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I thought they helped pollinate gardens? Is that just more bs?

They may be meat bees. Miserable.. half of them sting you and the other half just want to saw off a bite of your flesh. Generally I don’t mind wasps and hornets, but they don’t need to be IN the garden. Gardens should bring joy.

There are many pollinators. Some wasps pollinate. Other wasps don’t pollinate at all. The worst kind of wasps are the ones that rip the flower open to get the pollen before other pollinators. Those kinds use the pollen, but don’t pollinate because they destroy instead for create.

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Satchmo 2y ago

Thanks! There is a lot of bee and wasp propaganda out there lol

Jed 2y ago

Well, some of that propoganda is truth, some is complete fabrication, and most is about halfway between.

I’m not all about killing bugs whenever I see them, I like snakes, I like bees and wasps, but I have kids and I expect them to garden with me. As a compromise, I try to mitigate things and get rid of what I KNOW will make it miserable for them. If you can’t get to your own harvest without getting stung to kingdom come, there’s no point in having a garden.

CKMe 2y ago

Oh yeah - there’s a bunch that aren’t in the garden that will absolutely be left alone

CKMe 2y ago

Actually the worst kind of wasp is the kind that stings you when you weed the garden. I hit hit 3x & it hit my French Mastiff in the dome.

That’s how to shorten your life span, sting my dog