
Bees are the most amazing species in the world. So intricate... so organised. No training, just as soon as they are born they know what to do. Love how they deal with bullies....
On my Yellowjacket traps I use the blood packs that I get meat in from the butcher . I put sugar syrup an apple sider vinegar . They work very very good. I use a two liter bottle an staple the blood packs up out of the syrup . THANKS
Great job to the honeybees for using teamwork to take down the yellow jackets I hade yellow jackets, honey bees I have come to tolerate because of the things they provide, and they don’t sting easily.
Very intersting! Here in Norway I've seen yellowjackets walk right in my hives, seemingly without any reaction from the guards. Maybe they kill it deeper in the hive..? But I've seen curious bumblebees being thrown out immidiately.
I live in the city of Liverpool England, do not keep bees in fact I’d run a mile from one , I had my earphones in watching this and kept jumping every time a bee went near your mic 🎤, but I love your channel, and I’m fascinated with all your content, keep up the great work Fred ❤️
Thank you AliLou, yes, I was just holding my camera about 10 inches from the bees for most of the sequences, definitely puts the viewer in audio surround... oops. Sorry that startled you.
I could happily sit next to a bush of busy bees without flinching because I know they're not aggressive but wasps (US name Yellowjacket)....just one sends me running for my executioner racket.
@@TheCormTube Me too love it when you got busy bees around, but if a Wasp turns up its kill or be killed for me as I have a severe reaction to wasp stings but oddly not when stung by a bee (accidentally stood on a bee bare foot who was collecting pollen from some clover in the grass).
Nice video. The yellow jackets seen here are workers of the introduced species Vespula germanica (the queens of which have a rather similar color pattern but are much larger). Many additional honey bee workers appear when a yellow jacket is being attacked most likely due to some alarm pheromone being released by the bees when they sting.
From a very young age I always remember my dad who was a keen gardener 'without bees nothing grows well', whenever I see an exausted bee I get a drop of sugar water and try to give the bee some energy so he/she can make it back to the hive.
If only I could pay bees for protection money for my house against hornets Me: I'm keeping you guys in my man made bee hive to start a new colony. I don't care about your honey. Ya can keep it. Just keep me safe from the nearby hornets nest.
Lol this guys play by play commentary is hilarious! "Yellow jacket mandibals aren't the great thing is we think they are". Like every lil cheeky comment you can think of
Just finished video. Fascinating commentary and visuals. Those are the most gangsta honey bees I've ever seen. In the other videos the yellow jackets or hornets whoop ass on bees.
I think your right about the wasp being a queen looking at its thorax, I notice them when it’s springtime in the U.K. and they are usually a bit larger than worker wasps which appear by the early summer.
Fascinating viewing Fred, as always. I've been chromecasting a lot of your video's to TV in the environment I'm in now so don't hit the like or comment as much when I do that. But I'm liking them all! There's a lot to be learned from listening/watching your FAQ video's too. You are a good communicator and videographer - the fact that you were a professional shines through, though after 12yrs you are more than a novice beekeeper also and your insights to a neophyte are great. I get a lot of satisfaction just watching the bees do their thing.
Freed, you answered many questions that I have pondered over the years. (can honey bees sting without losing their stinger, and more.). Thank you for touching on subjects other beekeepers don't.
Thank you for this. I posted a video the other day of a drone and ground bee in a battle and the drone won. Hard to watch. Mine have been pushing drones out (no varroa), but they are also still bringing in tons of pollen and nectar.
Frederick Dunn yes they are. Opened my cathedral hive today and found two small spots with drone comb on third frame from the back. Seems weird since they are pushing them out from the front.
I saw a picture of a Hawk stealing honey from bees and there was like how many bees were attacking it, I love honey bees and how they protect their hive till the death
I always thought yellow jackets were the work of the devil. Until one day I saw the yellow jackets hunting the cabbage butterfly caterpillars. I absolutely love nature and how it all just works out. I leave it alone. I hate chemicals. If I have hornet nest being built near me like under a door awning, I just take out my shop vac and suck out the 5-6 yellow jackets starting to build a nest. I did find it sad one day cause I plant dill for the swallow tail caterpillars. I was watching them grow and grow and get big...only to see them gone.
Sleeping Bees: *Nice and Cozy* Yellow Jackets: WHATS GOIN ON IN HERE? Awake and fully alert Bees: Not much pal Yellow Jackets: Why does it smell like bananas? Why is there boss humming?
Man, that mini tradegy at the last few seconds, worker bee trying to get rid of yellow jacket of board, it looked like the jacket may have bitten into the poor worker and they both fell into the abyss!!!
I've watched some videos on a guy that does Wasp/Hornet removals and even relocated some of the nests to his property, Hornet King and his stuff is very interesting about them. Idk if thats a queen, and I forget if queens can feed on meat directly cuz I know that worker wasps or YJ can't they actually take the meat back for the larvae to feed on and then the larvae feed the adults back a liquid diet.
This is actually satisfying considering I have yellow jacket nest now above my garden, and it’s run off all of my pollinator bees (honey, and bumble). I hate yellow jackets and wasps! They’re mean boogers! Go honey bees!
Well, while not as effective, your wasps are still pollinators. They are also natural predators so they munch away on all others kind of creepy crawly nasties. Their ecological impact is pretty important to a healthy ecosystem - that being said, I do get how it could be annoying to have a nest of them right outside the door.
@@MisterEcks They clearly don't, most people here only seem to look at wasps for their negative traits (usually acting like yellowjackets and hornets are the only ones that exist) and honeybees for their positive ones (without showing much knowledge on any other bee if they think a yellowjacket can scare off a burly bumble), but with a bit more research you'll find that both are pretty great and terrible in their own ways. To be honest most of the worst qualities of wasps only impact humans negatively.
Great video, your videos inspired me to watch my hive more carefully and see what activities going on. I could learn a lot, especially in combination with my hive. I started in May, making the log hive, been away for 2 weeks and bees moved in without further help. Still a task figuring out how to keep them. I consider to relocate to a magazine hive next spring, because log hives are very difficult to control...
@@FrederickDunn really, it's forbidden? Interesting because that's the natural way. I've found several honeybee hives in natural logs in the forests nearby, that's why I've had the idea to set it up. It's even officially registered as a hive and is a great opportunity to learn. (and free)
Aerial, I said it's "Illegal to manage" where I live. I didn't say bees can't find their own homes in the woods or occupy logs as feral colonies. You mentioned that you're setting one up and working out how to keep them. I'm only speaking about my State and we're required to keep bees in hives that can be completely inspected with removable frames which further facilitate inspection. The bee inspector is even supposed to write (though they never really do) a citation for comb and is outside the frames which intended to deter beekeepers from simply setting up a box with no frames and allow the bees to make natural (unframed) comb. When we keep the bees, we're departing from the "natural way". I'm not telling you what to do, I'm sharing what's allowed here where I live, in case someone sees your post and thinks it sounds like a good idea. I just want them to look into regulations first.
@@FrederickDunn Yes it is the way I understood it and I didn't feel you want to tell me what to do. No worries no mad person behind my avatar. I just been surprised by the fact that something like this could be possibly forbidden. I need to to mention that I am living in Switzerland, so laws can be very different. In Europe it is a tradition of beekeeping in logs, but only a few people are still doing it. Often on hives which will be untouched. For me it was a great experiment. I consider to use the log to attract swarms just like this year. Let them overwinter and move them to a magazine hive whatever type of. My initial thought was to get a swarm of the dark bees from the mountains around, which I found having wild colonies in the forests. And it worked out, half of the population is pitch black. But you really cannot control much without destroying some of their important work.
It is definitely interesting how wasps can fly at much colder temperatures than bees can, yet you almost never see wasps during the winter time. But you do sometimes see bees during the winter time. Drone flies which are commonly mistaken for honey bees can also fly at much colder temperatures than bees can. I don't remember seeing a honey bee out at night time. But I have seen wasps and drone flies out at night time.
It is, and it has to do with the hive structure. Bees keep their hive throughout winter ans hibernate, and if it gets warm enough some bees could go out and get some food. Wasps however require larvae to create their food, so when their queen dies, and the number of larvae decrease, the wasp nest faces inevitable collapse, as the last round of larvae will be queens and drones to survive the winter in solitude. This also explains why wasps are more aggressive in the fall, since they no longer have duty to the neat and the nest no longer provides, so they go out and eat anything sweat they can find as they are existentially pissed off.
Whelp.... I know I won't be sleeping tonight. First video of yours I've watched and with your soothing, calm voice, I'm hooked. I just subscribed and will be watching everything else of yours I can fit in tonight. Extremely informative. Great video and camera work. Thank you. Thourougly enjoyed it.
When im outside and i see bees just minding their own business i like to think of them as friends. They dont mind at all if you sit next to them while theyre working on a flower. They have a respectable rule, «you leave me alone, and i’ll leave you alone»Same goes with bumblebees, wasps on the other hand can shove it.. they dont mind harrasing you for no reason.. anyways, bees are hella cool.
So, there is a B in teamwork. I could never feel bad about anything happening to a wasp. Hideous creatures. You only have to watch what the Tarantula Hawk Wasp does to know they are deserving of no consideration. As a person who loves honey, I've always had tremendous respect for the bee and its labours.
The yellow jackets are just asking for it. Several times I saw the bees pulling one out that was already in bad shape then letting go for a second and it trying to walk back in the hive.
Funniest part was watching both the yellowjacket and the bees try to hang on to the edge of the landing board that had a bit of water on it. Could clearly tell their little feetsies couldn't hold on well and they kept slipping
When the bees decided the dying YJ didn't have enough punishment for being tenacious i imagine it being like seeing someone laying on the ground in pain after a brawl and running back and kicking them just to have the last word or such. That or it's just their way of saying: "Ya know what, seeing your face makes me angry GET OFF MY LAWN! PUSH THEM DOWN!"
Great Videos! It's like watching a segment of a National Geographic documentary. Excellent video and commentary. Interesting stuff. I see why you have so many followers.
I have seen a few of those and your favorite hornet I have seen more different kinds of bees then I have ever seen before I got the bees. A lot of different kinds of bug like to eat honey
You can make the opening a little smaller so its easier for the garding bees. Varroa can be delt with in many ways. If you do that there won't be so many varroa.
You can do a wasp trap. Piece of chicken screwed to a board about an inch above water with some soak in it. They eat the chicken and since the chicken is upside down they take off and land in the water and can't get out
Excellent, Mr. Dunn. Is that a pollen line at the entrance to the hive? That yellow line just at the entrance to the hive? Do the bees clean that up daily or eventually?
When the temps rise, an entrance reducer on these hives causes a huge traffic jam, so I leave them open. If the colony were smaller and less capable, I would indeed put an entrance reducer on. Thanks Jose.
Over many years, I've watched bee keepers raise their hives, but I never see anyone develop a way to protect the bee hive from yellow jacket and hornet invasion. Isn't there some kind of trap people can make to protect the hive from infestation and invasion. If we humans are going to use their product, the least we can do is find a deterent like we do for our dogs and cats. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.
@@FrederickDunn Very interesting. I pray it works and is helpful. Humans seem to help many other animals, the HIVE should be on the top of the priority list.
So Insects Feel Pain? Here is some interesting reading for those who wish to delve deeper on that subject: askentomologists.com/2016/08/29/do-insects-feel-pain/
If they have a nervous system (and they do) then they can feel pain. Pain helps you stay alive.
I leave that to the experts...and why I posted the link.
I want to make disclaimer that I'm not an expert and have probably little overall knowledge on this topic. I read a study piece that argued that insects don't feel pain only just recently. It argued that insects reacted to limb damage differently than those that have been proven to show emotion like a cow or a sheep for instance. A reactionary response to damage that is built in to respond to danger. It talked about I forget which insect it was but how it responded exactly the same way no matter the cause of damage. Be it by heat or by freezing temperatures and many other methods. The insects responded exactly the same as each other regardless of the situations. Anyway there's a totally different topic in the two and that is do insects feel emotion? If insects do not feel emotion then it is impossible for them to feel pain as pain is an emotion. I don't strongly believe it to be impossible for insects to feel pain however I think it is probably improbable. Though I am always open minded and happily proven wrong. If you cannot be open to being wrong you'll never actually learn anything.
@@SpiritBear12 Yes😉, It is rediculous to think that any living organism does not feel pain. "Ounce apon a time someone said that to me about fish😒."
Physical pain is not the same thing as emotional pain. You might feel emotional pain/grief if some one close to you dies, esp in a bad way. Bees (insects) do not have that emotion. However, if I stick you with a pin, you feel physical pain and it causes your body to jerk away from it to avoid any more damage. It's part of the body's innate survival system to stay alive. If I stick a pin in a bee, it will squirm in an attempt to get away. The fact that it's squirming tells you that it feels very uncomfortable, it's pain. It's an automatic system, there's no need to actually "think" about it. Insects have a bit of a brain and they have a nervous system. Nerves tell the brain what is going on inside of the body as well as outside of it, and the brain tells the nerves what to do about it. The physical feeling of pain is a very primitive alarm system. If an animal (including insects and other invertebrates like worms) can move under it's own power, it has a nervous system. It might be a crude one, but it's there and it has a job.
Even plants have a very rudimentary nervous system.
How sweet it is to see yellow jackets dealt soundly with by the beloved honeybee.
More proof that literally everybody hates wasps. Even the honeybees.
HONEYBEE 2020
Castle doctrine applies here.. lol
Oh yea!!! I have a hive too and it's great seeing Wasps get killed by my honey bees!😃
@@larrythorn4715 I don't hate wasps. Ecologically they are very important as they kill tons of flies and mosquitos. Except for regions where invasive species are a problem of course.
@@larrythorn4715 yeah, as NeoAemaeth said, wasps are incredibly important. Yes, they hurt like hell when they sting and people with allergies should always be careful, but I hate it when I see people going around torching nests or something. Just because you can't see the benefits outright like with honey bees doesn't mean they aren't there.
Wasps are pollinators and natural pest eradicators. They deserve some respect.
bees, disposing of their yellow jacket victims: tAkE hEr tO tHe *e D g E*
i love that bees have "guard bees"
Aliens: I love that humans have "policeman"
Not into beekeeping, but I have to say, watching Yellow Jackets be absolutely railed on by Bees was incredibly amazing.
You just got yourself another subscriber :D
Wow, thank you!
"This worker has decided that the yellow jacket hasn't had enough yet" I don't know but this killed me. I can't stop laughing but I'm tryna be quiet because it's 7am 😂
I was rooting for the honey bees the entire time. They did an awesome job repelling the yellow jackets attack.
I was going to ask if the bees died when they stung the yellow jackets, but you touched on that. Thank you!
Oooh weee, that retirement plan for the drones is just harsh!
I'm Mr. Meeseeks!
Drone lives are pretty grim in comparison to the workers afaik, they are just there to mate and nothing else, so they are effectively disposable and a waste of resources once they have done their job
YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL
Came across a bee documentary on the BBC years ago....
.....Utterly fascinating and now youtubers make better and more informative stuff than mainstream outlets so this was WAAAAAAY more interesting than that.
Well... you can also see my bee sequences on Animal Planet :) part of the Nature series :)
Somehow even this carnage is calming to learn about.
Fred is the Bob Ross of beekeeping.
Fascinating viewing. Having been stung by a wasp in my younger days I have a natural hatred for them. So it fills me with joy to see those bees working together and dishing out the pain to the wasps.
06:39 stung in the chest, rolls off platform. Stunt bee
Now I don’t research bees so i just learned here that they can repeatedly attack a wasp and not loose their stingers... I’ve always thought once they sting its over. Thats pretty awesome!!
The yellow jacket at 9:30. I imagine they do not have such advanced thinking processes but I imagine him being like “crap... well that was a stupid idea..”
Yellow Jacket: the risk i took was Calculated, but man am i bad at math
@@coolchrisable lmmffaoo
Those honeybees are so freaking cute🐝🐝🐝🐝
In New Zealand we have two species of wasps, your Yellow Jackets. Most folk don't bother to differentiate vespula vulgaris , the common wasp from vespula germanica the German wasp. Both are introduced pests from Europe and can cause considerable environmental damage. Their life style is similar and both most often make underground nests, though they'll also choose attics and other roof spaces to create nests that can be over three feet in diameter. The dust pesticide you demonstrate in another video is very effective, but if a nest is underground with one distinct entrance then filling a quart glass bottle with gasoline and ramming it firmly headfirst into the hole at night is a very effective killer. But it is the fumes that kill, not flames. When we were kids we preferred to pour fuel, light and run, but this rarely kills a whole nest. In frame 7.00 Fred wonders if that is a queen wasp. I would say not, I think it is a germanica worker (slightly bigger than vulgaris) with the typical distinct black spots. wasp queens, like bees, have a distinctly longer abdomen. We frequently see them emerging from hibernation in early spring as they start to build their nests. They usually die off in winter, more by the ground water logging than by cold. Second year nests can get huge. Here in NZ they've developed a targeted, protein based poison called Vespex which, when taken back to the nest by foragers, can clear a whole area given the right conditions. The poison is completely ignored by bees and other insects. Big fan of yours Fred, though I only have a single hive as yet. Waiting to build a "long Lang" when you finalise the design. Regards Ed
Well, unlike in NZ, so far as I know, Yellow Jackets aren't a pest in the US. So I always feel kind of sad to see them hated on so much - when they aren't out of control, most wasps species are incredibly important for the ecosystem. Hell, in germany they are protected and you can get fined for trying to kill them without a license or a very good reason (such as killing one that gets close because you are allergic).
@@Salted_Fysh Sadly the two wasp species from Europe vespula vulgaris and germanica are a real threat to the NZ ecosystem. We have many small bird species that depend on honey dew excreted by some of our forest trees for survival. The same honey dew can lead to vast wasp populations enough to starve native birds to extinction by severely compromising breeding success. Very hard to control in remote, impenetrable forest that NZ has so much of. Before I moved here from the UK I always, like you, regarded wasps as useful parts of the ecosystem. NZ has unique and wonderful ecosystems, but very vulnerable to introduced species. Come visit one day!
@@edwardreid8861 yeah, I read about that, it's a shame really. But I imagine you do have some unproblematic native species as well. Hopefully one day you'll be able to go back to equilibrium.
I've always wanted to go to NZ sometime. It seems to be a very beautiful country. Alas, there is naught to do but wait for better times right now.
Anywhere in particular I should definitely visit?
@@Salted_Fysh Bigger question than I could answer here! When you're ready to travel reply again and my wife and I will welcome you and set you out as to where to go and what to see!
Well european honey bees also invasive species in your country if lots of bee keepers keep importing them also the introduction during a colonial era by european settlers. They dominating and reducing the diversity of native bees esp to the non-honey making kind
Not a beekeeper but found this absolutely fascinating!! Thanks
I got to love those honeybees. Cannot stand yellow jackets, though I love the summers here. They are the a-holes of the bees and wasps. Even paper wasps are nicer than the YJs. You really have to upset them to sting you. Not yellow jackets! Their sting is quite memorable from childhood.
Knock on wood, I've been around yellowjackets my whole life, and only received one minor sting on my elbow as a teen. I learned to generally be calm around them so they don't pay much attention.
There is something beautiful about the workers showing up to kick the wasp some more while it's down before punting it off of the platform. I never realized how much personality bees could show sometimes.
Sat back watching this during a mid morning break while working from home. Enjoyed the commentary and insights.
Seeing yellow jackets getting stung themselves is like some kind of divine justice.
Hi there Mr Dunn, watching from England, UK. Found your channel yesterday. I know nothing about bee's, and never really cared to until I watched one of your video's, but you make it so interesting I can't stop watching. Excellent work.
Thank you so much and welcome to my channel!!!
Bees are the most amazing species in the world. So intricate... so organised. No training, just as soon as they are born they know what to do. Love how they deal with bullies....
You’re such a thorough teacher, thank you for your time and for sharing your gifts!
You are so welcome!
On my Yellowjacket traps I use the blood packs that I get meat in from the butcher . I put sugar syrup an apple sider vinegar . They work very very good. I use a two liter bottle an staple the blood packs up out of the syrup . THANKS
Wow, I never even considered that. Thanks!
Great job to the honeybees for using teamwork to take down the yellow jackets
I hade yellow jackets, honey bees I have come to tolerate because of the things they provide, and they don’t sting easily.
Very intersting! Here in Norway I've seen yellowjackets walk right in my hives, seemingly without any reaction from the guards. Maybe they kill it deeper in the hive..? But I've seen curious bumblebees being thrown out immidiately.
Honeybees are very good at protecting their home. They know exactly what they are doing.
I live in the city of Liverpool England, do not keep bees in fact I’d run a mile from one , I had my earphones in watching this and kept jumping every time a bee went near your mic 🎤, but I love your channel, and I’m fascinated with all your content, keep up the great work Fred ❤️
Thank you AliLou, yes, I was just holding my camera about 10 inches from the bees for most of the sequences, definitely puts the viewer in audio surround... oops. Sorry that startled you.
I could happily sit next to a bush of busy bees without flinching because I know they're not aggressive but wasps (US name Yellowjacket)....just one sends me running for my executioner racket.
Lol I do the same.
@@TheCormTube Me too love it when you got busy bees around, but if a Wasp turns up its kill or be killed for me as I have a severe reaction to wasp stings but oddly not when stung by a bee (accidentally stood on a bee bare foot who was collecting pollen from some clover in the grass).
@@rokhnroll kill or bee killed (I had to do it)
Thank you soooo much for these videos. I believe I will be ready next Spring.
Nice video. The yellow jackets seen here are workers of the introduced species Vespula germanica (the queens of which have a rather similar color pattern but are much larger). Many additional honey bee workers appear when a yellow jacket is being attacked most likely due to some alarm pheromone being released by the bees when they sting.
From a very young age I always remember my dad who was a keen gardener 'without bees nothing grows well', whenever I see an exausted bee I get a drop of sugar water and try to give the bee some energy so he/she can make it back to the hive.
If only I could pay bees for protection money for my house against hornets
Me: I'm keeping you guys in my man made bee hive to start a new colony. I don't care about your honey. Ya can keep it. Just keep me safe from the nearby hornets nest.
Lol this guys play by play commentary is hilarious! "Yellow jacket mandibals aren't the great thing is we think they are". Like every lil cheeky comment you can think of
Honey Bees: "You can eat our dead, you a-holes..... but DON'T come inside our house!"
Just finished video. Fascinating commentary and visuals. Those are the most gangsta honey bees I've ever seen. In the other videos the yellow jackets or hornets whoop ass on bees.
honeybees are adorable 😭
That was fascinating. Hard to believe we as an intelligent species underestimate the intelligence of certain insects
I am prejudiced against yellow jackets. It's satisfying to see these bees deal with them
Excellent video, love the commentary.
I’d say that’s some karma coming back at those yellow jackets lol
Great video , feel wonderful and have good knowledge of bees now. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed it 🎖🦟🐝🐝🐝
Look at them guard bees work together to take down the yellow jacket. Team work level 💯 !!
All for one and one for All
I think your right about the wasp being a queen looking at its thorax, I notice them when it’s springtime in the U.K. and they are usually a bit larger than worker wasps which appear by the early summer.
So bees are friendly after all.
So the hairier they are, the safer they are.
There you have it!
You're like the David Attenborough of bees! Very informative and relaxing to watch and listen. Great video!
Thank you so much! I wish I had that English accent :)
Awesome! I love how they jump those yellow jackets! This is yet another excellent video from you! Thanks Mr. Dunn!
So glad you enjoyed it and always nice to see your comments!
Never seen or new that bees carry there dead away, amazing
Even the smallest-sized facets of nature prove to be hardcore.
Fascinating viewing Fred, as always. I've been chromecasting a lot of your video's to TV in the environment I'm in now so don't hit the like or comment as much when I do that. But I'm liking them all! There's a lot to be learned from listening/watching your FAQ video's too. You are a good communicator and videographer - the fact that you were a professional shines through, though after 12yrs you are more than a novice beekeeper also and your insights to a neophyte are great. I get a lot of satisfaction just watching the bees do their thing.
Dang them bees jumping that yellow jacket
Freed, you answered many questions that I have pondered over the years. (can honey bees sting without losing their stinger, and more.). Thank you for touching on subjects other beekeepers don't.
Thank you for this. I posted a video the other day of a drone and ground bee in a battle and the drone won. Hard to watch. Mine have been pushing drones out (no varroa), but they are also still bringing in tons of pollen and nectar.
I have no idea how a drone could win any battles... they can't bite or sting... but they are big :)
Frederick Dunn yes they are. Opened my cathedral hive today and found two small spots with drone comb on third frame from the back. Seems weird since they are pushing them out from the front.
Like it when bees take on yellow jackets...
good documentation! thanks
I saw a picture of a Hawk stealing honey from bees and there was like how many bees were attacking it, I love honey bees and how they protect their hive till the death
I always thought yellow jackets were the work of the devil. Until one day I saw the yellow jackets hunting the cabbage butterfly caterpillars. I absolutely love nature and how it all just works out. I leave it alone. I hate chemicals. If I have hornet nest being built near me like under a door awning, I just take out my shop vac and suck out the 5-6 yellow jackets starting to build a nest. I did find it sad one day cause I plant dill for the swallow tail caterpillars. I was watching them grow and grow and get big...only to see them gone.
Wow! This was amazing. I could watch this for about 3 hours and 14 minutes. I fear bees and yellow jackets, so this is mesmerizing to watch.
Thank you so much Brandon! Great start to my day :)
Sleeping Bees: *Nice and Cozy*
Yellow Jackets: WHATS GOIN ON IN HERE?
Awake and fully alert Bees: Not much pal
Yellow Jackets: Why does it smell like bananas? Why is there boss humming?
Astonishing, I could honestly watch this for an hour
Your videos are great, every one of them, thanks for taking the time to do them and share them with us.
Nice to watch those bees give that yellow jacket riff raff the bums rush.
I agree, it's good to see healthy bees capable of defending their colony.
Man, that mini tradegy at the last few seconds, worker bee trying to get rid of yellow jacket of board, it looked like the jacket may have bitten into the poor worker and they both fell into the abyss!!!
Wow it was so interesting Thank You so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Honey Bee's are cute. Even though i get freaked out when i see one fly past me.
Thank you, very helpful, Gid bless
absolutely fascinating,thanks fred
I've watched some videos on a guy that does Wasp/Hornet removals and even relocated some of the nests to his property, Hornet King and his stuff is very interesting about them. Idk if thats a queen, and I forget if queens can feed on meat directly cuz I know that worker wasps or YJ can't they actually take the meat back for the larvae to feed on and then the larvae feed the adults back a liquid diet.
Very interesting and fascinating
Excellent video!!
This is actually satisfying considering I have yellow jacket nest now above my garden, and it’s run off all of my pollinator bees (honey, and bumble). I hate yellow jackets and wasps! They’re mean boogers! Go honey bees!
Ye yellow jackets and hornet raids them
Well, while not as effective, your wasps are still pollinators. They are also natural predators so they munch away on all others kind of creepy crawly nasties. Their ecological impact is pretty important to a healthy ecosystem - that being said, I do get how it could be annoying to have a nest of them right outside the door.
@@Salted_Fysh sir i believe this comment section knows enough, you may now move on to the yellowjacket nest eradication video.
@@MisterEcks They clearly don't, most people here only seem to look at wasps for their negative traits (usually acting like yellowjackets and hornets are the only ones that exist) and honeybees for their positive ones (without showing much knowledge on any other bee if they think a yellowjacket can scare off a burly bumble), but with a bit more research you'll find that both are pretty great and terrible in their own ways.
To be honest most of the worst qualities of wasps only impact humans negatively.
Because of your video, I made a larger landing area for my honey bees.
Great video, your videos inspired me to watch my hive more carefully and see what activities going on. I could learn a lot, especially in combination with my hive. I started in May, making the log hive, been away for 2 weeks and bees moved in without further help. Still a task figuring out how to keep them. I consider to relocate to a magazine hive next spring, because log hives are very difficult to control...
Hi Aerial Art, I can't do a log hive here, as it's illegal to manage a hive without inspectable frames. I'm glad that is working out in your area :)
@@FrederickDunn really, it's forbidden? Interesting because that's the natural way. I've found several honeybee hives in natural logs in the forests nearby, that's why I've had the idea to set it up. It's even officially registered as a hive and is a great opportunity to learn. (and free)
Aerial, I said it's "Illegal to manage" where I live. I didn't say bees can't find their own homes in the woods or occupy logs as feral colonies. You mentioned that you're setting one up and working out how to keep them. I'm only speaking about my State and we're required to keep bees in hives that can be completely inspected with removable frames which further facilitate inspection. The bee inspector is even supposed to write (though they never really do) a citation for comb and is outside the frames which intended to deter beekeepers from simply setting up a box with no frames and allow the bees to make natural (unframed) comb. When we keep the bees, we're departing from the "natural way". I'm not telling you what to do, I'm sharing what's allowed here where I live, in case someone sees your post and thinks it sounds like a good idea. I just want them to look into regulations first.
@@FrederickDunn Yes it is the way I understood it and I didn't feel you want to tell me what to do. No worries no mad person behind my avatar. I just been surprised by the fact that something like this could be possibly forbidden. I need to to mention that I am living in Switzerland, so laws can be very different. In Europe it is a tradition of beekeeping in logs, but only a few people are still doing it. Often on hives which will be untouched. For me it was a great experiment. I consider to use the log to attract swarms just like this year. Let them overwinter and move them to a magazine hive whatever type of. My initial thought was to get a swarm of the dark bees from the mountains around, which I found having wild colonies in the forests. And it worked out, half of the population is pitch black.
But you really cannot control much without destroying some of their important work.
It is definitely interesting how wasps can fly at much colder temperatures than bees can, yet you almost never see wasps during the winter time. But you do sometimes see bees during the winter time. Drone flies which are commonly mistaken for honey bees can also fly at much colder temperatures than bees can. I don't remember seeing a honey bee out at night time. But I have seen wasps and drone flies out at night time.
It is, and it has to do with the hive structure. Bees keep their hive throughout winter ans hibernate, and if it gets warm enough some bees could go out and get some food. Wasps however require larvae to create their food, so when their queen dies, and the number of larvae decrease, the wasp nest faces inevitable collapse, as the last round of larvae will be queens and drones to survive the winter in solitude. This also explains why wasps are more aggressive in the fall, since they no longer have duty to the neat and the nest no longer provides, so they go out and eat anything sweat they can find as they are existentially pissed off.
Whelp.... I know I won't be sleeping tonight. First video of yours I've watched and with your soothing, calm voice, I'm hooked. I just subscribed and will be watching everything else of yours I can fit in tonight. Extremely informative. Great video and camera work. Thank you. Thourougly enjoyed it.
Thank you, I'm so glad you are enjoying my videos and took the time to comment. Very much appreciated!
Honey Bee: "HEY! What neighborhood are you from homie?"
When im outside and i see bees just minding their own business i like to think of them as friends. They dont mind at all if you sit next to them while theyre working on a flower. They have a respectable rule, «you leave me alone, and i’ll leave you alone»Same goes with bumblebees, wasps on the other hand can shove it.. they dont mind harrasing you for no reason.. anyways, bees are hella cool.
This was a fantastic video. Thank you for making it.
You're very welcome and thanks for watching!
Really interesting Fred, and love the commentary. New subscriber, watching from England.
Hi Maisie, thank you so much and welcome to my channel!
So, there is a B in teamwork. I could never feel bad about anything happening to a wasp. Hideous creatures. You only have to watch what the Tarantula Hawk Wasp does to know they are deserving of no consideration. As a person who loves honey, I've always had tremendous respect for the bee and its labours.
The yellow jackets are just asking for it. Several times I saw the bees pulling one out that was already in bad shape then letting go for a second and it trying to walk back in the hive.
Well observed Heather!
Funniest part was watching both the yellowjacket and the bees try to hang on to the edge of the landing board that had a bit of water on it. Could clearly tell their little feetsies couldn't hold on well and they kept slipping
A very good tip for beekeeping:
Put reducers for the limited entry of predators
When the bees decided the dying YJ didn't have enough punishment for being tenacious i imagine it being like seeing someone laying on the ground in pain after a brawl and running back and kicking them just to have the last word or such.
That or it's just their way of saying: "Ya know what, seeing your face makes me angry GET OFF MY LAWN! PUSH THEM DOWN!"
The sudden bee and yellow jacket buzzing next to my ears ASMR makes me recoil for some reason
Great Videos! It's like watching a segment of a National Geographic documentary. Excellent video and commentary. Interesting stuff. I see why you have so many followers.
I have seen a few of those and your favorite hornet I have seen more different kinds of bees then I have ever seen before I got the bees. A lot of different kinds of bug like to eat honey
Great vid✅👍👍👍🏴☠️🏴☠️
You can make the opening a little smaller so its easier for the garding bees.
Varroa can be delt with in many ways. If you do that there won't be so many varroa.
Yes, smaller openings are easier to defend.
wasps are part of the nature.. they got they spot. they should be respected.
i always thought yellow jackets were these massive overpowering insects... turns out they are the same size as a bee
You can do a wasp trap. Piece of chicken screwed to a board about an inch above water with some soak in it. They eat the chicken and since the chicken is upside down they take off and land in the water and can't get out
I'm sure someone will find that information helpful!
Excellent, Mr. Dunn. Is that a pollen line at the entrance to the hive? That yellow line just at the entrance to the hive? Do the bees clean that up daily or eventually?
That's not pollen, it's paint :)
Very interesting video !
Thank you Greg!
Great video! Although you could help them a lot if you put an entrance reducer.
When the temps rise, an entrance reducer on these hives causes a huge traffic jam, so I leave them open. If the colony were smaller and less capable, I would indeed put an entrance reducer on. Thanks Jose.
@@FrederickDunn
Thank you. Keep up the good work.
@@jslfcs7087 Yes, we have the large European Hornet.
@@FrederickDunn It is sad to watch European Hornets invade a honeybee hive.5x the size of our honeybees those monster hornets are.
Over many years, I've watched bee keepers raise their hives, but I never see anyone develop a way to protect the bee hive from yellow jacket and hornet invasion. Isn't there some kind of trap people can make to protect the hive from infestation and invasion. If we humans are going to use their product, the least we can do is find a deterent like we do for our dogs and cats. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.
Yes, there is indeed, look into the HyfeGate it's proving valuable in helping even small honey bee colonies hold off wasp attacks.
@@FrederickDunn Very interesting. I pray it works and is helpful. Humans seem to help many other animals, the HIVE should be on the top of the priority list.
Great video, Fred. Keep up the good work.
Yellowjackets picked a bad day for a raid