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Thanks for a great docu, I love them anyway, we always have big, gorgeous nests outside the kitchen door, and they never sting us. We make sure that they have enough fermenting fruit to themselves so they are not attracted by whichever sweet food we are eating :-)
@@Zwifty674 It hurts people because people hurt it first. If all people loved wasps there wouldn't be problems, allergic ppl would be aware of the sting and always have adrenaline with them, that's it.
We had a black widow infestation on our wrap around porch and the wasps killed them all. I wasn't sure why I kept finding dead black widows until I saw a wasp just come down and kill it right in front of me.
@@kai_maceration and risk getting stung? I'm good instead bash it's head in for it, and dispose of it's wasp body in the fireplace, or feed it to some birds
A few years ago we had a webworm problem in our pecan trees. Those large web tents, containing a LOT of webworms. One day I saw a wasp land on the web 'tent', cut into it with it's jaws, go inside and grab a worm. It flew back to it's nest, and apparently let the others wasps know, that there was a food source there. Then several wasps flew back to the web tent and retrieved worms. They spent that entire afternoon coming back to the webworms again and again until the worms were COMPLETELY GONE from that particular web tent. Very impressive, so as a result, I never kill wasps or destroy their nests anymore.
They absolutely do tell one another where to find food! Webworms make great food for baby wasps, who need the protein to grow and then metamorphose into their adult forms. If you're in North America, the wasps you saw were very likely Polistes metricus, the measured paper wasp. They specialize in webworms as prey, and I've seen their foragers come back to the same webworm nest every day for a week until the caterpillars were completely gone.
I have a paper wasp nest on my front porch. I spent all year approaching them with various fruit jellies and sometimes honey (as a treat). They actually recognize people! They get excited when I approach, and have became neutral to humans in general (which was the point, so they wouldn't attack anyone). This fall, 6 of them hatched with defects that made them unable to fly, so I took them in as pets. I can handle them casually and they're very calm. 10/10 would recommend a flightless wasp as a pet. One, you realize how adorable they are. Two, they can recognize and learn things. Three, you're saving a life, since they wouldn't have survived otherwise. The rest are wild, though. Don't take any random wasp in as a pet.
I love wasps! They buzz merrily around my garden just as peacefully as my honeybees. Never been threatened, much less stung! Even given a few a nice little drip of water to drink on hot days. If you're only calm around them, they won't freak out either.
@FairSaa What the hell 💀 why do you sound so scholarly over a question about wasps? I dont think it was ever that deep or about "manufacturing hypocrisy." It is a legitimate question to ask how they'd feel about it, considering some people don't mind wasps and don't take the time to remove a nest even if it's within range of their porch. It's completely fair to ask someone who says they love wasps how they would feel if those same wasps decided to take over more parts on their property than just the garden, such as an area with high traffic like a porch or front door where it could pose a risk by accident since wasps are easily threatened. All it takes it one swift movement to make them think you're aggressive, so they reciprocate the aggression back in defense. This is especially problematic if children are involved.
Wasps are very misunderstood. They're beautiful creatures with amazing colours. I often sit down and hand feed them by putting honey and jam on my hand, and just watch several of them eat from me. As long as you remain calm and still, they'll happily eat away without harming you. They now view me as a friend and a provider of food for them, and I feel they would look after me in return.
I'm allergic to wasp. But there is this small colony on the glass of my bedroom window. I watch them from time to time, so know i wanna know more about them.
Same. We have some that end up on our back porch every year and even a couple somehow make it inside. It's probably the worst phobia I have. I can't figure out how to get over it. At least with bees they only sting once.
I'm a beekeeper. I get stung by my bees all the time. But I don't hate them. They're simply defending themselves. Same logic applies to wasps. They only defend themselves -- they aren't capable of feeling anger or hate, only threatened and defensive. Just because wasps sometimes inconvenience humans doesn't mean they aren't worthy of respect and appreciation, they are critical for the ecosystem. Humans need to stop being selfish and hateful just because some animals defend themselves and/or have a stinger. Boo hoo. Lots of animals are capable of harming us including dogs who sometimes attack and kill humans, doesn't mean they should be "eradicated". The world doesn't revolve around us. Not to mention, most people base their opinion on wasps on a small handful of social stinging wasps, when in reality there are thousands and thousands of wasps and most are solitary. Not all wasps even sting. We use parasitoid wasps all the time in agriculture to control pests that would otherwise decimate our food supply. I actually feed wasps honey or a bit of apple slices by hand when I find them in my garden and none ever stung me. Wasps are awesome, cool and important!
You’re a very open-minded person. If everyone was even a fraction as considerate as you are towards life on Earth we’d have a much healthier relationship with our planet. So many people eagerly dismiss certain bugs for being ugly, gross, or for stinging us, yet defend other harmful insects (like certain kinds of butterflies and beetles) simply because they look pretty. Japanese beetles are gorgeous, yet they’re huge pests. Cockroaches are considered vile, yet they play a key role in decomposing our garbage. We’ve strayed too far as a society in valuing appearance and sentimental value over actual significance and usefulness.
@@jellycore1316 I completely agree! Sometimes a small handful of insects may inconvenience us but that doesn't call towards eradicating them, hating them or spreading misinformation about them. It's an incredibly anthropocentric view and our hatred is often based on such a tiny portion of species when all in all insects help us and all other life on Earth far more than they bother us, we just don't recognize it or know about it. All life on Earth is awesome and should be respected. We don't own the planet, we share it!
Just ignore them. When you see a nest, carefully go away if it's possible, if not, then it's the RUN!!! time. If you get annoyed by one, don't worry to wave your hands when the wasp is buzzing around, but only in defence, don't get offensive towards it. If you see a wasp flying around you and changing directions often, make sure that there are no signs of the presence of a nest. Wasps are very unlikely to attack when the nest isn't threatened.
apparently all insects can differentiate defensive responses from offensive ones ,i blow hot air on them & they scatter away ,no grudge or anything lol
One important Thing is that you should not blow at them. The missing Oxygen in our breath makes them stressed and aggressive. Also if a Wasp is stressed/excited (If food is near for example) you can see that the back part of the wasp is pulsating, so do Bees.
Many people need to be educated about this. I see a lot of people saying that we should kill all wasps. They say wasps kill bees. I don't think so. Expect some certain species like the Asian giant and yellow-legged hornet, wasps have just a minor effect on beehives. Yes, wasps shouldn't be too many but when you have a healthy hornet population, it will keep the smaller wasps in normal amounts.
People also need to be educated that too many bees can be a problem. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Any kind of imbalance in nature is bad. Wasps help control wild bee populations. I don’t exactly know what effect too many bees could have on an ecosystem, but I still feel like there’s probably a reason that certain wasps attack bees. We should let that play out naturally, we also have our apiaries if bee populations get too low.
Not to mention honey bees aren't actually endangered. It's native bees like bumble bees and carpenter bees who are endangered and threatened; honey bees have stable and growing populations. An overabundance of honey bees in the ecosystem can actually harm our endangered native bees by competing for food resources/spreading disease.
Wasps are really cool critters. Very good hunters. If you don't bother them, they don't bother you. One time I was sitting on a park bench drinking sugary beverage, and a wasp landed on my hand, just chilling and resting. I obviously fed her some of my drink, and it was most fascinating to watch her slurp the tiny droplet. Kinda cute too.
I started this video like “THERE IS NOTHING THIS WOMAN WILL SAY THAT WILL MAKE ME APPRECIATE WASPS! 🗣️🗣️🗣️” SOON as she said “we would have more unwanted creatures in our home” I was sold 😭😮💨😮💨
I love wasps, they're adorable. Once, when I was little, I saw an albino wasp. She was pink and white striped. She was stuck in the lake we were swimming in, but my Mom and I rescued her, we put her on a log and when she dried off enough she flew away. We didn't have a camera with us, so I have no proof - I would swear it was a dream if my Mom didn't remember her too! I called her Candy Cane. I've searched and searched online, but seen no photos of pink and white wasps - was she the only one, I wonder? I've never been stung by a wasp. I've been stung by bees three times, and all three were my own stupid fault for not looking where I was going - or literally picking one up by the wing (I thought she was dead. She wasn't. She didn't die, I managed to get her stinger unstuck from my finger, and she made it okay!) ~Cat~ P.S. this is adorable, and I love this video! ...but what's with the anti-spider propaganda‽ Spiders are important for many of the same reasons as wasps are, and the vast majority of them are totally harmless.
The BBC is going play it off like "I thought you didn't want White Anglo-Saxon Protestants over there" They're trying to be funny but Bobby Sands isn't laughing.
Fat Dad one wasp followed me for a while, no stinging or anything. I believe it was just curious, but I still found it pretty cute. It even landed on me once without a sting.
@@theworthysoul i know, i bet the same thing could happen to me. The only reason it wouldn't is cuz I'm just so intimidated by them. Its hard to change someones perception on something, and I will always think they are terrifying, unless it literally saved me from a gun. It would literally need to save my life for me to change how I think of them.
I have the opposite experience. Yes, they may follow you and fly around. But that's not an attack. When you move quickly, they notice it and start flying because they feel safe in the air. They want to find out what the moving thing is, so they carefully fly around and change directions often to decrease the danger. That looks like an attack, but it's not. If you don't leave, the wasp flies away. I also feed them on hand, I feed a hornet queen on hand on her nest entrance. I've been stung by wasps eight times during the feeding, but it was always because I squeezed them.
Wasps are beautiful animals If you understand them you never get stung I have not been stung in many many years Even in the midst of a yellow jacket colony I wasn't stung a single time
Meanwhile me getting stung on my leg two times for no reason when i was taking a nap in my garden. I don't even know where they comefrom. Just come sting and fckn leave like nothing happened
I love them. I’ve had three small paper wasp nests on my balcony for years. I smoke out there multiple times a day. They never bother me. They’re doing great this year from all the rain.
I have a nest outside my window. I knew they have their place in the ecosystem so I think I'll just keep it closed and let them do their thing until theyre gone.
In my town, farms aren't using pesticides but instead use methods to attract parasitoid wasps and paper wasps to deal with crop pests. With that said, during summer in my backyard - I sometimes see one or two mud daubers or those large solitary wasps resting on the mulberry bush after they drank the nectar from the nearby flowering shrubs.
My grandma always had a wasp nest on the balcony and she would always tell us that they helped her in the garden. To my best memory nobody ever got stung despite ten grandchildren running wild. The wasps just buzzed around, ate pests, and built truly amazing structures for their homes. My grandma was pretty in love with them and would gush over how cool their nests were and how helpful they were. I was never afraid of wasps.
They are actually very sweet. I did not read this somewhere, I know this from personal experience. Shocked the heck out of me, they're friendly and very chill, like bees. I spend a lot of time outdoors and got to know these brilliant little beings by accident. I will never be afraid of them again. Lovely smol people.
I have a paper wasp nest on my front porch. I spent all year approaching them with various fruit jellies and sometimes honey (as a treat). They actually recognize people! They get excited when I approach, and have became neutral to humans in general (which was the point, so they wouldn't attack anyone). This fall, 6 of them hatched with defects that made them unable to fly, so I took them in as pets. I can handle them casually and they're very calm. 10/10 would recommend a flightless wasp as a pet. One, you realize how adorable they are. Two, they can recognize and learn things. Three, you're saving a life, since they wouldn't have survived otherwise. The rest are wild, though. Don't take any random wasp in as a pet. lol
Narrator: Stop, and watch them. And see just how amazing these disliked and wildly underappreciated insects actually are. The Wasps I See: COME HERE YOU LITTLE CHUMP, OOHHH I'VE GOT SOMETHING REAL NICE YOU'D LIKE TO SEEEEE
I'm completely immune to bee and wasp stings. I feel the sting but that's where it ends. Lets kill mosquitoes and leave the wasps alone please. We need them.
I love wasps, they're literally the cutest little things to me😭 whenever I see a tired looking paper wasp I'll always see if I can feed it some sugary syrup to hopefully help it. I love learning about all the different solitary and eusocial species, they're all so beautiful!
I saw a video once where a murder hornet destroys an entire honey bee hive and therefore hated wasps until today. I guess we always see one side of the story
Had one walk on my lip and they enjoy the carne asada juice on my fingers at BBQs, never got stung that way but once throwing a log that had a nest inside. Keep seeing peers swatting them away causing a commotion then wonder why they get stung.
Just teach me How to avoid them better. Wasp always seem to get in my way when I walk down a sidewalk. they change direction often and no matter where I move they end up in my path. and when they do get close I get an ungodly amount of anxiety and stress and tend to just run
I've always liked them, even though they've bitten me before. One once landed on my dashboard on a hot day. I poured out a little bit of my blueberry smoothie (just a few drops) and watched her drink it up.... then she flew out the window. She watched me. Did not see me as a threat at all. It was a really nice interaction. It SUCKS when you stumble upon a nest and get attacked, but they've always been beneficial in my yard; I've seen them decimate nuisance beetles in my siding, coming and going from a tiny hole all summer. They moved into a railroad tie in the backyard, after they ate all the beetles in the siding (they move each December) then a skunk came along and ate every one of them, including all their larvae. Nature did its thing, and it was really neat to watch. Wasps (apparently) nest in one place for a season then move. At least the ones here do.
There's something sleek about wasps and bees that other insects don't have. I find my reaction towards them much more rooted in fear than in the typical disgust like with other insects.
I was doing some site work at a bank, went back to my work truck to grab some measuring tools, and quickly realized that my tailgate was right under a pretty big wasp’s nest. It scared the shit out of me. I quickly out everything back on my truck and got in and drove way away from the nest. Wasps scare the shit out of me.
But... If all the wasps "skidadle skidoodle" and therefore don't eat the spiders, then those spiders will able to kill all the left-over annoying insects around my plants right?
That can be true. I have found that when a new nest first appears, they tend to act defensive towards me, but after a week or so of getting close to their nest, they get used to me and eventually completely ignore my activity near them.
@@allspagonia3711 Wasps are split into 2 groups, solitary wasps and social wasps. They were probably social wasps. Social wasps like to kill things while solitary wasps are just as friendly and peaceful as bees.
@@joshuaisaac8483 On my window sill, I feed only social wasps - German and Common Wasps. And Bees, and Flies. They all get along together well - also with me! They are all tame, also the wasps ;-) The bees come on my fingers just easily, wasps not. but they all know me and we love each other:-) My partner also feeds them, and they know him.
this is a tragic story ... one time i was at my pool right? so this GIANT wasp comes close to our sister ( i’m allergic to wasps so is my sister ) so we go under water to avoid the wasp from stinging us but it was SO mad at us bcuz we accidentally splashed it...so we could not breathe and she was keeping staying there , we almost died...then the KING ( my grandpa ) came in and KILLED it...to this day i still thank him for killing it ( shoutout to my grandpa btw )
One time I was on vacation, and while I was looking over a balcony, and 3 wasps came and stung me on the chest. I got short of breath and ran inside looking at the wasps that stung me.
I used to be afraid of them but after working outside for so long I started to see their charm. Now I love them almost as much as bees. I’m so comfortable around them now! Not once have I gotten stung by a bee, wasp or hornet. 💛🖤 We need them!
Thanks intresting much. And we thought life was short when poor wasps live 2-4weeks. Thank you Wasps for protecting plants flowers animals and for ur services to mother Earth. Good looking insect lovely colours n style. My love and gratitude to wasps.
There are around 100000 species of wasps but only 1000 of them are "aggressive". They are not "a lot more aggressive than other insects", they are just curious.
I was just sitting on a bench and it just came down and stung me… I wasn’t even moving, I was just sitting still, wasn’t even moving and it literally just sat down On my arm and stung me
Wasps become angry during the hot times of the day, like noon. I know this because I go on walks and observe their behavior. So, just stay inside during and around noon during the summer and you will be less likely to be stung.
In fall they get super aggressive and attacks my dog . Even if you are no where near nest of anywhere usually just yellow jacket tbh from end august to early October ugh . Everyone else leaves me alone including paper wasp .
what, this is such backwards thinking, "The wasp is orbiting me which means I should swat it", they are just curious. If you keep calm they will as well.
what, this is such backwards thinking, "The wasp is orbiting me which means I should swat it", they are just curious. If you keep calm they will as well.
it's sad how people treat wasps ... it shouldn't be like that, but I believe that someday humanity will change its mind about wasps because I think that they are as important and interesting as other pollinators 😥
Southern Yellowjackets in particular are very curious and docile unless you swat or smack them, or bang on their nest. Polistes carolina is an enigma, they can be fine for years coexisting then suddenly sting you out of nowhere. Ive saved countless wasps and bees from pools and ive only ever been stung by red paper wasp or Polistes carolina.
This wasp nest in my front yard is pretty durable. I can’t even mow that part of the yard anymore. I tried to leave them alone and be in harmony with nature but when I keep getting more aggressive. I sprayed a whole can of wasp/hornet spray on them and they are still there
I know there was one time when a wasps nest was abandoned on my roof then I tried to break it down as it was totally empty but they just don't break like I smashed a stick with a lot of my power (I was like 8 so I was kinda weak) but it didn't even break 🙄
While I understand their importance and I don’t actively hunt or hurt them ever, I still hate and fear them to no end and if I coiled I would remove their stingers and make them friendly because they are too aggressive
Video: explains that wasps perform similar jobs to bees Me: yeah well bees don’t build nests on my home and then get pissy when I just try to exist. Bees and I are cool
I actually like wasp as they have been very chill in my garden. They like to hang out on my cabbage and dragon fruit tree and they don’t bother me when I’m in my garden. If I need then to go away, I spray water at the garden and they fly away.
they tell us to keep spiders around because they eat bugs like wasps... they tell us to keep wasps around because they eat other bugs like spiders.... stupid circular logic.
Oxygen Beats - Instrumental Music and Karaoke Are you being serious? No spider primarily eats wasps. Spiders should be kept around because they lower pest populations. Indoors they can get rid of flies, mosquitos, fleas, bedbugs and more - while outdoors they eat garden pests like certain beetles and flies. 💀
I’ll always be afraid of wasps as they don’t have a good reputation for being kind insects… But would I wish them all to die? Well… maybe the ones who only harass us for no reason and have a deadly sting. We don’t need that in our lives…
This is not the wasp problem. This is the everything problem of people being selfish. The reason why people often harm nature is that they are looking at the organisms from the wrong angle. Just that something is "bad" for people (annoying, it bites/stings me, it stings my dog etc.) doesn't mean that it is bad in general. The best we can do is to stop killing things without making sure that it doesn't harm nature. For example, assuming that a kind of butterfly aways eats my fav flower, I can do two things: Protect the flower or kill all butterflies I see. But if I kill the butterflies, it may harm nature. And when the ecosystem is harmed, it is often hard to repair and get it to the state where it was before. So, why not to put the flower in my house, where it won't get eaten? The same is the wasps: Many people here in Bohemia are very annoyed of wasps. I love wasps, and I've never had a problem with them. They aren't friendlier to me than to the annoyed ppl, it is just that I look at them differently. I also hear that buzzing around my ear, I also feel that pain when it stings me. But I also know that animal, so I don't strike out in fear - because I know why it stung me, and I can avoid that happening again. And when it buzzes around my ear, I laugh at it, because I know it won't sting me.
Nice bias troll, its not that simple, half the time wasps sting you FOR NO REASON! you could be walking to your car and youd be stung by one, also what your saying is basically never go outside ever when wasps are out.
@@heavyweaponsguy6284 You don't know wasps and are unable to learn any patterns which happen before the sting? You will likely interpret it as to never go outside, then. It's sometimes difficult to tell at first but a wasp ALWAYS has a reason when it stings. You just accidentally threaten its life and then say it stung for no reason, because you just didn't notice. Never happened to me to be honest, I recognize wasp buzzing well and as I love wasps so much I just don't unnotice a wasp getting under my clothing (things like that) usually. Of course, accidents happen and I get stung but I always know the reason the wasp stung me. And I've also seen people getting terrified when a wasp was flying around, even though I knew it would NEVER sting unless its life is at HIGH risk. But that's just about wasps in my country, different countries may have different wasps. All I can say is I am sure the wasps in my country are very peaceful, and people still get SO pissed and scared and often speak worse of wasps than you. Then it turns out they've never been stung. And that honeybees actually do the same thing, but if bees do it people aren't scared as much. It could be called something worse than "ignorance" but it's actually not their fault, as they barely know anything about wasps... their reaction is understandable. Just saying maybe you're behaving the same way... I don't know.
It’s stupid how people don’t see how every animal that exists has a purpose. Just cause your lazy ass is sitting eating tubs of ice cream and they fly around you doesn’t mean anything! Most cases of stinging is because the people swatted or attacked it.
I was learning a trade about landscaping a while back. I didn't completely became a ground maintenence after graduating, because there was a section where you needed a license to handle pesticides. I still to this day don't believe pesticides is the answer to maintain everything in our environment.
It's always really disturbing to me when I hear people say "we should just kill all wasps/mosquitoes/parasites/etc" like.. do y'all remember learning about the food web literally at all?? They teach you that stuff for a reason; the stability of the world's ecosystem depends on animals thought of as mean or harmful or gross just as much as any other animal. And you may think "well I'm just one person, how would I disrupt the food web" until you realize that the great majority of people vehemently hate bugs and will do everything in their power to make sure they stay away from human infrastructure; from cities to suburbs to farms and backyards-which breeds massive demand for the insecticide industry, which kills and threatens countless species of vital animals. You don't have to like them or invite them into your house, but so many people fail to grasp how crucial and irreplaceable insects are-or how fragile their existence has become. Thank you for this video.
I had to get rid of a queen common wasp that emerged out of hibernation two years ago, in my home, because if I didn't, it would have built a nest in the light fitting on my bedroom ceiling, and I would've been stung badly.
Thanks for posting! I lov wasps. I feed them in front of my window - there come around 60 every day, in summer. Now there come only around 7. Maybe there is also a queen among them?
@@eaeaaaaa4049 I feed them: apples, banana, grapes, but most important is sugar water. No honey! honey can make bees sick. Sugarwater is much better for bees and wasps.
@@matthewnagel7081 I had a queen wasp hibernating in my kitchen, behind my cupboard. I only saw her on 26.4. when she awakened ... I gave her apple and let her fly :-)
People need to stop putting bees above wasps. Just because they attack bees and people isn't any reason to take down wasps and lift up bees. If wasps didn't exist, there wouldn't be any plants for the bees to pollinate because of all the pest insects. So it's sort of like nature's own team task force. So for all the people who say that wasps and hornets are bad and bees are good, you are dead to not only me but nature itself and everyone else who cares about wasps and all the animals in the world(insects included)
Nah F them wasps I was just casually minding my own business taking out the trash on a nice spring morning when all of a sudden a wasp just flew on to my arm took a bite and stung me. I then sent him to heaven.
Omg I'm sorry I had to pause it to laugh at the fact that in the video the wasps 'ate' all the insects except for those in the Republic of Ireland lmaoo thanks BBC lool😂😂
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I've always loved wasps.
Thanks for a great docu, I love them anyway, we always have big, gorgeous nests outside the kitchen door, and they never sting us. We make sure that they have enough fermenting fruit to themselves so they are not attracted by whichever sweet food we are eating :-)
Why would I like something that LIKES TO HURT PEOPLE.
@@Zwifty674 It hurts people because people hurt it first. If all people loved wasps there wouldn't be problems, allergic ppl would be aware of the sting and always have adrenaline with them, that's it.
We had a black widow infestation on our wrap around porch and the wasps killed them all. I wasn't sure why I kept finding dead black widows until I saw a wasp just come down and kill it right in front of me.
Wow! This is impressing. Black Widows are more dangerous for humans, I guess... Maybe the wasps try to protect you;-)
I’d rather have spiders then Wasp. However I hate Black Widows. However that’s what Wolf Spiders are for. They are a Black Widows nightmare. 😄
Wow that's awesome
Exactly why I hate them they just see anything living and decide to “I hate you your going to die now”
That’s BAD ASS!!!!
Wow. This taught me a lot. I won't be inviting them in my house, but now I see they have a purpose.
BBC speakers?
they are lost in a house. You can feed them in front of your window, on the sill, or on a balcony.
@@kai_maceration and risk getting stung? I'm good instead bash it's head in for it, and dispose of it's wasp body in the fireplace, or feed it to some birds
@@kai_maceration no
@@kai_maceration good
me: **sits on a bench**
wasp: *O R B I T*
For me it’s
Sit on bench
Wasps: STING HIS ASS
That’s yellow jackets they just hover around you
In Ireland wasps are like: Fly at his face
@@SouthwestRefuseVehiclesIreland that's basically how Irish people act like so not really that bad.
Me: Walking on grass
Wasp 1: Sting?
Wasp 2: Yes, Rico, on his foot.
A few years ago we had a webworm problem in our pecan trees. Those large web tents, containing a LOT of webworms. One day I saw a wasp land on the web 'tent', cut into it with it's jaws, go inside and grab a worm. It flew back to it's nest, and apparently let the others wasps know, that there was a food source there. Then several wasps flew back to the web tent and retrieved worms. They spent that entire afternoon coming back to the webworms again and again until the worms were COMPLETELY GONE from that particular web tent. Very impressive, so as a result, I never kill wasps or destroy their nests anymore.
They absolutely do tell one another where to find food! Webworms make great food for baby wasps, who need the protein to grow and then metamorphose into their adult forms.
If you're in North America, the wasps you saw were very likely Polistes metricus, the measured paper wasp. They specialize in webworms as prey, and I've seen their foragers come back to the same webworm nest every day for a week until the caterpillars were completely gone.
Amazing, and I"m glad you learned to live with them. So did we. :)
I have a paper wasp nest on my front porch. I spent all year approaching them with various fruit jellies and sometimes honey (as a treat). They actually recognize people! They get excited when I approach, and have became neutral to humans in general (which was the point, so they wouldn't attack anyone). This fall, 6 of them hatched with defects that made them unable to fly, so I took them in as pets. I can handle them casually and they're very calm. 10/10 would recommend a flightless wasp as a pet. One, you realize how adorable they are. Two, they can recognize and learn things. Three, you're saving a life, since they wouldn't have survived otherwise.
The rest are wild, though. Don't take any random wasp in as a pet.
@@chrisashtonlightell-west1189i wont i’ll just evacuate
even if u hate them they’re kinda cool looking u cant deny. they’re like little jet planes
Oh yeah sure, I’ll remember that while im having an allergic reaction.
@@RedBolt244 yeah man it'll make you forget your impending death for a few seconds
@@goldenwolfae well, there’s at least that
Yea they look predatory w their sharp features🤘🏽so cool
@@micalantonio6317and scary
I love wasps! They buzz merrily around my garden just as peacefully as my honeybees. Never been threatened, much less stung! Even given a few a nice little drip of water to drink on hot days. If you're only calm around them, they won't freak out either.
What about when they try to nest on your doorstep?
@@ReadilyAvailibleChomper Baby they nested in my mailbox and I just said hi when I opened it up to get the mail. U just have to not be a dick lol
@@fairsaa7975 Bro calm down, I just don’t like wasps. I’m not trying to destroy some random youtube commenter with facts and logic or something
@FairSaa What the hell 💀 why do you sound so scholarly over a question about wasps? I dont think it was ever that deep or about "manufacturing hypocrisy."
It is a legitimate question to ask how they'd feel about it, considering some people don't mind wasps and don't take the time to remove a nest even if it's within range of their porch. It's completely fair to ask someone who says they love wasps how they would feel if those same wasps decided to take over more parts on their property than just the garden, such as an area with high traffic like a porch or front door where it could pose a risk by accident since wasps are easily threatened. All it takes it one swift movement to make them think you're aggressive, so they reciprocate the aggression back in defense. This is especially problematic if children are involved.
I saw them buzzing around helping pollinating and eating spiders
Wasps are very misunderstood. They're beautiful creatures with amazing colours.
I often sit down and hand feed them by putting honey and jam on my hand, and just watch several of them eat from me. As long as you remain calm and still, they'll happily eat away without harming you.
They now view me as a friend and a provider of food for them, and I feel they would look after me in return.
That’s very nice of you
You are a menace to society
Yes, they know you care about them! I believe all creation has feelings & intelligence! 😃
OMG me too! I've given them fruit, water, and smoothie drops. They LOVE IT. I think they tell the other wasps not to sting my a**. lol.
@adonyisrael1724 except cockroaches if i have the chance to encounter one I'd light em up with my incinerator
I'm allergic to wasp. But there is this small colony on the glass of my bedroom window. I watch them from time to time, so know i wanna know more about them.
Their your guards keeping bugs off you at night
@@OS97360 haha that's actually cute
So brave😭
Don'tt EVER OPEN YOUR WINDOW.
!!!!.
You should be killing them or calling an exterminator, not trying to befriend them if you are ALLERGIC TO THEM.
Watched this because I have a huge wasp phobia. I feel paralyzed around them. Hoping to get more knowledge to lessen the fear
I'm proud of the approach, much better to understand the fear than wallowing in it forever
Same. We have some that end up on our back porch every year and even a couple somehow make it inside. It's probably the worst phobia I have. I can't figure out how to get over it. At least with bees they only sting once.
I'm a beekeeper. I get stung by my bees all the time.
But I don't hate them. They're simply defending themselves.
Same logic applies to wasps. They only defend themselves -- they aren't capable of feeling anger or hate, only threatened and defensive.
Just because wasps sometimes inconvenience humans doesn't mean they aren't worthy of respect and appreciation, they are critical for the ecosystem. Humans need to stop being selfish and hateful just because some animals defend themselves and/or have a stinger. Boo hoo. Lots of animals are capable of harming us including dogs who sometimes attack and kill humans, doesn't mean they should be "eradicated". The world doesn't revolve around us.
Not to mention, most people base their opinion on wasps on a small handful of social stinging wasps, when in reality there are thousands and thousands of wasps and most are solitary. Not all wasps even sting. We use parasitoid wasps all the time in agriculture to control pests that would otherwise decimate our food supply.
I actually feed wasps honey or a bit of apple slices by hand when I find them in my garden and none ever stung me.
Wasps are awesome, cool and important!
Exactly! We gather fermenting apples and put them on the roof near their nest... they work and work and work and eat and never sting us either...
You’re a very open-minded person. If everyone was even a fraction as considerate as you are towards life on Earth we’d have a much healthier relationship with our planet. So many people eagerly dismiss certain bugs for being ugly, gross, or for stinging us, yet defend other harmful insects (like certain kinds of butterflies and beetles) simply because they look pretty. Japanese beetles are gorgeous, yet they’re huge pests. Cockroaches are considered vile, yet they play a key role in decomposing our garbage. We’ve strayed too far as a society in valuing appearance and sentimental value over actual significance and usefulness.
sounds like something a wasp would say
THANK YOU "Sophia T" and "eat hot chip and lie"!
Insects are super valuable and honestly incredible!
You just need to open up to them!
@@jellycore1316 I completely agree! Sometimes a small handful of insects may inconvenience us but that doesn't call towards eradicating them, hating them or spreading misinformation about them. It's an incredibly anthropocentric view and our hatred is often based on such a tiny portion of species when all in all insects help us and all other life on Earth far more than they bother us, we just don't recognize it or know about it. All life on Earth is awesome and should be respected. We don't own the planet, we share it!
if you teach me how not to have it sting me, I am pretty sure I will love it.
Frencisno Charles dont attack it or go near the nest. Also steer clear of wasps during winter when they start to die off and get confused and annoyed.
Just ignore them. When you see a nest, carefully go away if it's possible, if not, then it's the RUN!!! time. If you get annoyed by one, don't worry to wave your hands when the wasp is buzzing around, but only in defence, don't get offensive towards it. If you see a wasp flying around you and changing directions often, make sure that there are no signs of the presence of a nest. Wasps are very unlikely to attack when the nest isn't threatened.
apparently all insects can differentiate defensive responses from offensive ones ,i blow hot air on them & they scatter away ,no grudge or anything lol
Taran966 Correct! It is us that needs training and respect.
One important Thing is that you should not blow at them. The missing Oxygen in our breath makes them stressed and aggressive. Also if a Wasp is stressed/excited (If food is near for example) you can see that the back part of the wasp is pulsating, so do Bees.
Many people need to be educated about this. I see a lot of people saying that we should kill all wasps. They say wasps kill bees. I don't think so. Expect some certain species like the Asian giant and yellow-legged hornet, wasps have just a minor effect on beehives. Yes, wasps shouldn't be too many but when you have a healthy hornet population, it will keep the smaller wasps in normal amounts.
People also need to be educated that too many bees can be a problem. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Any kind of imbalance in nature is bad. Wasps help control wild bee populations. I don’t exactly know what effect too many bees could have on an ecosystem, but I still feel like there’s probably a reason that certain wasps attack bees. We should let that play out naturally, we also have our apiaries if bee populations get too low.
Not to mention honey bees aren't actually endangered. It's native bees like bumble bees and carpenter bees who are endangered and threatened; honey bees have stable and growing populations. An overabundance of honey bees in the ecosystem can actually harm our endangered native bees by competing for food resources/spreading disease.
Never thought wasps were useless or dangerous
@@odessadoo ya true but isn't it only that some bees do that? same with wasps, some wasps kill bees with varying ease
maybe they kill bees, but by keeping plant eating critter numbers low, they also help flowers etc, which helps the bees. very complex stuff
These guys are keeping my garden thriving, organic, and minimal bugs. No aphids! Make your piece with the local wasps
Wasps are really cool critters. Very good hunters. If you don't bother them, they don't bother you. One time I was sitting on a park bench drinking sugary beverage, and a wasp landed on my hand, just chilling and resting. I obviously fed her some of my drink, and it was most fascinating to watch her slurp the tiny droplet. Kinda cute too.
Me : walks
Wasp: and I took that personally
Edit: cring
GOATED!!!! LMFAOO
Wasp: flies
Human: i took that personaly.
@@user-lr8ow2jg4efor me:
Wasp:Comes near me
Me:PANIC
I started this video like “THERE IS NOTHING THIS WOMAN WILL SAY THAT WILL MAKE ME APPRECIATE WASPS! 🗣️🗣️🗣️”
SOON as she said “we would have more unwanted creatures in our home” I was sold 😭😮💨😮💨
Not the same for me
I love my flower wasps that visit every summer! So cute and they never try to sting!
The only positive comment lol
I love wasps, they're adorable.
Once, when I was little, I saw an albino wasp. She was pink and white striped. She was stuck in the lake we were swimming in, but my Mom and I rescued her, we put her on a log and when she dried off enough she flew away. We didn't have a camera with us, so I have no proof - I would swear it was a dream if my Mom didn't remember her too! I called her Candy Cane. I've searched and searched online, but seen no photos of pink and white wasps - was she the only one, I wonder?
I've never been stung by a wasp. I've been stung by bees three times, and all three were my own stupid fault for not looking where I was going - or literally picking one up by the wing (I thought she was dead. She wasn't. She didn't die, I managed to get her stinger unstuck from my finger, and she made it okay!)
~Cat~
P.S. this is adorable, and I love this video! ...but what's with the anti-spider propaganda‽ Spiders are important for many of the same reasons as wasps are, and the vast majority of them are totally harmless.
My god. What a heartwarming story!
Wasp bad, bees good
Did you know bees sting more than wasps? Also imma guess ur a wasp hater and bee fan. I am a fan of both species as I think both looks cute
@@eaeaaaaa4049 And where did you find that fact?
Personal experience
This video really educated me a lot about wasps 🤓🤓
I don't like the fact that wasps recognise borders and the Republic of Ireland is rampant with creepy crawlies that wasps haven't killed
The BBC is going play it off like "I thought you didn't want White Anglo-Saxon Protestants over there" They're trying to be funny but Bobby Sands isn't laughing.
I still hate them. They feel “threatened” so easily and conveniently
Same...
i agree, but i still dont want them to disappear. If I could befriend one, I definitely would.
Fat Dad one wasp followed me for a while, no stinging or anything. I believe it was just curious, but I still found it pretty cute. It even landed on me once without a sting.
@@theworthysoul i know, i bet the same thing could happen to me. The only reason it wouldn't is cuz I'm just so intimidated by them. Its hard to change someones perception on something, and I will always think they are terrifying, unless it literally saved me from a gun. It would literally need to save my life for me to change how I think of them.
I have the opposite experience. Yes, they may follow you and fly around. But that's not an attack. When you move quickly, they notice it and start flying because they feel safe in the air. They want to find out what the moving thing is, so they carefully fly around and change directions often to decrease the danger. That looks like an attack, but it's not. If you don't leave, the wasp flies away.
I also feed them on hand, I feed a hornet queen on hand on her nest entrance. I've been stung by wasps eight times during the feeding, but it was always because I squeezed them.
Wasps are beautiful animals
If you understand them you never get stung
I have not been stung in many many years
Even in the midst of a yellow jacket colony I wasn't stung a single time
For me theyre the complete opposite
Meanwhile me getting stung on my leg two times for no reason when i was taking a nap in my garden. I don't even know where they comefrom. Just come sting and fckn leave like nothing happened
@@vincentkeane2280 Damn
I love them. I’ve had three small paper wasp nests on my balcony for years. I smoke out there multiple times a day. They never bother me. They’re doing great this year from all the rain.
love paper wasps
I have a nest outside my window. I knew they have their place in the ecosystem so I think I'll just keep it closed and let them do their thing until theyre gone.
One time I went out for something (I can’t remember what) and loads of wasps came at me and got stuck in my hair and I got stung like 19 times
This is super cool!
Thank you so much for this awesome information!
Tsk tsk tsk
FEEL the exact, same WAY you’ve EXPRESSED here!!
Same for me!!! Congrats!
:3
@@Zwifty674 We outnumber you "wasp hater"😈
In my town, farms aren't using pesticides but instead use methods to attract parasitoid wasps and paper wasps to deal with crop pests.
With that said, during summer in my backyard - I sometimes see one or two mud daubers or those large solitary wasps resting on the mulberry bush after they drank the nectar from the nearby flowering shrubs.
My grandma always had a wasp nest on the balcony and she would always tell us that they helped her in the garden. To my best memory nobody ever got stung despite ten grandchildren running wild. The wasps just buzzed around, ate pests, and built truly amazing structures for their homes. My grandma was pretty in love with them and would gush over how cool their nests were and how helpful they were. I was never afraid of wasps.
Them poor kids bro
@@masterclassbeatassclapyour7698In what way
They are actually very sweet. I did not read this somewhere, I know this from personal experience.
Shocked the heck out of me, they're friendly and very chill, like bees.
I spend a lot of time outdoors and got to know these brilliant little beings by accident. I will never be afraid of them again. Lovely smol people.
Imagine have a wasp army. Trillions of wasps trained to attack lol
I have a paper wasp nest on my front porch. I spent all year approaching them with various fruit jellies and sometimes honey (as a treat). They actually recognize people! They get excited when I approach, and have became neutral to humans in general (which was the point, so they wouldn't attack anyone). This fall, 6 of them hatched with defects that made them unable to fly, so I took them in as pets. I can handle them casually and they're very calm. 10/10 would recommend a flightless wasp as a pet. One, you realize how adorable they are. Two, they can recognize and learn things. Three, you're saving a life, since they wouldn't have survived otherwise.
The rest are wild, though. Don't take any random wasp in as a pet. lol
Some wasps build a nest on my roof and they tried to harm me by getting through the nearest window.
(FWI, *they got through* )
Anything that's small and can fly scare the shit out of me 💀
lmao fr
Narrator: Stop, and watch them. And see just how amazing these disliked and wildly underappreciated insects actually are.
The Wasps I See: COME HERE YOU LITTLE CHUMP, OOHHH I'VE GOT SOMETHING REAL NICE YOU'D LIKE TO SEEEEE
Weird fanfiction
@@waspsfriend8577 As they say, weird, but true.
I'm completely immune to bee and wasp stings. I feel the sting but that's where it ends. Lets kill mosquitoes and leave the wasps alone please. We need them.
Yes the only good comment!!
damn I wish I was as lucky as you but I've never been stung by a wasp, or bee because whenever I see one I instantly run away
unfortunately mosquitos are ALSO important for the environment! theyre a big food source for many animals
I love wasps, they're literally the cutest little things to me😭 whenever I see a tired looking paper wasp I'll always see if I can feed it some sugary syrup to hopefully help it. I love learning about all the different solitary and eusocial species, they're all so beautiful!
They look really cool.
@Ray El there are many things mentally wrong with me, but my admiration of wasps isn't one of them.
@@kai_maceration Bees are better
@@AH-lx5nj at what?
@@kai_maceration Being friendly
Seriously misunderstood creatures wasp are.
More people should see this
I saw a video once where a murder hornet destroys an entire honey bee hive and therefore hated wasps until today. I guess we always see one side of the story
And you are smart enough to understand that, which is pretty cool. Most people are not
Had one walk on my lip and they enjoy the carne asada juice on my fingers at BBQs, never got stung that way but once throwing a log that had a nest inside. Keep seeing peers swatting them away causing a commotion then wonder why they get stung.
Just teach me
How to avoid them better. Wasp always seem to get in my way when I walk down a sidewalk. they change direction often and no matter where I move they end up in my path. and when they do get close I get an ungodly amount of anxiety and stress and tend to just run
I love wasps.
yeah, a wasp made this video
2:45 why do I feel bad for a fake wasp
I know... now I want to let the wasps have my Pepsi.
I fell bad to
They took his job?.. DEY TOOK ERS JERRRBBBB!!
I already had a disdain for wasps, but now you’re telling me they’re narcs?
I was going to destroy a wasp nest on my shed, but didn’t know they played such big roles. I guess I’ll let them bee for now. 😂
Wow, this really taught me something I'm glad to know that wasp isn't here for nothing but they also help the environment.
Humans aren't in a position to say some animal is useless for environment
I've always liked them, even though they've bitten me before. One once landed on my dashboard on a hot day. I poured out a little bit of my blueberry smoothie (just a few drops) and watched her drink it up.... then she flew out the window. She watched me. Did not see me as a threat at all. It was a really nice interaction. It SUCKS when you stumble upon a nest and get attacked, but they've always been beneficial in my yard; I've seen them decimate nuisance beetles in my siding, coming and going from a tiny hole all summer. They moved into a railroad tie in the backyard, after they ate all the beetles in the siding (they move each December) then a skunk came along and ate every one of them, including all their larvae. Nature did its thing, and it was really neat to watch. Wasps (apparently) nest in one place for a season then move. At least the ones here do.
I got lots of wasps visiting me in the kitchen every summer. I always leave something for them to feed on. They are very friendly and fun to watch.
I imagine wasps as like the swat team of the bees
broo xDDDD
And Hornets as the military of bees
*Me sits down* wasp: STING STING WEIRD THING THAT WALKS
Agreed! I coexist quite peacefully with my wasp friends
Everyone has a job to do!!! 🌍❤
There's something sleek about wasps and bees that other insects don't have. I find my reaction towards them much more rooted in fear than in the typical disgust like with other insects.
I was doing some site work at a bank, went back to my work truck to grab some measuring tools, and quickly realized that my tailgate was right under a pretty big wasp’s nest. It scared the shit out of me. I quickly out everything back on my truck and got in and drove way away from the nest. Wasps scare the shit out of me.
But... If all the wasps "skidadle skidoodle" and therefore don't eat the spiders, then those spiders will able to kill all the left-over annoying insects around my plants right?
Dam I’ve been merking wasps left and right all summer long 😭
Lmao
Your a brave man
This mans living on a thin line between life and death
Saameeee
Keep up the good work
Wasps are so tame and docile if you treat them right. No problem at all!
That can be true. I have found that when a new nest first appears, they tend to act defensive towards me, but after a week or so of getting close to their nest, they get used to me and eventually completely ignore my activity near them.
They aren't docile they invade my home and sting me for walking in my room >:(
@@allspagonia3711 Wasps are split into 2 groups, solitary wasps and social wasps. They were probably social wasps. Social wasps like to kill things while solitary wasps are just as friendly and peaceful as bees.
@@trevorjameson3213 They already know you - and you can even train them to defend you:-) I heard some stories like this... highly interesting!
@@joshuaisaac8483 On my window sill, I feed only social wasps - German and Common Wasps. And Bees, and Flies. They all get along together well - also with me! They are all tame, also the wasps ;-) The bees come on my fingers just easily, wasps not. but they all know me and we love each other:-) My partner also feeds them, and they know him.
In some areas of Germany wasps are protected.
this is a tragic story ... one time i was at my pool right? so this GIANT wasp comes close to our sister ( i’m allergic to wasps so is my sister ) so we go under water to avoid the wasp from stinging us but it was SO mad at us bcuz we accidentally splashed it...so we could not breathe and she was keeping staying there , we almost died...then the KING ( my grandpa ) came in and KILLED it...to this day i still thank him for killing it ( shoutout to my grandpa btw )
One time I was on vacation, and while I was looking over a balcony, and 3 wasps came and stung me on the chest. I got short of breath and ran inside looking at the wasps that stung me.
… you don’t
I used to be afraid of them but after working outside for so long I started to see their charm. Now I love them almost as much as bees. I’m so comfortable around them now! Not once have I gotten stung by a bee, wasp or hornet. 💛🖤
We need them!
Thanks intresting much. And we thought life was short when poor wasps live 2-4weeks. Thank you Wasps for protecting plants flowers animals and for ur services to mother Earth. Good looking insect lovely colours n style. My love and gratitude to wasps.
i mean maybe wasps have negative connotation for a reason? they seem a lot more aggressive than other insects.
Yeah....................... usually animals will have reputations for good reasons
There are around 100000 species of wasps but only 1000 of them are "aggressive". They are not "a lot more aggressive than other insects", they are just curious.
I was just sitting on a bench and it just came down and stung me… I wasn’t even moving, I was just sitting still, wasn’t even moving and it literally just sat down On my arm and stung me
Wasps become angry during the hot times of the day, like noon. I know this because I go on walks and observe their behavior. So, just stay inside during and around noon during the summer and you will be less likely to be stung.
Human: breathes
Wasp: hippy hoppity get stinged
In fall they get super aggressive and attacks my dog . Even if you are no where near nest of anywhere usually just yellow jacket tbh from end august to early October ugh . Everyone else leaves me alone including paper wasp .
Yellowjackets are the schoolyard bullies of the wasp kingdom.
I’m not a fan when a wasp orbits you and gives you an excuse to swat it so it can justify stinging you…
what, this is such backwards thinking, "The wasp is orbiting me which means I should swat it", they are just curious. If you keep calm they will as well.
what, this is such backwards thinking, "The wasp is orbiting me which means I should swat it", they are just curious. If you keep calm they will as well.
they scare the hell out of me
Wait, what!?! They can be trained to find explosives and illegal drugs!?! You can’t just say that and not go more in to it!
Thank you! I will no longer get rid of any wasp nests outside my house!
I didn’t know how important they are! 😃
it's sad how people treat wasps ... it shouldn't be like that, but I believe that someday humanity will change its mind about wasps because I think that they are as important and interesting as other pollinators 😥
you are insane.
1:17 I could not stop laughing xD
people are ok with bees cause they die when they sting. But wasps figured what was the point of that and were hated
Southern Yellowjackets in particular are very curious and docile unless you swat or smack them, or bang on their nest.
Polistes carolina is an enigma, they can be fine for years coexisting then suddenly sting you out of nowhere.
Ive saved countless wasps and bees from pools and ive only ever been stung by red paper wasp or Polistes carolina.
So Underrated
Thank you for educating me in Wasp propaganda
Oh look another one who has been brainwashed by big Honey companies
@@waspsfriend8577 Because honey tastes good.
@@AH-lx5nj like you
@@eaeaaaaa4049 I dunno whether you're intimate with me or complimenting me.
@@AH-lx5nj you look tasty
This wasp nest in my front yard is pretty durable. I can’t even mow that part of the yard anymore. I tried to leave them alone and be in harmony with nature but when I keep getting more aggressive. I sprayed a whole can of wasp/hornet spray on them and they are still there
I know there was one time when a wasps nest was abandoned on my roof then I tried to break it down as it was totally empty but they just don't break like I smashed a stick with a lot of my power (I was like 8 so I was kinda weak) but it didn't even break 🙄
Buy a flamethrower
F them is wasp kill ‘em lol
While I understand their importance and I don’t actively hunt or hurt them ever, I still hate and fear them to no end and if I coiled I would remove their stingers and make them friendly because they are too aggressive
Video: explains that wasps perform similar jobs to bees
Me: yeah well bees don’t build nests on my home and then get pissy when I just try to exist. Bees and I are cool
Because the bees are almost extinct I have an infestation of bees
Bees ..infests houses too
I actually like wasp as they have been very chill in my garden. They like to hang out on my cabbage and dragon fruit tree and they don’t bother me when I’m in my garden. If I need then to go away, I spray water at the garden and they fly away.
The fact that they eat spiders makes me love them
ErronBlack666 I love spiders too but I wouldn’t decide between the two
Spiders are cute! Wasps are cute more though.
they tell us to keep spiders around because they eat bugs like wasps... they tell us to keep wasps around because they eat other bugs like spiders.... stupid circular logic.
@@OxygenBeats its bc like all things, they fight and one kills the other
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Are you being serious? No spider primarily eats wasps. Spiders should be kept around because they lower pest populations. Indoors they can get rid of flies, mosquitos, fleas, bedbugs and more - while outdoors they eat garden pests like certain beetles and flies. 💀
I’ll always be afraid of wasps as they don’t have a good reputation for being kind insects… But would I wish them all to die? Well… maybe the ones who only harass us for no reason and have a deadly sting. We don’t need that in our lives…
This is not the wasp problem. This is the everything problem of people being selfish. The reason why people often harm nature is that they are looking at the organisms from the wrong angle. Just that something is "bad" for people (annoying, it bites/stings me, it stings my dog etc.) doesn't mean that it is bad in general. The best we can do is to stop killing things without making sure that it doesn't harm nature. For example, assuming that a kind of butterfly aways eats my fav flower, I can do two things: Protect the flower or kill all butterflies I see. But if I kill the butterflies, it may harm nature. And when the ecosystem is harmed, it is often hard to repair and get it to the state where it was before. So, why not to put the flower in my house, where it won't get eaten? The same is the wasps: Many people here in Bohemia are very annoyed of wasps. I love wasps, and I've never had a problem with them. They aren't friendlier to me than to the annoyed ppl, it is just that I look at them differently. I also hear that buzzing around my ear, I also feel that pain when it stings me. But I also know that animal, so I don't strike out in fear - because I know why it stung me, and I can avoid that happening again. And when it buzzes around my ear, I laugh at it, because I know it won't sting me.
Nice bias troll, its not that simple, half the time wasps sting you FOR NO REASON! you could be walking to your car and youd be stung by one, also what your saying is basically never go outside ever when wasps are out.
@@heavyweaponsguy6284 You don't know wasps and are unable to learn any patterns which happen before the sting? You will likely interpret it as to never go outside, then.
It's sometimes difficult to tell at first but a wasp ALWAYS has a reason when it stings. You just accidentally threaten its life and then say it stung for no reason, because you just didn't notice. Never happened to me to be honest, I recognize wasp buzzing well and as I love wasps so much I just don't unnotice a wasp getting under my clothing (things like that) usually. Of course, accidents happen and I get stung but I always know the reason the wasp stung me. And I've also seen people getting terrified when a wasp was flying around, even though I knew it would NEVER sting unless its life is at HIGH risk.
But that's just about wasps in my country, different countries may have different wasps. All I can say is I am sure the wasps in my country are very peaceful, and people still get SO pissed and scared and often speak worse of wasps than you. Then it turns out they've never been stung. And that honeybees actually do the same thing, but if bees do it people aren't scared as much.
It could be called something worse than "ignorance" but it's actually not their fault, as they barely know anything about wasps... their reaction is understandable. Just saying maybe you're behaving the same way... I don't know.
@@Temný_dadaismus wrong. i was about to water my plants and i didnt even do anything and it stung me 4 times
They protect plants, from spiders...How on earth are spiders a pest when THEY are the ones taking care of the pests?
Multiple types of spider exist.
It’s stupid how people don’t see how every animal that exists has a purpose. Just cause your lazy ass is sitting eating tubs of ice cream and they fly around you doesn’t mean anything! Most cases of stinging is because the people swatted or attacked it.
I was learning a trade about landscaping a while back. I didn't completely became a ground maintenence after graduating, because there was a section where you needed a license to handle pesticides. I still to this day don't believe pesticides is the answer to maintain everything in our environment.
did a wasp make this video or something?
One sunny afternoon, I watched them coming and going, chewing microscopic bits of fence panel, to take back and build their paper nest.
only reason i dont like wasps is because they keep tryna get in my drink 😔
Maybe there just thirsty
I love wasps and hornets.
They are both perfectly chill, so long as they don’t feel threatened.
So don’t give a threatening appearance.
Sooo we have in my country we have type of wasps where they approach human just to be friendly and they just set on you and say hi I'm not kidding
What country are you in?
@@thec2359 libya
you're lying
@@enduard527 are living with me
It's always really disturbing to me when I hear people say "we should just kill all wasps/mosquitoes/parasites/etc" like.. do y'all remember learning about the food web literally at all?? They teach you that stuff for a reason; the stability of the world's ecosystem depends on animals thought of as mean or harmful or gross just as much as any other animal.
And you may think "well I'm just one person, how would I disrupt the food web" until you realize that the great majority of people vehemently hate bugs and will do everything in their power to make sure they stay away from human infrastructure; from cities to suburbs to farms and backyards-which breeds massive demand for the insecticide industry, which kills and threatens countless species of vital animals.
You don't have to like them or invite them into your house, but so many people fail to grasp how crucial and irreplaceable insects are-or how fragile their existence has become. Thank you for this video.
WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS VIDEO? wasps do nothing but sting people if they so much as breathe in their direction, and they can do it more then once!
You're not a victim
@@waspsfriend8577 Yes we are
I had to get rid of a queen common wasp that emerged out of hibernation two years ago, in my home, because if I didn't, it would have built a nest in the light fitting on my bedroom ceiling, and I would've been stung badly.
Thanks for posting! I lov wasps. I feed them in front of my window - there come around 60 every day, in summer. Now there come only around 7. Maybe there is also a queen among them?
When the queen wasp is sus! 😳 nice among us sussy reference lmaoooo
You can feed them some honey
@@eaeaaaaa4049 I feed them: apples, banana, grapes, but most important is sugar water. No honey! honey can make bees sick. Sugarwater is much better for bees and wasps.
@@matthewnagel7081 I had a queen wasp hibernating in my kitchen, behind my cupboard. I only saw her on 26.4. when she awakened ... I gave her apple and let her fly :-)
Hmm. Didn’t know. Guess honey looked like sugarwater
People need to stop putting bees above wasps. Just because they attack bees and people isn't any reason to take down wasps and lift up bees. If wasps didn't exist, there wouldn't be any plants for the bees to pollinate because of all the pest insects. So it's sort of like nature's own team task force. So for all the people who say that wasps and hornets are bad and bees are good, you are dead to not only me but nature itself and everyone else who cares about wasps and all the animals in the world(insects included)
Nah F them wasps I was just casually minding my own business taking out the trash on a nice spring morning when all of a sudden a wasp just flew on to my arm took a bite and stung me. I then sent him to heaven.
Omg I'm sorry I had to pause it to laugh at the fact that in the video the wasps 'ate' all the insects except for those in the Republic of Ireland lmaoo thanks BBC lool😂😂