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Can't get on board with this. fuck non honey bees.
Wasp and hornet populations are bigger than ever. They are pests that don't need our support. We are doing them a huge favor by raising the earth's temperature. They love this. In my area wasps are easily more noticeable over the past few years as summers have gotten hotter and hotter. I've never had so many issues with carpenter bees either.
Actually they really don't love the rising temperature at all, because that combined with human activity directly is killing a lot of their food sources, which is why many are endangered. Wasps are important pollinators as well as bees, so if they go it will make life even more difficult for a lot of different flowers. Also, how often are you actually stung by wasps or hornets? Do they actively hunt you down and attack you? I've spent many calm evenings sitting and watching wasps fly around various flowers and bushes right next to me and never been bothered by them.
Thinking we just need to save honey bees is kind of like thinking we need to save cows from extinction, they're domesticated.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/06/climate-change-good-news-wasps-weatherwatch
Wasps are known to be aggressive. There are subtypes that are less or more, but I get stung about once every three or four years and yeah, it seems like they hunt. Perhaps it's some accidental perceived threat that I cause, but I'm not exactly "asking for it". They are notably more prevelant recently.
Bro I've been stung exactly twice (both at the same time, stepped on a yellow jacket nest) my whole life, am I just lucky?
I've only been stung stepping on a nest of ground bees.
Most wasps and daubers around me are pretty chill. But we got a nest of bald faced hornets a few years ago, and damn they were aggressive.
I left the nest alone, and none of us got stung, but def got chased inside a couple of times. They attacked the window for 20 minutes afterward, lol.
2/10 would still leave them alone again.
Wasps and hornets aren't bees.
Bees in danger of extinction are mostly certain bumble bees.
Fair enough. A lot of people still refer to wasps / hornets as "bees" but this is not scientifically correct. Carpenter bees can go to hell. Nothing against the bumble, but if I'm going to get behind saving something that can sting me or kids and potentially induce lethal allergic reactions, it's going to be the one that at least makes a decent cereal topping.
It's not about you and your family's comfort. These insects are essential to the environment as a whole. You want a livable planet for your children, you want to save even the stingy bois. That being said, fuck wasps.
#notallwasps
Carpenter bees are easy. If they're eating your house, just get a trap. Aside from a rare wasp, they're the only things that get in those.
Looks like this:
https://www.bonanza.com/listings/Kentucky-red-Cedar-Carpenter-Bee-Trap/1482301003?goog_pla=1&gpid=&keyword=&goog_pla=1&pos=&ad_type=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpc-oBhCGARIsAH6ote9YNQRqdtnYh8MpaZBskM6Yag3GctqOIScCZQJTckdi29qZVsSnBTgaAoDdEALw_wcB
Also, sure the carpenter bees aren't actually bumblebees? I can't tell 'em apart in flight.
They're not non honey bees!
Non honey bees are things like the blue banded bee, or the burrowing bee!