(upbeat music)
- [Coyote] Hold
on, oh it's flying.
Hold on let's go back
towards the nest.
No wait, wait, wait, don't move.
- [Mark] Did you get it?
- Yes, yes.
I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm
about to enter the sting zone
with the yellow jacket.
Here we go.
(yelling)
(upbeat music)
Today we are headed out
into the suburban wilds
of Westerville, Ohio to search
for any species of paper wasp
which can be carefully
caught and ultimately used
to give me a good
series of stings.
Welcome to another
day in the office
for Coyote Peterson.
- [Mark] Coyote, are we doing
what I think we're doing today?
- Oh yes, today is
yellow jacket day.
Now you guys may remember
a little episode called,
"The Bullet Ant Challenge"
where I was stung
by a bullet ant.
(yelling)
And then a subsequent
video called,
"Bullet Ant Kryptonite"
where I used a product
called Sting-Kill
to help alleviate the
pain and the itching.
A Sting-Kill absolutely
loved that video
and then they came
to us and said,
"We'd love to work with you
guys and do a sponsored video,
but let's get you stung
by something a little
more commonplace."
You know, not many people
are running into bullet ants.
So they said, "What if you
get stung by yellow jackets?"
Now we all know that
yellow jackets can be found
at your local park, maybe you
see them in your backyard,
sometimes they even
get into the house.
We know they're angry, we
know they're aggressive,
and people are often
stung every single summer.
So what we're gonna do today
is actually build a bug vacuum.
(record scratches)
- [Mark] A bug what?
- [Coyote] A bug vacuum.
Bear with me here for a second.
So you see this?
I found this online, right?
- [Mark] Looks pretty cool.
- Right, the Extreme Bug Vac.
But unfortunately, I
have one opened up here.
This is supposed to
have a lot of suction,
Mark put your hand out.
- Yeah, no.
- Pretty sure that's not
gonna catch us any hornets
but what I love about this
is the plastic capsule.
Check that out.
It's got this little
revolving door
and you are supposed to be able
to suck a bug in
there, close it up,
look at it through
the magnifying glass
and then of course it's
go a little screen,
so that the insect can breathe.
What I wanna do,
is actually take
this capsule from the bug vacuum
and Macgyver something
with a real vacuum.
(vacuum sucking)
Check out that suction.
- Oh yeah.
- Yeah.
- [Mark] Suction power there.
- Oh yeah, that's
gonna catch a hornet.
But what I need to do
is reconstruct this,
where I'm gonna
actually cut the hose
and duct tape the
capsule in between.
Then I'll be able to use
this end with the nozzle,
which has great suction power.
And then I think
we're gonna be ready
to go out and start searching
for some yellow jackets.
Oh I almost forgot,
I am gonna mount the
GoPro on it as well.
- [Mark] So where are we today?
We're in Ohio, right?
- We are in Ohio.
We're actually
right in my backyard
here in Westerville, Ohio.
And I actually put
in a phone call
and email to a number of my
different friends in the area
and I said, "Go out this
morning and look around
near the eaves of your house."
You know where the gutter
attaches to the roof?
"And let me know if you
see any wasps nests,
hornet nests,
yellow jacket nests,
anything that looks
like a stinging insect,
let me know and we may
come and investigate it."
So we're gonna kinda
go on a little bit
of a field trip today guys,
until we can find ourselves
some good stinging bugs.
- [Mark] Are we testin' it out?
(vacuum sucking)
- Yep.
(vacuum sucking)
- Yep.
I think it's gonna work.
- Last step.
(Mark laughing)
Now it's like a proton pack.
(Mark laughing)
Oh yeah, this thing is awesome.
Alright, well if
you guys are ready,
let's go try to catch
some yellow jackets.
- [Mark] Let's do it.
(Coyote cheering)
- Alright, well we might as well
check the park
that we started at.
Great structures here
for us to invest.
You see that all these
eaves and overhangs,
perfect place for paper wasps.
- [Mark] Now why do paper wasps
like these under hangs here?
- Well because it's a
great spot to build a nest.
It's out of the realm of
predators and the rain.
See anything yet?
(mysterious music)
There are eight known species
of wasps that call Ohio home.
And many of them
can be encountered
right in your own backyard.
However, unless they
are intentionally
or accidentally provoked,
your odds of being stung
are actually very slim.
Let's go this way.
- [Mark] Come on Mario.
- Well it's a fun
day at the park.
- [Mark] Yep.
- On the weekend.
- [Mark] Should've
brought a soccer ball.
What do you see?
- [Mario] Did you see
something fly out?
- I did, I think it
was a honey bee though.
Now honey bees, you often
times see on clover.
Let me see, there's
one right there.
Look, look, look, look.
That's a honey bee.
- [Mark] European honey bee.
- Yep. Now that is
not what we're after.
honey bees actually have
fur all over their bodies,
whereas yellow jackets
are completely bald.
Bees also have barbs
on their stingers,
so when you get stung by a
bee, it's stinger gets removed.
If you get stung
by a yellow jacket,
no barbs, so it can sting
you over and over and over.
If I was looking for honey
bees, we'd be in the right spot.
But unfortunately, yellow
jackets do not pollinate clover.
Alright, let's keep lookin'.
(mysterious music)
- [Mark] So why are we
looking at the ground now?
I thought we were looking up.
- That's a good
question actually.
Oh.
That could be perfect, I
see some ants in there.
A lot of times yellow jackets
will actually build
their nests underground.
So if you see something
that looks like a mole hole,
just respect it
from a safe distance
because it's possible
that yellow jackets
have built a nest in there.
A cavity in a tree like
this is also fair game.
But there's nothing
in this tree.
Not sure we're gonna find
anything in this park, guys.
Might be time to
take a road trip,
see where else we can
look for yellow jackets.
You ready?
- [Mark] The bug suckers
are hittin' the road.
- Oh yeah, vroom vroom.
(upbeat music)
Well it is 12:43, which means
it's officially lunch time.
And we have a new plan.
- Searching for the
yellow jackets ourselves
is not exactly
panning out very well.
We found some nests
that were vacant,
we found some honey bees,
and some bumblebees.
But we haven't found the
infamous yellow jacket.
What we're gonna do, bear
with me here for a second,
is actually have a picnic.
Because often times,
if you think about it,
yellow jackets show up
when you're at a picnic.
So I'm thinking if we get some
soda pops and some ice cream,
we hang out in the sun,
maybe these stinging insects
will come to us and
we will then be able
to use the Bug Sucker 5000 to
just sit there and just go,
vroom, and suck 'em up.
Give me this, I'm gonna go look
in the garbage can right now
and see if there
are any hornets.
Guys, we are really lookin'
hard for these hornets
but you know what, they
empty their trash a lot.
Check this out.
There's like nothin' in there.
Can't exactly find hornets
if there isn't a bunch
of sticky stuff around.
And what Mario did was, he put,
look at that.
Ice cream in the
grass on top of a lid.
Maybe that will
bring in the hornets
and the yellow
jackets, and the wasps.
I don't know, I guess
we'll see what happens.
- Mmm.
- [Mark] Pretty good, huh Mario?
I'm enjoying mine.
- It's a beautiful
day for a picnic.
- I'll see you
then, alright bye.
- [Mark] No yellow
jackets though.
- Guys.
- [Mark] What's up?
- We might be in business.
I just got off the phone
with my friend, Jasper.
Now I know at the
beginning of the video,
I kinda made a joke and said,
"Yeah I sent an email and
texts to my friends that live
"in the area and I
told 'em to go outside
"and check around their houses
"to see if any yellow
jackets were hanging out."
Sure enough, my
friend Jasper went out
and he said right
on his back patio,
there's a little nest and
there are three yellow jackets.
And I said, "You're sure?"
He said, "Well, they're
yellow and they're black
"and they look like
they wanna sting."
So, I think we may
actually be able
to put the Bug Sucker
5000 to the test.
You guys ready?
- [Mark] Let's do it.
And can we bring
our treats with us?
- Oh of course.
- Yeah.
- Let's catch some
yellow jackets.
Alright guys, well we
are at Jasper's house.
Now he has asked to
not be on camera,
because he's not used
to being on YouTube.
So you won't get
to meet him today,
but he has given us permission
to go out on his porch
and scout for these
yellow jackets.
If they're there,
we're gonna use
the Bug Sucker
5000 to catch them
and then go to a
controlled environment
so that we can get me stung.
You guys ready?
- [Mark] Sounds like
a plan, let's do it.
- Gear up, you guys
grab the other cameras
and we'll be ready to go.
- [Mark] You look happy.
- [Coyote] See that
corner right there?
- [Mark] Uh-huh.
- That is a small nest
and there are two
yellow jackets.
Now Jasper has provided
us with a step stool.
He was thinkin' ahead.
So I'm gonna use this step stool
and get up close with
the Bug Sucker 5000.
You guys ready?
We're gonna have
to do this quick
'cause I already see
that they're on the alert
with their wings
kind of propped out
ready to swoop
down and sting us.
So we really just
have one shot at this.
Okay so what I'm gonna do,
I love my Ghostbuster pack,
but to really make this
work I do have to take
the Bug Sucker 5000 out.
- [Mark] The moment we've
all been waiting for.
- Let's put it this way,
it's either gonna work, or
we're all gonna get stung.
(vacuum sucking)
- [Mark] Move fast.
(vacuum sucking)
Did it work?
- We got one of 'em in there.
- [Mark] Oh there's
still one on the nest.
(vacuum sucking)
- [Coyote] Get the net,
get the net, get the net.
Oh it's flying.
Hold on, hold on let's
go back towards the nest.
Wait, wait, wait,
wait, don't move.
(vacuum sucking)
- [Mark] Did you get it?
- Yes, yes.
- [Mark] Shut the
door, shut the door.
(laughing)
It totally worked.
- Look at that.
Totally caught the
yellow jackets.
Both of 'em, just like that.
(cheering)
The Bug Sucker 5000 pays off.
Can you guys believe that?
Holy mackerel, we caught 'em.
Wow.
That was crazy, the one
was actually climbed
onto this thing and I was like,
"Uh, oh. We're gonna get stung."
I was like, "Get the
net, get the net."
But then it went
back up to the nest
and sure enough, got it
inside of the capsule.
- [Mark] So alright
Coyote, now we have to go
to where we're
gonna get you stung.
Not at Jasper's house.
- Yeah, no we're gonna go
to a controlled situation,
and we're gonna get
these yellow jackets
out of the little
capsule and get me stung.
But what I'm gonna
do for transport,
is not take this hose apart.
Now I'm actually just
gonna place it inside
of the bug net just
in case they get out.
And just like that,
we're ready to go.
- [Mark] Nice.
- Awesome, high fives guys.
(laughing)
- That totally worked.
- That's so cool
that that worked.
- [Mark] That totally worked.
Boom.
- Alright guys, and we're back.
Now we do have the
yellow jackets on hand.
But first let's
talk about the kit
that I have here on the table.
Now as always, with
these sting episodes,
I have my trusty
entomology forceps here.
I'll be using this
to actually hold
one of the yellow
jackets against my
arm to induce a sting.
And just in case something
goes horribly wrong,
as always, the epinephrin pen.
- [Mark] Now do you think you're
in the clear at this point?
You've been stung a bunch.
- I have and you never know.
Every single insect
sting is unique
and you never know how
your body will react.
Even a yellow jacket can force
you into anaphylactic shock.
So I always have this just
as a safety precaution.
And of course, the star of
today's episode, Sting-Kill.
Who probably is
sponsoring this episode.
Now what we're gonna
do after I'm stung,
is try out both of these
products on the sting,
to make sure that it can
relieve not only the pain,
but also the itching that's
gonna come after the fact.
You guys ready to see
the yellow jackets?
- [Mark] Let's bring 'em out.
- Alright, well they
did transport safely
inside of the net
and still inside of
the little capsule.
- [Mark] Pretty happy they
didn't escape in the car.
- Yeah that would've been a
bad situation, wouldn't it?
All of us in the car and then
yellow jackets flying around.
And sure enough there they
are inside of the capsule.
Now what I need to
do is actually remove
the hose from the capsule
so we just have
this individualized.
And then I can carefully get one
of those yellow
jackets out of there.
Now here's a really interesting
little fact to remember,
all hornets are
technically wasps,
but not all wasps are hornets.
How about that?
And anything that
is black and yellow
is technically considered
a yellow jacket.
- [Mark] So what do we
have, what did we find?
- This I believe, is what's
called a European paper wasp.
But because it's
yellow and black,
we're just generically
calling it a yellow jacket.
- [Mark] And is this
what we find at picnics?
Is this what's swarming
us when we're trying
to eat our ice cream?
- No, that is usually a hornet.
Now a hornet has a much
stockier looking body,
a thicker abdomen and
a narrower thorax.
But these ones look
just like wasps.
You see the very pointy wings,
if you kind of see there.
Do you see where
the thorax leads
into the abdomen right there?
It's very narrow and indicative
of being an actual wasp.
But I think at this junction,
what we're ready to do,
is bring the bug
net back into this,
place the capsule inside,
and work on getting one
of these yellow jackets
out of the container.
You ready for that?
- [Mark] So what's
the process here?
You're gonna let 'em
go inside the net
and then grab them
with the forceps?
- Yeah, here's
what's gonna happen.
So I'm gonna place
the capsule down
inside of the net like
this, keep it contained.
I'm going to open the capsule,
hopefully only let
one of them out,
close it back up,
remove the capsule,
and then go in there with
the entomology forceps,
to pick it up, bring it out,
and place it on my forearm.
(suspenseful music)
I'm Coyote Peterson,
and I'm about to enter
the sting zone with a
yellow jacket, here we go.
One, (breathes), two, three.
(suspenseful music)
Ow.
- [Mark] Did you get there?
- [Coyote] Got me there, yeah.
(suspenseful music)
(yelling)
- [Mark] Did you get it?
- Yeah it got me twice.
Ah. Here we go.
(suspenseful music)
(yelling)
- [Mark] Was that the worst one?
- [Coyote] Yeah that was
the worst one so far.
- [Mark] Are you good?
(yelling)
- He got the stinger all the
way inserted into my arm.
Oh my arm's startin'
to hurt a little bit,
hold on, let's do this.
We're gonna get back
into the capsule.
- [Mark] Gonna lay it back.
(breathes)
- Ah, yep there you have it.
You see all those welts?
I took several stings
all right in that area.
And look at this, there's
a lot of red coloration
developing right near the veins.
That is really
interesting looking.
And it burns and it's really
warm, really warm right now.
Honestly, it's hot
to the touch right?
- [Mark] Yeah you can
definitely feel the swelling.
- Yeah, now it was
not nearly as painful
as any of the other
stings I've gone through.
I was actually able to keep
the yellow jacket on my arm
as it was inflicting stings.
It did get me one time pretty
good right at the end there,
and I had to let it go.
Of course we got it safely back
into the capsule, as
you can see there.
There they both are, they'll
be released here shortly.
But what we wanna
do now, is actually
use the Sting-Kill products
to see if it will alleviate
some of the burning in my arm
and of course the itching
that is almost certain to come
if I don't use the
Sting-Kill ointment.
You guys ready for that?
- [Mark] Let's do it.
- [Coyote] Okay.
- [Mark] Well which
one do we want?
Do you want the capsules
or do you want the?
How about you take both.
Let's talk about both.
- We're gonna give
a shot at both.
So this is the Sting-Kill wipe.
Often times used for
anything from a bee sting
or a wasp sting, even a
mosquito bite, even a jellyfish.
If you guys are on the
beach and you're swimming
and you run into a jellyfish,
this is perfect for that.
So what I'm gonna do, is
I'm gonna open this up.
I'll tell you what, I keep
myself pretty well composed
in a lot of this, but
now that the pain's
actually starting to
set in my arm, I do,
I get a little bit light headed.
So the Sting-Kill wipes
have a maximum strength mix
of benzocaine and menthol and
I actually really like these.
They're neon green, looks
like Ninja Turtle Mutagen.
Check that out.
And wow that is a strong
smell right there.
Alright I'm gonna put that
on the sting, are you ready?
- [Mark] Yeah sure go ahead.
- Oh wow, it's cold.
The menthol definitely
cools it immediately.
(sighs)
Yes.
(laughing)
Wow that really does have
a pretty incredible
cooling effect.
Now similar to the bullet ant,
I was in a lot of pain
after that and it did help,
but of course the
bullet ant pain
eventually did come back and
lasted for nearly 36 hours.
I'm hoping that this
relieves much quicker.
Now I do love the wipes.
And I carry the wipes in my
pack, but this right here,
the sting kill capsules.
- Those, I like those.
- Yeah these are my
absolute favorite.
Okay let me open one up for you.
Now they are individually
wrapped, see this, very cool.
And all you have to do is pop
the back end out like that.
And inside here is a
little glass capsule
within the plastic.
So all you have to do, this
is my favorite part, ready?
(glass breaks)
(laughing)
Shatter the glass on the inside
that has this
little cotton swab.
- [Mark] It's
strangely satisfying.
- I know, it's like, "Oh
here comes the ooze."
Yes, ah.
(laughing)
Oh that is my favorite.
And that real thick
serum right there
is literally
instantaneous relief.
I personally love
to just do this,
dab it right on the sting zone.
Wow.
And as you can see,
there is more liquid here
than you get in the wipes.
So if you have a
really bad sting,
or you're stung multiple times,
I definitely recommend going
to the Sting-Kill capsules,
'cause as you can see, look
how much of the ointment
is actually coming out there.
- [Mark] Okay, so once again,
Sting-Kill saves the day.
(breathes)
- Yes. Sting-Kill
has saved the day.
My arm feels a lot better.
In fact, there's also a little
bit of a numbing agent here,
so I can't feel any of
the pain at this point.
Wow, arm is a little bit stiff,
but hopefully this
formula will also reduce
any potential itching that's
gonna come down the road here.
And I know you're
thinking to yourselves,
"Coyote, those were
simply yellow jackets.
"And you've been stung
by tarantula hawks,
and bullet ants,
"and hopefully soon
warrior wasps."
But keep in mind guys,
that the yellow jacket
is something that is
right in your backyard.
It's something you
can easily come across
and something you definitely
have the potential
of being stung by.
Now if you are
unfortunately stung,
remember, Sting-Kill is
definitely gonna help you out
when it comes to
alleviating that pain
and any potential itching.
Alright guys, well
I think it's time
to release the yellow
jackets back into the wild.
But before we do,
I just want to give
an extra special
thanks to Sting-Kill
for supporting this episode
and of course, for
keeping us kitted up
with sting ointment, when
we're out there in the field.
I'm Coyote Peterson,
be brave, stay wild,
we'll see you on
the next adventure.
It is not often that an
animal like a yellow jacket
is safely relocated from an
urban setting to a wild one.
As most human
encounters usually end
with the insect being
sprayed and killed.
I know this sounds strange, but
it truly made my heart happy
to know that this
beautiful pair of wasps
will now have the chance
to continue building
their nest in the wild.
No matter what, always
admire these insects
from a safe distance.
However if you are
stung, all you need to do
is visit your local pharmacist,
where you are likely to find
the Sting-Kill products.
And whether you use the
sting wipes or the capsules,
both are armed with
a maximum strength
benzocaine and menthol formula
that is certain to
provide fast relief
to the pain and itching.
For more information,
visit Sting-Kill's website
to connect with the
brand for special offers.
If you thought
(yelling)
getting stung by a yellow
jacket was intense,
(yelling)
make sure to go back
and watch the episode
where I applied
Sting-Kill to help
alleviate the searing pain
of the bullet ant's sting.
And don't forget, subscribe.
So you can join me and the crew
on this season of
Breaking Trail.
What I'm gonna do
is open this up,
and let's see if
the sting wipe helps
(sighs)
to cool off my arm.
This is nice, these are perfect.
This could fit right
in any hiking backpack.
(coyote howling)
