Massive Hornet Nest Removal

Removal of a massive in Patterson, LA. Took about 45 minutes total. Didn't get stung at all.

[mariannazanforlin]

Blind person: "The sound of rain is so relaxing, don't you think?"
Me: "Yeah..." *sweats*

[tal-lancer]

'Honey, did you remove that hornet's nest like I asked you 50 years ago?'

[sbarter]

I've never seen a hornets nest with a front door.

[mftripz]

I can’t imagine how powerful this guy must feel knowing he can charge into hundreds of thousands of hornets and not feel the slightest in danger lol

[xmrrush]

I feel sorry for the poor bastard that originally found that nest

[Jocelyn_Jade]

That’s not a Hornet Nest... it’s a Hornet Empire

[crona]

Imagine just chillin, and then out of nowhere, a giant indestructible space man just comes stomping through your house

[jacobgaming]

I've never felt safer behind a screen before.

[mohammedomarmukhthar]

A moment of silence for the person who discovered this nest.

[danisaangel]

a moment of appreciation that we currently have people in this world who willingly do these things

[demam]

People like this deserve much respect they are doing some serious public service work

[shinu]

More like "Removing house from hornet nest"

[TonyToad]

This video reminds me. The painting company I work for used to have an old building with a shed where we used to keep old and unused paint. It was neglected over the years and when it came time to get rid of that shed we had to evict the tenants that were living in there. Red Wasps, Paper Wasps, Bald Faced Hornets, Yellow Jackets and a few Carpenter Bees. Thousands of them living together. Three massive nests, several medium nests and a ton of tiny nests all in one shed.

I suited up in several layers of thick clothes and painters cover-alls, several sprayer's socks over my head and full face spray mask. We then ran dirty paint thinner through a spray machine. Without the spray tip, the sprayer is like a machine gun at full pressure shooting large streams of paint thinner. Graco Murker ES for those curious. You'd be amazed what the combination of paint thinner and a full pressure Murker does to these bugs.

Once ready we opened the single small door into the shed and I just started blasting. The moment the paint thinner hits them, it has the same effect as Wasp Spray. It incapacitates and quickly kills them. Because I'm launching huge streams of thinner so quickly, I'm able to knock a bunch of them out of the air with direct hits before can even get out of the door. It was like the Normandy landing scene in Saving Private Ryan. No disrespect to the actual men served and died there of course. The bugs that didn't take direct hits are covered by the thick mist of thinner that is created around the stream. They fell to the ground and were easy pickings. Some managed to fly away but most died in the shed. We soaked all the nests (we used about 20 gallons of dirty thinner) to be sure it safe for us to clear it all out the next morning.

Next day we return to the carnage and collected about 4 Contractors Trash Bags full of nesting material and dead bugs. We were surprised by not only how many there were but all the different species living together. Needless to say I had a blast gunning down all those Wasps and hornets, and thankfully without getting a single sting. Only regret is not filming it.

[imballen]

That man trusts that bee suit more than ive trusted anyone or anything in my entire life.

[ben]

One little hole in that facemask and it's game over man

game over

[JustinY.]

You know what works well in getting rid of hornets? A flamethrower. Just spray and pray

[Krosskaos]

The hornets: You cannot defeat us, our wings will block out the sun.
Him: Then I will fight in the shade.

[GrayLuna]

Sounds like my popcorn in the microwave

[Flowwingful]

"The one time i leave my flamethrower at home"

Update. Still no flamethrower found.

[LighthawkTenchi]

It's like listening to a thunderstorm that rains hate instead of water