Move WASP nests ANYWHERE!!!!

Anesthetize wasps and move their whole colony without hurting them. Does that sound crazy? It might be..... but I did it anyway. See how.

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[NewEnglandReptile]

I love my wasp and they can become quite tolerant.

[SpiritAscending]

I’m from New Orleans and we had big problems with wasps. The old folks know that if you paint the ceiling of your porch sky blue, they won’t build a nest there. They perceive it as the actual sky.

[plankton]

**CONGRATULATIONS**

You have taken humanity on its first tentative step in the domestication of the wasp

[notreal]

A coworker told me he kills buried wasp nests by shoving a banana in the hole. The banana doesn't kill the wasps, it just attracts a raccoon. The raccoon gets lured in by the banana and then finds the nest and digs it up to eat the larvae at night when the wasps are lethargic.

I told him this was great but then you'd have a colony of raccoons lol.

[greencamaro]

Raccoons took the nest. How would I know? When I was young and single, I lived in a mobile home. After a late night at the bar, and an early workday approaching, I was awakened by a loud metalic banging on my porch. Cursing, I got up and opened my door. I was greeted by two juvenile racoons swinging on a large, ancient, sheet metal bird feeder hanging on one of the porch posts. The feeder had no seed in it, so I had no idea what they were after. Angrilly, I rushed up to the raccoons, who were at eye level, and just inches away, began yelling at them to get off my porch. They seemed to have no fear, and just stared back at me. Then in the darkness, I heard the buzzing...

[Carnophobe]

This is a great example of how we should use our knowledge and ingenuity to live with and utilise nature, rather than constantly trying to subvert and supress it.

[ericcooley]

My grandfather use to cut open silk worm tree pods. We'd leave and come back in about an hour. Wasps were absolutely going to town on those worms. He was an old time farmer and hated pesticide when something natural was around.

[mayadog]

Thanks for the video! When I bought my home there were few plants and no trees....or wasps.
Over the next few years, I built a couple gardens, put flower and herb beds all over, planted numerous trees, added a couple of water features. Ive planted almost exclusively native plants and flowers.

Soon, I had wasps all over, toads and singing frogs, geckos, praying mantis, lady bugs, rat/ garden/ worm snakes, anole lizards, trees full of birds, squirrels, opossum, raccoons. Eventually a swarm of bees started a hive in an old upside down tree pot- Now, they live in a hive I transferred them to.

In the process of transforming my property, I was curious as to what all those "weeds", "bugs" and "critters" were. Turns out every PLANT and tree support a whole host of LIFE, and every single plant is either edible, medicinal or useful in another way.
I have NEVER used a single chemical to control, kill, treat or anything else anything on the property. I leave all the leaves and plant debris well into spring when all the LIFE thats overwintered in it has woken and gotten to work.


For 20 years, every year, I get one small paper wasp right over the from door. I started off just taking the nest down, but they always came back. Theyd NEVER bothered us over the years. In beekeeping, old timers would talk to their bees, saying hello, keeping them informed as to whats new...chit chatting.
Well, Ive been doing that to all the LIFE on the property. Until a recent really hard late freeze, we had Praying mantis all over our porch plants that we could pick up and carry around. We had names for them all- they all look different. The wasps have let me get some really good close up picture sand videos of them over the years.

Cheers!!!

[silbo]

Nice one, thanks! As I didn't have a CO₂ bottle at hand, I used a 1.5 Liter jar, folded some metal wire mesh to form a second bottom so the wasps wouldn't fall into the mixture below, which was *sodium-bicarbonate (2 table spoons) and white vinegar 5% (5 table spoons)* the gas that is produced (within about 2 minutes) is CO₂, I closed the lid and was ready to go, with some long sleeve rain gear and leather gloves on, and approached them in the corner of that shed, opened the lid and put the jar over the nest. The mesh worked nicely and indeed after about 5 minutes they had all fallen down, properly sedated, brought the nest to its new location and placed its stoned inhabitants nearby; they woke up after about 20 minutes and went straight to their nest as if nothing had happened... 🌈🐝👍🙏

[eliascabbio]

Many people don't know that wasps are essential to make wine.

While they fly on top of the mature grapes, they leave some useful yeasts that are essential for the fermentation phases, enriching the flavors of the final product.

[CatBaloo]

This summer I found that paper wasps built a large nest above my garage door. In search of how to kill it I found that it's too late to remove nest by myself (too large), but at the same time paper wasps are very timid and will not atack you if there are no threat to their nest. So I decided to experiment and to leave the nest where it was. Every day I was watching them very closely, and they were just busy feeding their babies (larvae). They didn't try to chase me away. And couple days ago I noticed that they finally left. I am so glad that I didn't kill them. Because their nests are from paper they always look to build them in shelter from rain, so houses is often their choice. Wasps are not only predators but also polinators and we, humans, just like to exterminate everything without second thought.
Thank you for this video to show that it can be a peaceful way to live with nature.

[obijuan]

Great video. When I was 10 yrs old, (50 yrs ago). I would charge 50 cents to remove wasps nests off of peoples porches. I would take the nests home, remove the almost mature wasps from the nest, and clip off their stingers and let them walk on my shirt, sometimes 30 at a time, my mother thought I was nuts. I learned that wasps ate spiders and garden caterpillars but they needed a stinger. Today, I only remove nests off my home in areas close to people. I think this video is brilliant. Nature is a diversity of life that adapted together in a natural balance we need to remember that.

[Rainygirl]

I was terribly stung by a wasp as a kid when I got too close to a nest and had a lasting fear of them into my teens due to the pain I experienced. Recently I've started finding videos like this that explain the behaviors of these animals, and I'm actually very fond of them now on par with bees. Thank you so much for advocating for these fascinatingly important insects and working to balance the environments we share with them. I will definitely be using this technique if I ever get nests in a bad spot!

[diagram_sock]

You're the first person I've ever seen who likes wasps.

[ColoradoTodd]

I was definitely at war with wasps until a couple of years ago. That year I had put out two things: hummingbird feeders (with no bee guard) and a bird bath. By early summer, I noticed two things: (1) there were paper wasps everywhere, drinking nectar from the feeders and water from the bird bath, and (2) most of the usual pests were scarce and, when they did show up, they mysteriously disappeared. The feeders had gone dry after a few weeks, and I didn't refill them (laziness), but I noticed wasps patrolling my garden, flying throughout the foliage and crawling around on the leaves. So I made the connection. This year, same thing. No aphids to speak of, no flea beetles, and no white cabbage moth caterpillars on my kale. That last one is amazing! I still have grasshoppers everywhere, but I don't think there are enough toads on the planet to eat them all, so they're just my burden to bear.

[heraclitus]

This is a really cool video. I just sent it to some folks who might actually do this. I personally have never had a problem with wasps. You leave them alone, they leave you alone.

[waterrmore]

Wasps build nests in sheltered areas. They like side walls to protect from wind, driving rain and predators. That is why they love porches, sheds and bird houses. Try making your wasp boxes with side and front panels. Only the bottom of the box missing.

[tomasjosefvela]

1:10 you said she was going to chew it up and feed it's regurgitated remains to it's sisters... it actually makes a "meat ball" of sorts and they pass that ball around in smaller bits to the larva which in return regurgitates a glucose substance that the full grown wasps then can eat, it's the reason they are so protective of the nest, without larva it is very difficult for them to eat and stay alive. Awesome video, it's good to spread the word that wasps aren't just annoying stinging pests, they help us in more ways than most know...

[moonboots]

Well put together video. I don't usually kill wasps, I used to but now I like to observe them and just be careful if I have to walk past them. I never really put thought into the importance of wasps and the positive outcome they can provide for a garden, thanks for filling that part of my brain without being asked. Take it easy, keep doing what you do.

[LabelsAreMeaningless]

There are at least two benefits to this method. It would lower the amount of pesticides people have been spraying near their food (that on its own makes it more than worth the effort). It also allows nature to work in the way that's intended. Too many have been trying to fight against nature when they could be working with nature and end up with a much better result. Sadly that's nearly impossible to do if you live in an apartment or condo.