Meet the Meat Bee... the Western Yellowjacket! | Deep Look
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- Why is that yellowjacket crashing your BBQ? Well, she wants what you're having: burgers, hot dogs, fish and turkey. But she doesn't eat them herself. Her nest's larvae need that protein to develop. So she carves up your dinner and makes teeny-tiny meatballs for them.
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Yellowjackets bring back all kinds of interesting fare to their nests. The scavenging species might make meatballs out of moth wings, cockroaches or pieces of carrion. And all that food gathering and flying around gives adult yellowjackets an appetite. After delivering scavenged foods to the larvae, adult yellowjackets prod the youngsters and they offer their thanks in the form of a sugary throw up, or exudate. The adults slurp that up and jet off on more meatball missions.
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Just remember, when she's making a meatball out of your burger, she was walking on that mouse earlier! What a cutie!
People in the US are afraid of their own shadow and I have proof:
Right, they can be responsable of food poisoning
so they're basically giant flies with stingers?
They might poison the food
They clean themselves tho
My favorite memory of yellowjackets happened at a garden picnic--someone brought salmon pâté, and I noticed a yellowjacket _hurl_ herself into it. She did that "quality assurance check" mentioned in the video, then started scooping up an increasingly large meatball, while more and more picnic attendees watched. When the meatball was so big she needed all six legs to hold onto it, she finally lifted off... and topped out at about chest-height. We all wordlessly stepped aside to clear a path for her, save for one--somebody needed to open the garden gate for her, obviously. We then watched her slowly buzz her way along a hedge and out of sight.
I can't blame her for her enthusiasm, that pâté _was_ in fact delicious.
Ha! A real team effort!
That’s so funny 🤣🤣
That's adorable and hilarious
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I love the idea that someone had to grill up some burgers solely for a yellow jacket to feed her babies.
If it passes the yellow jacket test, you know your food is going to go big.
Thanks I hate it
Don’t forget! They also prepared a *whole human arm* just for a yellow jacket to sting!
More accurately they are feeding there sisters. Every yellow jacket nest is the result of a single queen that starts her own nest from scratch. How it works is high nutrition is what causes queens to be made so at first there is a bunch of workers. Then when the numbers go up so does the nutrition collected which means by the end the workers are spoiling the larvae rotten causing most of them to be queens which then leave to hibernate and start again next year.
I think of them as a superior to the bee
Such a breath of fresh air seeing support for wasps! People finally started appreciating bees, but it was upsetting seeing that hate still remain for wasps--as if they had no positive roles in gardens and their environment!! They hunt pests and pollinate too (even if they aren't as good at it as bees), and most don't sting you unless given a real reason to!
My mom nurtured a paper wasp back to health with mushed banana and water droplets, and they're cute when they circle around you before going back to whatever they were doing before!
What I love about this kind of videos is we are educated on which species that are actually harmful, harmless, or only attacking when threatened. It gives us good insight on what to do when we're facing these species in the real life. Thank you for the videos!
Yes
The smaller ones are very aggressive, the larger ones are not as bad.
@@CymruCreator like people
Do they do these with coconuts? I saw a lot of wasps
I used to hate when yellow jackets would visit while I was eating outside. Then a friend pointed out that they're just hungry and maybe I should share. Now whenever I see a yellow jacket eyeing my food, I break off a hunk and set it on the other side of the table. They get a tasty meatball, and I get to eat in peace. And I get a little entertainment, too! Now that I'm not afraid of them, they're kinda fun to watch.
You need to look beyond their stinging attitudes and focus on the positive side of them.
@@jediskunk67 I think they already got it figured out
I love when Laura's voice appear on the videos! She gives a totally different vibe to them that I cannot explain. Her voice fits so well in this kind of content!
Simp
Hilarious and upbeat enthusiasm i guess
People think of yellow jackets as pests or a nuisance , but others think of them as a incredible creature that help clean the environment of animal carcasses and fallen fruits
EXACTLY
@@TrevorMauk that's why I said why some people view them as nuisances or pests. Also. Did he have a allergy? The venom of the yellow jacket are too weak to cause harm to people.
like any predator, they drive the evolution of their prey animals.
@@Velkhana_The_Myth aren't they also pollinators?
Well if that yellowjacket was on something dead and then lands on ur food, not good
Several years ago, I used to hate wasps, but now I think they are fascinating and I appreciate them.
I still hate them.
What if one stings you though 😂
@@nstrainfanyt I’ll still appreciate them. I’ve been stung a few times before.
@@thelakesterswildworld8335 so you're like "oh thank you for the venom mr. Wasp". Just a joke lol
Same
I personally find it easy to distinguish between yellow jackets and honeybees. The hair, the brightness of the colors and their body shape is different.
When you constantly struggle with these things trying to live on your exterior walls you have to learn fast
The buzzing sounds they make are also different if you're accustomed to bee buzzes.
honey bees look fuzzy and yellow jackets look smooth and are thinner and longer.
Grew up on a farm. Early in the morning, all the flies like to hang out on the barn walls, trying to catch the sun to warm up. The yellowjackets and wasps can handle the cold a bit better, so they are active earlier. If you were watching at the right time, you could see the wasps and yellowjackets flying up to the barn walls and grabbing flies. They chew them a bit and roll them up before carrying them off, just like in this video.
There was a colony of yellow jackets at one place I lived and didn't realize they weren't bees, I got very close to the entrance and spent a while watching and they never even came to investigate me. It's wonderful to hear that they're scavengers since that's such an important role!
I also was at an outdoor brunch place and was shocked to find "bees" LOVED crab meat, so I helped them out by breaking off little pieces, and some deal, never once felt threatened by them. I know they're some of the more painful stings out there (props to the person who let themselves get stung!!) but they seem a lot less concerned by humans than other wasps so I'm happy to let them live
It's so nice to see a lot of people not blindly hating on wasps in the comments and appreciating them! As someone who has a garden, I have seen the benefit of them and I welcome them, (I also have never been stung, even when being in close proximity to them many times, including yellow jackets). So, I'm glad more people are realizing the good in them as well. And there are so many beautiful and interesting species too, they deserve more infatuation than dislike.
They are inquisitive little creatures. I respect my fellow souls, and they know it. So when I hold up my finger next to them flying, they usually land on it. Such amazing creatures 💚
I have a garden and I hate having to choose between stingy things or harvest destroyers 😓
@@kenyanicholas6809 If getting stung is a concern in your household it might be a good idea to call someone who can remove the nest from your house or garden. Cases where people get stung a lot usually come from africanized bees or other similar invasive and bizarrely aggressive species.
Pollinators like bees and wasps are great, and the fear for them is overblown, but it’s not unlikely to be in a situation where they hamper one’s quality of life. If you or anyone in your household suspect being allergic to bee/wasp venom by all means get the nests removed! Better to have nibbled crops than life-or-death trips to the hospital.
Indeed I've seen one flying with catterpillar. I welcomed them although once I threw a sandal at their newly built nest cause they made it right at the front of my rooftop door lol
finally some love for the vespids on this channel! i love the effort taken to not villainize the animal just living its life, and instead highlight the good they do for the ecosystem. its very appreciated for such an unfairly maligned animal!
Thank you, dangerouscolors! From your avatar it looks like you're a big fan of wasps, hornets and their allies!
@@KQEDDeepLook i am! theyre my favorite bugs ever! my username is even a reference to their aposematic coloration 😁
Wasps and mosquitos... reaaaallly hard to justify their existence besides their ecological roles lol. I would eradicate those 2 species if there were no environmental consequences
@@nickm6751 yea i was wondering... don't yellowjackets also kill honeybees? or is that just some other wasps?
@@dangerouscolors that dead mouse on your burger is sure yummy
When I am eating outside during the summer, wasps often swarm around my food, but they are never seeking to sting me; they just want the food I am eating.
So, I just cut a piece of meat or cheese for them and leave it a bit further from my plate so we won't bother each other and enjoy our meals (and because it is not very sanitary for an insect to walk on your food). And they do indeed not bother, because they aren't seeking to make people's lives miserable, they just want to eat. They are also very pretty animals! I often take photos of them snooping around the food I gave them and they look adorable.
I do believe wasps are very misunderstood animals, especially considering how important their ecological role is (either as pollinators, "cleaners" or population controllers). I understand people with allergies wanting to avoid them, but I don't understand the mindset of some people that go "wasps should be eradicated" just because they have been stung once, because they swarm their food or because they simply don't like them.
Don't forget a little bit of something sweet! A small chunk of overripe fruit makes a perfect dessert for them, they go nuts for sweet things.
Wasps are very inefficient pollinators due to their lack of hair.
Wasps- literally murder people there's a hornet named murder Hornet they aren't misunderstood animals 💀
And the killed half the population of the honeybees, 💀 I get what you're saying but no If I see one swarming around my food doing that god awful buzzing sound I'm killing it
@@DigitalcircusSlander It's literally their job to kill honeybees. You need to stop having the notion of "a lot of honeybees= good; (non-human) animal that kills honeybees = bad". There needs to be someone who controls honeybees' population and that's certain species of wasp (not all of them attack bees. In fact, many wasp species specialise on specific insects). If there was an overpopulation of honeybees, that would be a serious ecological issue as much as underpopulation is/would be.
It's not wasps that are an issue to honeybees. It's humans.
And no, not all wasps murder people. The killer hornet you mentioned is literally one species out of the thousands of wasp species there are. Most wasps are not aggressive to people if they are not provoked. And literally any animal can kill people, so this argument is nonsensical.
Something else I have noticed is in the around where I live, there are quite a few yellow jackets, but little to no ticks. When I went to a place with barely any yellow jackets, or predatory arthropods for that matter, there were more ticks. All the ticks I had that summer were from the latter place.
They usually leave me alone and pollinate my squash plants, and berry plants. As long as they don't get all over aggressive, I don't mind them at all. They're beneficial for my garden.
Hurray. I’m so happy that Laura is back. Love to hear her voice back.
Way yellowjacket taking a piece of burger and roll it to carry is amazing! All bugs have their own charm and I love them
Tons of fellow insect-lovers recommend leaving little tidbits out for wasps, so that they learn that you aren't a threat. Toss a piece of meat over toward the nest, and they'll be more likely to leave you alone.
We had a nest of some sort of ground-nesting wasps living on our campsite for an entire 4-month field season, and they didn't bother anyone until my supervisor unknowingly tried to hang her hammock over their nest. We didn't even notice them before that!
I have to appreciate the skills specially capturing tiny objects perfectly and also the editing. Thanks for another episode. 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it!
I find it amusing that you set up an actual hamburger with a bun and a sauce just to show the wasp in action.
I remember being at a cookout with a friend and having a wasp come and grab a chunk of meat off my friends plate which was almost as big as it. If flew off all wobbly and we were confused at first but it was really funny. Now I know why it did that!
What an amazing timing for this video to pop up.
A few days ago I was having breakfast outside and one of these little guys spotted my food. After deciding that the egg wasn't for her, she proceeded to a slice of ham and proceeded to cut a chunk off and airlift it away.
It was the cutest thing I've seen recently.
If i'm not mistaken the adults do need proteins but they can't digest them themselves, so the larvae after having their fill with the protein the adults gave them will regurgitate the exudate with aminoacids from the broken down proteins. That's why adults drink that alongside the nectar they collect from flowers.
I used to be terrified of wasps and hornets but it all changed with knowledge and experience. They have no interest in you, if you leave them alone they leave you alone. It's just a bit sad that often our encounters with them is because we're very close to their hive and they're defending themselves. They do love building hives around or inside our houses. The good thing is once the season is over they'll die off and the hive is dead. I guess a queen could hibernate inside the house and start a new colony but they won't use the old hive comb. Anyways, if you have a problem with these insects contact a professional to deal with them.
nah these wasp r product of a lab species, more or less like Frankenstein product.they re not supposed to exist! we have to eliminate this species to save the human race!
unless they make a nest right ad your doorstep and you found them invading every single area of your home
@@xLuis89x That's why there are professionals that will deal with the problem if it gets to that point.
I like how she says “Give them some space”
I recomend dis channel.
YAAA WELCOME BACK LAURA!! And amazing vid as always DL 💚
Thank you!! 😊
That wasp carted off the equivalent of like 20lbs of meats
Wow, great video as always :D. I can’t help but always be a bit nervous around bees and wasps (the latter in particular), but I do notice that understanding these guys a bit more always makes me feel less nervous around them. Thanks for the video!
Once at a BBQ. 2 full grown men watched a wasp slice dice and helicopter off a chunk primo cut, freshly rested.
We went from knodding and smiling yes to cheering, Biblically. As the little one went up and down hoisting itself up several times due to the sizeable chonky piece of grub it had collected.
I Cherish that moment.
HOW DELICIOUS!!! NOT ONLY THE CHOICE OF DELICACIES PROVIDED FOR THEIR HATCHLINGS , BUT ALSO THE WAY THE PRESENTER SERVES IT UP!!!V.W.
Thanks Vivian!
So lovely that Laura is back! The perfect Deep Look voice.
You never failed to impress me deeplook with another educational video ❤❤❤
Happy to hear that!
Imagine being an insect and having to deal with that predator. When you see that coming your way you run the other way. Ahhh don't mess with them 🤣🤣. Great video deep look
Thanks!
Wasps are so cute to me. I know some hate then but they are very helpful and cute. Besides when they sting me. Plus they pick up stuff I don’t want to pick up.
We always had a plate with rest meat and bones and whatever on the other end of the table so the yellowjackets would leave us alone. and it worked like charm! plus seeing them chew off a meatball thats slightly to big too take off with so they had to do this little run up before they could fly. Hilarious!
Wow this really changes the way I look at yellow jackets! Misunderstood little wasps 🥺
Thanks, Maya!
People love to hate on yellow jackets, but they are just so pretty up close.
1:20
Fly: "That meat was mine! Give it back (pls)!"
Yellowjacket: "Nope."
That cameo made us laugh. If you want to see what the fly was up to at the picnic, here is the episode: czcams.com/video/jBPFCvEhv9Y/video.html
I am happy to share my picnic food with these hard working moms
Thanks for sharing!
I got so excited when I saw this I watched immediately. Even when I read a lot about wasps there's always something I didn't know, like the protein being called an exudate. I appreciate this channel greatly.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I honestly love Yellowjackets. I gladly share my food with them and just... look at them. They're adorable, especially if they cut out something that's way too big for them! It's so funny to see them whirl around with that big piece of whatever, like a helicopter flying in circles, every circly a liiiitle bit higher :'D I once had a yellowjacket give me a... "kiss". I had some juice and one flew directly onto my lips, making the taste test and... bit my lip :'D That hurt a lot, these mandibles are stronger than you think! I did manage to get her to leave without stinging me tho. Actually I have never been stung by one, even when handling them lol
We’re sure they appreciate your generosity!
@@KQEDDeepLook Hehe I guess they sense I don't want to hurt them. Maybe. :D
Thank you, all bugs, bees, and wasps for doing your absolute best and never giving up!!!
Laura's back, YAY!
Yellow Jackets aren’t to bad. Wasps are just flying ants. Bees wasps and ants are so necessary for our ecosystem. They are also examples of great teamwork. If only humans could learn to work together more.
I would love a study that shows if yellow jackets prefer cooked or raw animal protein for their offspring.
My hypothesis is that they prefer pre cooked protein for the same reason we do, more available calories
We are thankful to you deep look for providing us with such amazing content.
I always get so frustrated when people I'm with freak out about wasps when you're out. Just let it do it's thing and it'll leave you alone too. We're all important here
One of my favorite things to do at Renaissance festivals is get a jumbo turkey leg, eat my fill, then hang out till the wasps smell it and start coming to snip off pieces. Can't think of more primitive entertainment.
All I can ever think about when I see yellowjackets is how I've been swarmed by hives on three different occasions. One time I even had one sting me on the nose and it couldn't pull itself out so I was running around slapping myself 😂. In all regards I should hate them, but instead I respect their fierce approach to survival. Few other life forms fight as hard as they do just to live.🥊
anyone into gardening should know the value of wasps, generally leave them alone and you wont have problems with them but if their nests are in the way what has to be done has to be done, also paper wasps seem to have a thing for coffee
Laura is back ! Love you voice and videos. Thank you so Mach.
This is why I always leave a small amount of meat to the side when I barbeque. Yellow jackets get a bad rap, they do so much for their environment by being both pollinators and I've never had issues with them personally. I can understand the issues though, what with them making nests in the places we mow our lawns.
I have a feeding station for wasps and bees that has caffeinated sugar in easily accessible quality, I also refresh the meat platter daily for the yellow jackets. Burger, chicken, fish, whatever I'm having I just save them some. It's really fun to have thousands of them coming through my bedroom window and using my bee station. I've uploaded a bunch of videos of them in and around my room.
those bee shoes are adorable!!
Amazing close ups
as cute as this is, I almost wish I wasn't allergic
bees : "i makes honey for a living"
silk worms : " i make silk to live again"
wasps : "this world shall know pain"
The more you know! Thanks Deep Look.
Always!
Props to the dude who got stung for our entertainment
Everytime I watch your videos I am so amazed and admire the work and effort you guys do!
lovely to see them go to work, up close and personal!
When I die, I don't want to be buried or creamated. Just feed my corpse to a nest of yellowjackets.
"She will only sting as a last resort"
That one wasp that randomly landed just below my eye this summer and stung me: " *and I took that personally* "
"Wasp trying to get meat"
❝JOEY DOESN’T SHARE FOOD ❞
I think they are adorable. We have them all over around the apartment and they have never been scary to me. I also know to keep my distance and respect them though.
You just answered a 35-year old question that I never knew I had. I used to give ham to yellowjackets from my sandwich at lunch!
Hymenopteran biologist here. Though I admire your work, some things you got wrong:
-wasps DO need proteins - their venom is made of proteins for example, they just cannot swallow solid food due to their narrow waists. They get their aminoacids from larvas' secretion - the exude
-exude is not "sugary", it is quite full of other stuff - including aminoacids (which an adult wasp uses to make proteins), larvas are essentially external guts for the wasp colony
-splitting hairs here, but cladistically speaking, bees are wasps - they are a lineage derived from digger wasps (according to our best knowledge)
I feel really bad for the person who got stung for this video...
It's good to hear Laura's voice back narrating again
Props to thy guy that held still to get stung by the yellow jacket.
I salute you sir!
(or ma'am I dunno xD)
In East Asia I would often find small hornet species (Vespa bicolor/velutina) instead of Yellowjackets being the little menaces looking for sugar and meat instead. They would even be curious and land on people, though not in a threatening sense. Sometimes I just share the food and calmly watch them, plus they make super cool subjects for camera close up shots.
Big bug nerd here, but I had NO idea that yellow jacket larvae ‘thank’ the adults the way aphids thank ants! 😮
I always leave a morsel for them on the side of my plate. My parents think I’m nuts but it seems to distract them from flying in our faces while we eat
Fun fact: Yellowjackets aren’t the only ones that can sting repeatedly. Bumblebees & most other Native American bees can sting repeatedly thanks to their smooth stingers.
I hope y'all credited whoever took that sting, because they took it like a champ. Didn't even flinch.
The scariest part of this video is when you called it a bee at the beginning! lol
When I was Young, I thought Yellow Jacket is new kind of mutantion Bee.
They just resemble to Bee more than Wasp.
that explains why I can't eat my sandwiches in peace when I'm on campus
Can ya blame 'em? Who doesn't love BBQ?
ive been wondering this my whole life. wow thank you!
Happy to help!
Yellow Jackets swarmed me when I was five.
I love watching these girls eat. I usually set aside a bit of meat for them and watch them go to work. It doesn't take long for more than one to show up. I have never been stung or anyone else around me by them.
Generous!
I always set aside a small piece of meat for the yellow jackets since it's fascinating to watch them ball up the food
Love you Laura Kivlans, the best voice in Deep Look😍
_massive_ shoutout to the person who sacrificed their arm for this video, huge props lol
This was awesome!! I'd love to hear about the dunnart!!
"Hey, who the heck invited you?"
"I did, you gonna do something about it?"
"N....no. :("
"Yea that's what I thought, now get grillin'."
I've never found a yellow-jacket so cute before
Yay, Laura’s back!😁
2:43 Did someone on the team have him/herself get stung again for science? The dedication is real.
My favourite part of the yellow jacket life cycle is when it gets caught in a spider web
Wow.. the simplification in this video is over the top.
I love how they just dig in to the meat
I’m surprised by the amount of wasp-positive people in the comment section here, it’s genuinely pretty heartwarming. Generally it’s just uneducated slander all around without a second thought. This is a nice change of pace.
Congratulations on 2M subs, Deep Look!
This definitely makes me want to give up all my burgers for a yellow jacket! So inspiring!
these insects are so smart.
"Mama I'm hungry can we have something els-" *NO YOU WILL EAT WHAT YOU ARE GIVEN*
The fly was jealous of the wasps ability.
That cameo made us laugh. If you want to see what the fly was up to at the picnic, here is the episode: czcams.com/video/jBPFCvEhv9Y/video.html
@@KQEDDeepLook Thank you for the information. Learnt something new today.