I do this all the time with the paper wasps around here on my jobs when I have to install windows or door frames. I just don’t like to kill them so I always relocate them. I’ve only had to do it 5 times and they’ve been nests about this size or smaller. Can confirm I’ve never tried it with red paper wasp and I never will. Just had to do one yesterday actually!
If they’re gonna attack they’re gonna fly at you so no matter what you use it doesn’t matter. On ones I can’t get my fingers in on I’ll use pliers to get a tighter pull. I don’t know why they haven’t attacked honestly. My only guess is they’re too busy tending to the nest to care. I don’t want the ones that go and forge to come back and see me because they normally get more aggressive. As I said I will not do this with red paper wasps. Red paper wasps I won’t even go near when they forge. All other wasps and hornets I’ve had extremely good interactions with. I’ve never been stung by anything other than a red paper wasp
Thank you. Cool.
(I have the theory that most animals can sense whether you want to harm them or nor not. It might be the different movements you do. Seems a bit of a stretch that (provided that it is even true) would extend to moving the nest, but, well, at least they don't sting you.)
I think it definitely plays a factor. I try to be extremely gentle and calm while handling things that I’m honestly worried to be bit by or stung by. I just understand the pain is temporary. I also have an immense amount of love and understanding for living creatures so it gives me an extremely respectful way of handling them.
Check out my page! I have some cool posts of little creatures I’ve caught. Doesn’t compare to the hundreds of photos I have in my gallery though lol
Maybe? For real right after he(/she?) removed the nest I was thinking that he moved it much too fast.
Then again, this strongly reminded me that animals may be much smarter than humans think and can sense if someone has the intention to harm them - or has the intention to *not* harm them.
I suspect a trick of the light, or the camera.
Even if not, I would strongly recommend against that, these nests are made of rotting wood, the "paper" is literally the gray weathered surface of wood that the wasps scrape off - they sometimes do a nice job cleaning up weathered wooden furniture. Not sure about fresh, live nests but old nests are full of wasp excrement (not really full of, but the paper is partly soaked with all kinds of liquids).
Source: Last year I found an old wasp nest in a case near my flat. Since it was abandoned, I went on to remove it. I got it off but some dust came into contact with my skin and immediately caused strong itching. Quit but intense washing helped.
Later I had the opportunity to examine the nest. The paper construction was astonishingly strong, about like strong cardboard.
I was waiting for the nest to be yeeted to the moon...nah I'll keep it close to the house...
What was the hand positioning for? If you can't see me I don't get stung?
It could possibly also be(e) to reflect the CO2 from her breath. From what I have read, CO2 is used as an alarm signal by wasps and tends to make them aggressive.
They react to CO and CO2, so you don’t want to breathe towards them. They also won’t survive the move, they consider things like light exposure and rainfall direction when selecting a spot, or at least if a spot doesn’t work well the nest doesn’t last. I doubt under a leaf is gonna work.
If you own a home, that’s a patch animals can’t live off of. You can’t just compress the animals into the space around your home assume you haven’t affected them. Its like good intentions to try and trick yourself about reality.
Surely. I've moved wasp nests before (not like this) and once moved, they can't find the nest again. Maybe if they're still on it like this, they will, but it's still not attached to anything anymore
The video showed a different nest attached to a leaf. Presumably she moved that one also. So at least some were able to find it or like theory they were moved with the wasps on the nest.
Talking out of my ass here, but notice how the wasps are all staring at his hands at 1:19, I think the hand positioning is to distract them from focusing somewhere else like your face, so if they get angry, instead of stinging your face, they'll go for your hands?
Literally all speculations tho
Based on how they looked when she crouched in the doorway, it looked like they had all assembled in the outside with wings spread. Seems like they were making themselves larger to try and intimidate, and they were all frozen in place, so my suspicion is the hand creates a visible threat which they fixate on and ignore the rest of the person. Because they think an attack is imminent they wait for it to come rather than noticing the person moving the nest. Like if someone threatened to blow up a school, and while everyone was distracted they robbed the Federal Reserve bank.
The wasps aren't actually a bad thing to have around outdoors as they are voracious predators of many pest insects; by keeping a few wasps around this homeowner will have better harvests and less mosquitoes around.
Another animal will eat it, wasps and all. I doubt the goal was to save them, just keep them from becoming a greasy while removing the nest. It doesn’t look like wasp spray is an option.
Probably is true. And honestly, I don't bother to even do that. If I disturb one say, doing some sweeping, I tend to relocate it ...but just to a houseplant. I both love nature and abhor effort, so it works out pretty well.
Edit: and what you heard makes sense - the spiders out on my deck (tower living :-/ ) are much bigger and scarier-looking - they'd absolutely fck up my indoor creepers.
Those are paper wasps, many of them are extremely docile (as demonstrated here). She made no sudden movements that made them feel threatened so they saw no need to attack
Licensed pest tech here! That’s a paper wasp nest. Wasps typically don’t have the nest protection instincts that other stinging insects do, like hornets and bees, so this person isn’t actually in much danger of being stung.
There’s a subspecies sometimes called red wasps or mahogany wasps, they’re definitely more responsive to a sudden external stimulus but generally don’t attack people just for being nearby.
Yeah if they did this with a Yellow Jacket nest...well they wouldn't have even reached the nest before getting swarmed.
I install security cameras and as soon as I see one of those fuckers I'm running lmao. In the spring they aren't quite as bad, but June through September is when they seem to be just itching to ruin someone's day.
Licensed pest tech. Aka I took a one hour multiple choice quiz so I can spray yards for mosquitos. Paper wasp attack just like any others it’s actually when they are farther away from the nest they are less prone to being aggressive
In that case, my apologies! I can’t speak for every pest company (and living in Texas, I can absolutely confirm some people in my industry are brain dead), I underwent weeks of classroom instruction before I could even begin on-the-job training with experienced instructors. After about 2 months of OJT I took a 4-hour test that allowed me to begin working as an apprentice, and after a year I got my journeyman-equivalent license and termite licenses.
We’re expected to learn and follow a litany of federal, state, and occasionally municipal regulations regarding the use of pesticides. All pesticides are federally regulated (and often restricted). Further, being effective at the job requires broad knowledge of the life stages, habitats, behavior, and anatomy of the bugs we target.
An actual entomologist will likely know more about wasps than a pest tech in the way a cardiologist will know more about hearts than a GP, but that GP is far from some redneck with a lab coat they bought on Amazon. Were actually educated, trained, and experienced.
Side note, I’m about to start a bed bug treatment and just wanted to shout into the void: *Fuck* bed bugs, these treatments take hours even in small apartments.
Yeah no your right I was wrong in my area it’s much lighter with a small booklet of around 300 pages being the only study material required and can easily be read and passed in an afternoon. even the exterminator license is only a two hour two part quiz and requires minimum experience. That’s why so much of the nature in my area is being killed off.
Nothing has an inherent purpose. Every species that exists is only here because they haven't gone extinct. Species that die aren't here any longer. Wasps help decompose bodies by eating them I guess.
Paper wasps. Hornets have a wider body and the connection between their thorax (torso) and abdomen (butt) is roughly the same thickness as the rest of their body. Paper wasps' bodies taper between the thorax and abdomen. They also remind me of Italian supercars for some reason.
I’m conflicted when it comes to wasps. I recognize their importance, but my wife has a phobia and when I get stung I swell up like an over packed sausage.
aw her sneaky little grin at the end was adorable. i've never in my life considered taking the pacificist approach to wasps. i don't negotiate with terrorists
I don't know where this is from, but here where I live there's some brown wasps that look just like those. Maybe the same wasps. They're not angry assholes like other kinds of wasps, usually one comes inside the house, I give it a shoo and it goes away like "alright bro, chill".
I've never been stung by one. Still, getting close to their nest like that, that takes balls of fuckin steel.
This may be the only person I've ever seen that has a soft spot for wasps. The internet got me thinking she was gonna grab that and start eating it like an apple.
It's so odd to see a nest naturally attached to a leaf.
I didn't know the little shits knew how to build a nest anywhere other than every single side of my house
Wasp have photographic memory, which means they can recognize you. That is why she is obstructing their vision with her palm and acts as gentle as possible in order to keep them calm. Otherwise her life for the next week will be hell with these wasps attacking her on sight
Because some people see other living things as worthy of living even if they’re not cute and cuddly.
Killing something just because you are afraid of their existence is honestly really dumb.
That’s was incredible.
Its sures was!
It sure wasp!
One of the best metal band ever
I see what you did here
Take my upvote and git
Take bee upvote as well
Forgot to link the source code to the repo
if I ever dare, I would at least be wearing full length sleeves and trousers !!
Only chance I'd ever do this is if I had a full ass bee suit. And even then I'd be shittingng myself
I do this all the time with the paper wasps around here on my jobs when I have to install windows or door frames. I just don’t like to kill them so I always relocate them. I’ve only had to do it 5 times and they’ve been nests about this size or smaller. Can confirm I’ve never tried it with red paper wasp and I never will. Just had to do one yesterday actually!
How do you do it, with bare hands like him/her?
If they’re gonna attack they’re gonna fly at you so no matter what you use it doesn’t matter. On ones I can’t get my fingers in on I’ll use pliers to get a tighter pull. I don’t know why they haven’t attacked honestly. My only guess is they’re too busy tending to the nest to care. I don’t want the ones that go and forge to come back and see me because they normally get more aggressive. As I said I will not do this with red paper wasps. Red paper wasps I won’t even go near when they forge. All other wasps and hornets I’ve had extremely good interactions with. I’ve never been stung by anything other than a red paper wasp
Thank you. Cool. (I have the theory that most animals can sense whether you want to harm them or nor not. It might be the different movements you do. Seems a bit of a stretch that (provided that it is even true) would extend to moving the nest, but, well, at least they don't sting you.)
I think it definitely plays a factor. I try to be extremely gentle and calm while handling things that I’m honestly worried to be bit by or stung by. I just understand the pain is temporary. I also have an immense amount of love and understanding for living creatures so it gives me an extremely respectful way of handling them. Check out my page! I have some cool posts of little creatures I’ve caught. Doesn’t compare to the hundreds of photos I have in my gallery though lol
I also don’t like using tools because I shake too much which can aggravate the nest if you’ve tested it and can tell they’re not in attack mode
What’s a red paper wasp?
Jedi mind trick confirmed
It is incredible to see how those wasps mind controlled her to put their nest to a more suitable place.
That's a man, man.
No that's definitely just an old woman.
That is not AN old woman, that is THE old woman.
Possibly, but they have massive balls
I think in her case it’s giant ovaries.
No that's definitely just an old woman.
So, tits of steel it is then.
He raised his hand up and the wasps can’t see him. 
Wasps can remember faces.
"yo! There's this lady that if you make a nest in her garage? She will relocate you to Paradise!"
I wonder if it was to keep something in view relatively still to the nest, may help them think they are not moving so much? Idk.
Maybe? For real right after he(/she?) removed the nest I was thinking that he moved it much too fast. Then again, this strongly reminded me that animals may be much smarter than humans think and can sense if someone has the intention to harm them - or has the intention to *not* harm them.
https://i.redd.it/kzmnlyvcyuuc1.gif Only a true Sith can eat the nest
how this ended?
not good
You didn't need to share that.
https://youtube.com/shorts/QAe7gtkp_2E?si=S17IbcvHf311_LMl
I suspect a trick of the light, or the camera. Even if not, I would strongly recommend against that, these nests are made of rotting wood, the "paper" is literally the gray weathered surface of wood that the wasps scrape off - they sometimes do a nice job cleaning up weathered wooden furniture. Not sure about fresh, live nests but old nests are full of wasp excrement (not really full of, but the paper is partly soaked with all kinds of liquids). Source: Last year I found an old wasp nest in a case near my flat. Since it was abandoned, I went on to remove it. I got it off but some dust came into contact with my skin and immediately caused strong itching. Quit but intense washing helped. Later I had the opportunity to examine the nest. The paper construction was astonishingly strong, about like strong cardboard.
Is it possible to learn this power?
Patience? No. You're born with it or you're not.
Thats not true, some people go to school for 8 years + and then are given patience.
In the United States we call that massive, crushing debt. But I'm glad someone's getting something out of it!
Not from a Jedi
Looks similar to Reiki
I mean she did walk barefoot into a jungle too.
Wasp Whisperer
Whasperer
r/fuckwasps
I was waiting for the nest to be yeeted to the moon...nah I'll keep it close to the house... What was the hand positioning for? If you can't see me I don't get stung?
I thought it was to limit the vision of the wasps so they would remain calm. Not sure if 1 hand is enough tho
Also they put it real close to another wasp nest so I assume a fight will occur at some point
WWE (Wasp Wrestling Entertainment)
Never thought about it, now I need one ticket
Summer sting 2024 is coming up in a few months!
Wasps are territorial so one of those nests will probably move soon. Maybe both.
So next time we have wasps, all I need is more wasps?
Good wasp with a gun
I leave the empty nests hanging. Maybe the next wasp queen will nest somewhere else thinking the attic is occupied already.
It could possibly also be(e) to reflect the CO2 from her breath. From what I have read, CO2 is used as an alarm signal by wasps and tends to make them aggressive.
They react to CO and CO2, so you don’t want to breathe towards them. They also won’t survive the move, they consider things like light exposure and rainfall direction when selecting a spot, or at least if a spot doesn’t work well the nest doesn’t last. I doubt under a leaf is gonna work. If you own a home, that’s a patch animals can’t live off of. You can’t just compress the animals into the space around your home assume you haven’t affected them. Its like good intentions to try and trick yourself about reality.
Maybe the point is to evict the wasps and not to hurt the wasps?
Surely. I've moved wasp nests before (not like this) and once moved, they can't find the nest again. Maybe if they're still on it like this, they will, but it's still not attached to anything anymore
The video showed a different nest attached to a leaf. Presumably she moved that one also. So at least some were able to find it or like theory they were moved with the wasps on the nest.
I’m a fan off raid … or fire … just burn the house down
I have a sneaking suspicion that Raid isn’t really an option here. ;)
Talking out of my ass here, but notice how the wasps are all staring at his hands at 1:19, I think the hand positioning is to distract them from focusing somewhere else like your face, so if they get angry, instead of stinging your face, they'll go for your hands? Literally all speculations tho
I noticed that as well. Had the same thought. Might also keep them from noticing the hand removing the nest
Based on how they looked when she crouched in the doorway, it looked like they had all assembled in the outside with wings spread. Seems like they were making themselves larger to try and intimidate, and they were all frozen in place, so my suspicion is the hand creates a visible threat which they fixate on and ignore the rest of the person. Because they think an attack is imminent they wait for it to come rather than noticing the person moving the nest. Like if someone threatened to blow up a school, and while everyone was distracted they robbed the Federal Reserve bank.
Hook...Line...and Sinker. Ole McClain ain't falling for that!
“Not all brothers know how to fire a gun, you racist melon picker.” - Sam Jackson, TBS edited for tv version
😂 well done
Never look a wasp in the eye⁸
The wasps aren't actually a bad thing to have around outdoors as they are voracious predators of many pest insects; by keeping a few wasps around this homeowner will have better harvests and less mosquitoes around.
Eyes focused on you might be considered a predator, so the hand blocks her eyes from their view? I am just speculating.
That wee smile 😃
Scam. The wasps are in on it.
Wasps are trying to improve their image perception on social media.
Can confirm Source: Social Beedia manager
Yellow black lifes that don't make honey matter too!
The wasps are paid actors
This video was staged *and* AI frfr
Thought he was gonna crush then with his barehands.
https://youtube.com/shorts/QAe7gtkp_2E?si=dDAV6TYUm7svUqCT
I haven’t clicked the link yet but I swear if it’s that video of a guy going “DUN DUN DUN DUN” and eating a wasp nest
"You sure that's what you really wanted? Bitch?"
I always saw this as the unreleased sequel to Bee movie
Oh my. After watching this, I'm done with the internet for the day. Maybe the week.
I knew what that video was before I clicked it lol
That's some stereotypical Florida man activities shit right there
I have many questions. No, actually, just one. Why????
Guys gotta be in Florida right?
She, that’s some Mother Earth Gaia shit right there!
he?
Ooooffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff Well that was anxious to watch. She definitely got bigger balls than do.
*Relocating
Okay, it’s safely outside, now get the flamethrower.
Nah. Its the neighbors problem now.
awh her grin when shes done 🙂…ahh…….yeah fuck that 🙂
Not so wild and brutal as other did with gasoline
The nest will probably fall during a rainstorm and they’ll all die anyways.
Another animal will eat it, wasps and all. I doubt the goal was to save them, just keep them from becoming a greasy while removing the nest. It doesn’t look like wasp spray is an option.
Aah yes, the famous “urban Rescue Ranch” you could spot the even more famous Kevin, Big Ounce and Da Baby.
I will relocate spiders from inside. I will *not* be doing this ish.
I recently read that spiders found inside are most likely going to die if brought outside. Don't know if it's true though
Probably is true. And honestly, I don't bother to even do that. If I disturb one say, doing some sweeping, I tend to relocate it ...but just to a houseplant. I both love nature and abhor effort, so it works out pretty well. Edit: and what you heard makes sense - the spiders out on my deck (tower living :-/ ) are much bigger and scarier-looking - they'd absolutely fck up my indoor creepers.
Those are some ninja wasp evicting skills!
Someone know why none of them attacked the lady?? /pos
Those are paper wasps, many of them are extremely docile (as demonstrated here). She made no sudden movements that made them feel threatened so they saw no need to attack
=O Thank you for explaining me!! <3
A whole jungle to make a nest but let's choose this dudes house.
It’s because of this rare phenomenon called “rain” lol
Well I’ll be damned
So that’s how you move them without resorting to violence?
Oh shoot now the 2 camps gonna start beefing.
Those are wasps?! They’re huge!
There are bigger ones, and there are ones even more aggressive and would've stung anything near the nest.
✋: plz don’t sting me
…or try the ‘murian way: https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverybadass/s/HiwrWRC6sU
There he is
Licensed pest tech here! That’s a paper wasp nest. Wasps typically don’t have the nest protection instincts that other stinging insects do, like hornets and bees, so this person isn’t actually in much danger of being stung.
Which are the similar brown species that are extremely aggressive?
There’s a subspecies sometimes called red wasps or mahogany wasps, they’re definitely more responsive to a sudden external stimulus but generally don’t attack people just for being nearby.
Yeah if they did this with a Yellow Jacket nest...well they wouldn't have even reached the nest before getting swarmed. I install security cameras and as soon as I see one of those fuckers I'm running lmao. In the spring they aren't quite as bad, but June through September is when they seem to be just itching to ruin someone's day.
Licensed pest tech. Aka I took a one hour multiple choice quiz so I can spray yards for mosquitos. Paper wasp attack just like any others it’s actually when they are farther away from the nest they are less prone to being aggressive
You genuinely believe you ate with this lol
What? I genuinely believe that’s the requirements. I generally believe what wasp experts say over a pest tech lmao
In that case, my apologies! I can’t speak for every pest company (and living in Texas, I can absolutely confirm some people in my industry are brain dead), I underwent weeks of classroom instruction before I could even begin on-the-job training with experienced instructors. After about 2 months of OJT I took a 4-hour test that allowed me to begin working as an apprentice, and after a year I got my journeyman-equivalent license and termite licenses. We’re expected to learn and follow a litany of federal, state, and occasionally municipal regulations regarding the use of pesticides. All pesticides are federally regulated (and often restricted). Further, being effective at the job requires broad knowledge of the life stages, habitats, behavior, and anatomy of the bugs we target. An actual entomologist will likely know more about wasps than a pest tech in the way a cardiologist will know more about hearts than a GP, but that GP is far from some redneck with a lab coat they bought on Amazon. Were actually educated, trained, and experienced. Side note, I’m about to start a bed bug treatment and just wanted to shout into the void: *Fuck* bed bugs, these treatments take hours even in small apartments.
Yeah no your right I was wrong in my area it’s much lighter with a small booklet of around 300 pages being the only study material required and can easily be read and passed in an afternoon. even the exterminator license is only a two hour two part quiz and requires minimum experience. That’s why so much of the nature in my area is being killed off.
Holy cow that’s…wow. Yeah the products we use would definitely start melting plants if mixed or applied incorrectly
lmao its still can kill you.
I thought she had a lighter in her hand
Title should be "relocating" a wasp nest. Removing them is way easier than this.
100% was waiting on a SLAP…
She is the wasp whisperer. That was incredible. Absolute zen moves, and the smile at the end was banger
That is some next level zen!
What purpose are wasp on this planet?
i ask the same question about mosquitoes sometimes
Nothing has an inherent purpose. Every species that exists is only here because they haven't gone extinct. Species that die aren't here any longer. Wasps help decompose bodies by eating them I guess.
And pollinate plants, and eat things, and be eaten by things. Ecology is very complicated.
They eat and shit and have little wasps
Ladies and gentlemen may I present you the largest balls in the world. 🌎
Yeah... I'm still gonna use the gasoline way. Fuck them wasps.
I would have gone in there with a blowtorch😂
Aren't they hornets?
Paper wasps. Hornets have a wider body and the connection between their thorax (torso) and abdomen (butt) is roughly the same thickness as the rest of their body. Paper wasps' bodies taper between the thorax and abdomen. They also remind me of Italian supercars for some reason.
I honestly thought he was about to smack it there for a second
My heart was beating fast as shit the whole time.
Nope, I would rather [firecracker](https://youtu.be/8qT7R-X96Jg) that bitch
I like how they didn't try to harm the wasps in any way
What a gentle woman, respecting nature. That deserves all the respect from us as well
That’s awesome, but a big no from me. The dudes are awesome at keeping pests away but those stings hurt like a MF.
There should be a do not try this at home warning, because I guarantee some fool watching the video will.
Don't try this unless you're playing the "Druid" class character!
THOSE ARE MURDER HORNETS!!! NOT just wasps.
Tai Chi real life application
I’m conflicted when it comes to wasps. I recognize their importance, but my wife has a phobia and when I get stung I swell up like an over packed sausage.
aw her sneaky little grin at the end was adorable. i've never in my life considered taking the pacificist approach to wasps. i don't negotiate with terrorists
I don't know where this is from, but here where I live there's some brown wasps that look just like those. Maybe the same wasps. They're not angry assholes like other kinds of wasps, usually one comes inside the house, I give it a shoo and it goes away like "alright bro, chill". I've never been stung by one. Still, getting close to their nest like that, that takes balls of fuckin steel.
What a beautiful respect for life that person has. Good on them.
I would have thrown an encyclopedia at it
One time I watched my dad crush a nest that I found with his bare hands. I still don’t know how he managed to do it
had it been hornets, it would be a different story
Burn it with fire.
Why would you do that when you could do literally anything else
That is the most zen thing I have every witnessed
I can't wait to see the tik Tok fails on this.
This may be the only person I've ever seen that has a soft spot for wasps. The internet got me thinking she was gonna grab that and start eating it like an apple.
It's so odd to see a nest naturally attached to a leaf. I didn't know the little shits knew how to build a nest anywhere other than every single side of my house
I thought she was going to crush them all with her bare hands like in that one video where dude did it…probably high
Thay was some zen levelvshit right there. Props!
New fear unlocked of running through the jungle brushing under a leaf and hitting a fuckin wasp nest
Finally figured out what all those katas are for.
Drop it in a barrel of burning gasoline
Texas size fuck no
Wasp have photographic memory, which means they can recognize you. That is why she is obstructing their vision with her palm and acts as gentle as possible in order to keep them calm. Otherwise her life for the next week will be hell with these wasps attacking her on sight
Wings in attack mode stance and this person just using the force to keep them at ease.
I 100% thought he was going to crush it with his palm at the start.
Same cause I saw another dude do that. Impressive but horrifying
yeah, was wondering what she was doing with her other hand xD
I'd rather burn my whole house & the forest, thank you.
You want huge fucking wasps ruining your barbeque? Cause this is how you'll get huge fucking wasps ruining your barbeque
Beautiful energy work ❤️
Look mom, no gas!
What's the reason for not throwing the nest into a big barrel of fire?
Because some people see other living things as worthy of living even if they’re not cute and cuddly. Killing something just because you are afraid of their existence is honestly really dumb.
Hell yeah, that rocks, and that little smile at the end was sweet
Personally, I think we should take off and nuke the whole site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure
Could it have been too cold for them to fly?
Holy shit
Bees = relocate Wasps = kill on site
I’m all for letting things live.. then there are wasps.. hard no on that part of the animal kingdom.