i'm not ready to raise wasps myself, as i live in a tiny appartment and it might not be ideal, but this is incredibly interesting and i hope i'm able to do it someday :)
Wow awesome video!! Perhaps I'll try this some day, I've been observing polistes wasps for a few years now, I'd love to observe a nest more closely like this! (Also getting to help out a local species like polistes fuscatus would be awesome!) Wasps are pretty under-researched, so I feel like if I want to learn more about their behavior I need to study them myself lol
Great video New Subscriber. I keep Ants, and am a Beekeeper and wasp keeper for 35 years. Great Channel I will check out more for sure. I have been doing a daily Video on a Yellow Jacket colony.
Nice vid! So cool to see more wasp keeping content on youtube. I personally love to give mine coloured construction materials, or at least bits of timber that aren't grey, just for something different :)
This is a great project. Thank you. But all I have to do is lift the lid on my bbq and there they are. They are used to me and I feel quite safe with them. I'm pretty sure that your wasps will recognize you and not sting you.
Not easy, they need a lot of space (like a small greenhouse) and several shelters to choose from. And even then, the rate of failure is quite a bit higher than Polistes
Wow, thanks this was very informative my only question is how do you put new live food, honey and water in and clean the faunarium if it's upside down ?
Hi, my husband and I are about to have some work done on our home and there's a paper wasp nest that will be in the way and we'd like to move them to a safe spot. We have a box that we can relocate the nest - it's small - so should I just put some sugar water on a Q-tip and get them off of the nest so we can move it? And would dusk be a good time to do it or night? Thank you for your help.
I have a queen paper wasp in a critter keeper. With sugar water, water, honey and nectar. Have her nest on top and branches in there. Seems to me like she's dying. What can I do to save her? I don't want that to happen want to keep her until spring and let her go
Hey, what if I got my queen but I don't have a nest started? I have the sp. Polistes dominula and hence it's the start of the year I do not expect workers. Just caught her today inside the house, she's very calm in the containing box, not trying to escape or so.
The presence of a starter nest and conspecific foundresses in the same cage makes your chances of success nearly 100%. But it's not impossible for a lone foundress to start construction with no starter nest available, it's just less likely. How much less likely I'm not sure, but since P.dominula is a very easy species I would say you still have a good chance.
Excellent info! Have you ever tried feeding them crickets or mealworms? I just rescued a Polistes dominula nest from termite fumigation and haven't figured out a food source yet. I had another colony a few years ago and they seemed willing to eat crickets, but there was also a lot of cannibalism and the colony didn't last long. I'll try the honey though, that seems pretty easy!
Mealworms are very appreciated, they've been my staple for about three years, i haven't had a lot of luck with crickets but other keepers use them no problem, so it probably depends on the colony
No, this guide only works for Polistes wasps and not even all of them. I don't know of anyone who successfully started a BFH nest in captivity. You would probably need a very large cage, like a walk-in enclosure.
For sure? no. But with P.dominula, I've found that the chances of nesting within a week are close to 100%. Some will even nest the day after capture. Other species might be more difficult, and of course it depends on the season, early spring being the best.
@@waspjournals41 so I caught a queen from a small nest with like 14 cells and the wasp won’t go on the nest it has like twice and it’s may 7 so do u think it will start a nest if I keep it in there for a while and I do have water and honey and the wood material too so do u think it will start a nest soon?
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I’ve never been so invested in a totally silent video about a topic I know nothing about.
The CZcams rabbit hole has done it again
i'm not ready to raise wasps myself, as i live in a tiny appartment and it might not be ideal, but this is incredibly interesting and i hope i'm able to do it someday :)
Wow awesome video!! Perhaps I'll try this some day, I've been observing polistes wasps for a few years now, I'd love to observe a nest more closely like this!
(Also getting to help out a local species like polistes fuscatus would be awesome!)
Wasps are pretty under-researched, so I feel like if I want to learn more about their behavior I need to study them myself lol
Great video New Subscriber. I keep Ants, and am a Beekeeper and wasp keeper for 35 years. Great Channel I will check out more for sure. I have been doing a daily Video on a Yellow Jacket colony.
I've found a queen wasp that has just started raising it's first generation of wasps and I'm thinking of keeping it
Love from Reddit. This is very informative.
Subbed! Saw your comment on a reddit post and thought it was very informative and would like to learn more!
Saw your post on FB and was already a subscriber. I’ve recently had a few take up residence. This is very helpful. 🙏🏼
I'm glad!
Nice vid! So cool to see more wasp keeping content on youtube. I personally love to give mine coloured construction materials, or at least bits of timber that aren't grey, just for something different :)
This is a great project. Thank you.
But all I have to do is lift the lid on my bbq and there they are.
They are used to me and I feel quite safe with them.
I'm pretty sure that your wasps will recognize you and not sting you.
Good stuff Jesse
Do you possibly know how to keep yellowjackets? I have been trying to raise them for years.
Not easy, they need a lot of space (like a small greenhouse) and several shelters to choose from. And even then, the rate of failure is quite a bit higher than Polistes
Wow, thanks this was very informative my only question is how do you put new live food, honey and water in and clean the faunarium if it's upside down ?
Hi, my husband and I are about to have some work done on our home and there's a paper wasp nest that will be in the way and we'd like to move them to a safe spot. We have a box that we can relocate the nest - it's small - so should I just put some sugar water on a Q-tip and get them off of the nest so we can move it? And would dusk be a good time to do it or night? Thank you for your help.
can you do this with a nest that has larvae hatching and no workers or queen?
I have just found a nest. I have moved it to my windowsill so I can observe the colony. Gave them some blue paper, hope to see a blue nest :)
nice video
I have a queen paper wasp in a critter keeper. With sugar water, water, honey and nectar. Have her nest on top and branches in there. Seems to me like she's dying. What can I do to save her? I don't want that to happen want to keep her until spring and let her go
Complimenti 👏🏼💯
great video hope the nest i collected will thrive
Keep me updated!
Instead of sending a bouquet of flowers imagine sending someone a box with a large wasps nest inside
neat!!!
I just caught a queen today😊
Hey, what if I got my queen but I don't have a nest started? I have the sp. Polistes dominula and hence it's the start of the year I do not expect workers. Just caught her today inside the house, she's very calm in the containing box, not trying to escape or so.
The presence of a starter nest and conspecific foundresses in the same cage makes your chances of success nearly 100%. But it's not impossible for a lone foundress to start construction with no starter nest available, it's just less likely. How much less likely I'm not sure, but since P.dominula is a very easy species I would say you still have a good chance.
Excellent info! Have you ever tried feeding them crickets or mealworms? I just rescued a Polistes dominula nest from termite fumigation and haven't figured out a food source yet. I had another colony a few years ago and they seemed willing to eat crickets, but there was also a lot of cannibalism and the colony didn't last long. I'll try the honey though, that seems pretty easy!
Mealworms are very appreciated, they've been my staple for about three years, i haven't had a lot of luck with crickets but other keepers use them no problem, so it probably depends on the colony
Interesting topic bro. Teach me how to hive
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Does the nest need to be upside or does sideways work? It looks like yours is sideways and I need to reattach a nest that has babies in it.
You can reattach it in the same position it was in the wild
Hey! I found a Bald-Faced hornet queen, is keeping it essentially the same thing?
No, this guide only works for Polistes wasps and not even all of them. I don't know of anyone who successfully started a BFH nest in captivity. You would probably need a very large cage, like a walk-in enclosure.
@@waspjournals41Yeah, that makes sense. They don't nests in cavities and their nests are soccer-ball sized.
Will they for sure start building a nest in a week or 2 if u put wood in there?
For sure? no. But with P.dominula, I've found that the chances of nesting within a week are close to 100%. Some will even nest the day after capture. Other species might be more difficult, and of course it depends on the season, early spring being the best.
@@waspjournals41 so I caught a queen from a small nest with like 14 cells and the wasp won’t go on the nest it has like twice and it’s may 7 so do u think it will start a nest if I keep it in there for a while and I do have water and honey and the wood material too so do u think it will start a nest soon?
what temperature and humidity do they need?
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why do you need two
The presence of other queens stimulates nest initiation
Dude I caught a queen she never collected the wood 🪵 and she loved the honey month later she is in my air conditioner?