15 BIGGEST HORNETS NESTS

Closely related to yellow jackets, hornets are the largest species of wasps in the world. They behave just like any other species of wasp, by building communal nests from wood pulp. These nests vary wildly in size depending on how well the colony is thriving in a particular area, and can be built virtually anywhere that provides enough shelter. In warmer climates, they can last all year round, but elsewhere they are abandoned during winter before being re-built the next year. It’s time to put on your protective gear, let's take a look at the top 15 biggest hornets nests ever found.

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[whitewitchziggi]

Absolutely amazingly put together information! Thanks.

[zoristructure]

These are large now, but just imagine their sizes back in prehistoric times, nests that were considered small could have been the size of a small house!

[grammybear]

🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤️ 🎀

[jeffmech]

This is truly an amazing video, but a better title it might be “15 DIFFERENT TYPES OF REALLY LARGE HORNET’S NESTS”. Indeed come were very large, even huge, but I‘m not sure if all of these were the biggest. I certainly wouldn’t want to run into any of these nest and kudos to those that worked to get rid of them.

[wish]

title is completely different to the video

[PitmasterLyfe]

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[bobjacobson]

Besides the comment that the stingers can reach an inch in length (addressed in another comment), there are other comments that need to be addressed in this video.
1) The white rounded structures on the combs ARE NOT eggs--they are the silken caps of cocoons made by the larvae as they fill the cell and get ready to become pupae--the equivalent of a caterpillar spinning a cocoon. (Eggs are only a small fraction of an inch, and can be found inside the cells, particularly in the partially-expanded cells at the edge of the newer combs near the bottom of the nest when in its natural position.)
2) The large nest found in Louisiana was actually full of yellow jackets (of the species Vespula squamosa) and NOT hornets. This species sometimes manages to overwinter in warmer areas, becoming huge the following year. (I collected such a colony in South Carolina about 15 years ago.)
3) Some species of 'true' hornets (genus Vespa) typically nest in the ground or at least in hidden locations while others generally build their nests in exposed locations such as on the branch of a tree or suspended under the eaves of a building. Still others build in a great variety of locations.
4) The colonies of baldfaced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) never survive the winter--nests are only used for one season. It is unusual to find a colony occupied by more than about 500 workers.
5) All hornets are wasps, but not all wasps are hornets.
6) Although hornets and yellow jackets build combs of hexagonal cells, their cells open downward and are only on one side of each comb, and the comb itself is oriented horizontally. In contrast, honey bees build their cells on both sides of a comb; the cells are horizontal while the comb itself is vertical.
7) I recognize some of the scenes shown in this video from other YouTube videos, such as the one regarding Vespa orientalis in Tel Aviv.
8) The nest of Vespa mandarinia found in Washington State was addressed in two separate portions of the present video.

[ImreBodor-ys]

Naber one nest the one giant hornet farm

[rodyates]

I think you should reconsider the narration to this video which has several mistakes and omissions. Most of the nests you show are nests of Wasps, not hornets. Wasps have multiple "queens", which can be an explanation for the need for the nests to be so large. Its interesting to note how they store food, and the fact that they are predominantly protein feeders.. hence they store food in with their brood. You could also note that the structure of papery nests is intended for insulation. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspect of wasps is the comparison to be made with bees. Invariably the cells of wasps are oriented vertically, though in Australia we have one really nasty species that is very small, and builds combs with horizontal cells that can be well concealed in shrubs. Consult a museum where there will be an entemologist.

[foosblood]

There's always the comment that "Hornets are a valuable part of the eco system" but they never explain how/why

[GG-jndx]

I hate these bugs but they’re great architects.

[bobbuilds]

4:15 *DON'T* call them "murder hornets" just call them asian giant hornets

[LouisianaticGaming]

I saw a nest of Bald Faced Hornets in a tree in Arkansas while installing fiber optic cables. the nest was between the size of a basketball and a watermelon.

[woody]

Back in 1984 when I worked as a tree faller for Pic River Forest Products and was living at camp 15 (400 man logging camp) near Manitouwadge Ontario Canada (north shore of lake Superior) My skidder operator and I found a huge bald faced hornets nest hanging from a branch in a balsm fir tree.. It was a perfect oval size and three times the size of a football. Our Forman ribboned off the area and we left to log in a different place. The ministry of natural resorces came to take pictures of it because it was a rare find.
Every summer loggers would get some stings from wasps (yellow jackets) nothing serious.Those would sting you once then fly off and die but the hornets could sting you multiple times 😧💀

[sethkaicer]

Chris Kane, assured Apollo Creed of his need to be the king of Sting.

[chantalbarry]

Plein de galettes a ce nid de Frelons 😊❤❤🎉

[ritchiesiepman]

0:01. "Closely related to Yellow Jackets" Hornets are Yellow

[juliant]

The bible tells us of the murder hornet plague to come.

2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. (Somewhere out there, may be the biggest underground hornets nest ever seen)

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

[donharrington]

Hornet ant and fish farm circle of life

[zackjondro]

Nests that big can have multiple queens