Do we need wasps?

Hammer89 · 22-04-2019 7:54pm #1

What do they do, apart from spark panic in previously calm people? I can't tell you how often I've been smoking out my bathroom window this week, only to throw it away at the slightest sound of a buzz. They keep coming in. Sometimes I hear the buzz inside and think, 'How did you get in?' and the obvious answer is, he was already there, waiting.

I hate them. So, do we need them? I'd say no. I'm sure some wee dick will come in and say, 'Well, actually wasps are vital for our ecosystem' and give some wee dick explanation as to why, but really nobody would bat an eyelid if they all suddenly died. Heartless, I know, but let's call a spade a spade.

Odhinn · 22-04-2019 7:57pm

Hammer89 wrote: »

What do they do, apart from spark panic in previously calm people? I can't tell you how often I've been smoking out my bathroom window this week, only to throw it away at the slightest sound of a buzz. They keep coming in. Sometimes I hear the buzz inside and think, 'How did you get in?' and the obvious answer is, he was already there, waiting.

I hate them. So, do we need them? I'd say no. I'm sure some wee dick will come in and say, 'Well, actually wasps are vital for our ecosystem' and give some wee dick explanation as to why, but really nobody would bat an eyelid if they all suddenly died. Heartless, I know, but let's call a spade a spade.

They only want a pull of the fag. Blow smoke at them and they'll give you a fly by salute.

tabby aspreme · 22-04-2019 8:04pm

They eat aphids , which would destroy a lot of crops, if not controlled.

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-04-2019 8:08pm

Left a can of beer unattended one summers evening and one of these b@stards fancied a sip in the can and I ended up looking like some tramp out of love island

McDermotX · 22-04-2019 8:09pm

Do we need them ? Question you should be asking is whether they need us ?

Your Face · 22-04-2019 8:11pm

They keep us in a state of readiness for The Event.

roroliam · 22-04-2019 8:15pm

If you smoked a good quility of cigarette like Major and not crap like John Player Blue you won't get bothered by the wasps. They work for certain cigarette companies. Philip Morris are one of the biggest employers of wasps.

Achasanai · 22-04-2019 8:16pm

tabby aspreme wrote: »

They eat aphids , which would destroy a lot of crops, if not controlled.

They are also very important as pollinators. Also, a lot of what you think are wasps are actually bees, but they can look very similar.

goose2005 · 22-04-2019 8:22pm

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41042948

Pero_Bueno · 22-04-2019 8:26pm

Grandeeod · 22-04-2019 8:26pm

Pollinators are very important. I have a long back garden and I always leave just under a third of it uncut and fenced off. Neighbours with over zealous lawnmower ambitions think I'm lazy. But they are just garden artists who want to mow it down and all over. Fook em. Pollinators are badly needed and thrive more on wild flowers than any of your Woodies bought flowery ****e. Even the Tidy Towns gang have realised this and there's a prize for sensible people who understand pollinators.

artanevilla · 22-04-2019 8:28pm

If the end of wasps meant the collapse of the world's ecological sysytems I would happily live in that post-apocalyptic wasp-free waste land.

Poor Uncle Tom · 22-04-2019 8:28pm

They make real good pets, keep all but the most persistent away, the sting in the tail?

is the sting in the tail.........

Odhinn · 22-04-2019 8:28pm

Achasanai wrote: »

They are also very important as pollinators. Also, a lot of what you think are wasps are actually bees, but they can look very similar.

So wasps are essentially skinhead bees?

emaherx · 22-04-2019 8:32pm

artanevilla wrote: »

If the end of wasps meant the collapse of the world's ecological sysytems I would happily live in that post-apocalyptic wasp-free waste land.

Even if you had no beer?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/07/30/you-can-thank-wasps-for-your-bread-beer-and-wine/#.XL4WWGgo80M

Cee-Jay-Cee · 22-04-2019 8:34pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

Pollinators are very important. I have a long back garden and I always leave just under a third of it uncut and fenced off. Neighbours with over zealous lawnmower ambitions think I'm lazy. But they are just garden artists who want to mow it down and all over. Fook em. Pollinators are badly needed and thrive more on wild flowers than any of your Woodies bought flowery ****e. Even the Tidy Towns gang have realised this and there's a prize for sensible people who understand pollinators.

Tell the truth now...the flex on your flymo only reaches 2/3 of the way down the garden and it has nothing to do with you being one with the bees.

backspin. · 22-04-2019 8:37pm

They are violent thugs.

EICVD · 22-04-2019 8:41pm

Hammer89 wrote: »

What do they do, apart from spark panic in previously calm people? I can't tell you how often I've been smoking out my bathroom window this week, only to throw it away at the slightest sound of a buzz. They keep coming in. Sometimes I hear the buzz inside and think, 'How did you get in?' and the obvious answer is, he was already there, waiting.

I hate them. So, do we need them? I'd say no. I'm sure some wee dick will come in and say, 'Well, actually wasps are vital for our ecosystem' and give some wee dick explanation as to why, but really nobody would bat an eyelid if they all suddenly died. Heartless, I know, but let's call a spade a spade.

The thing is, when you die off how many people will actually care? Your friends, family & acquaintances sure, but in the grand scheme of things you’ll be just like a wasp

begbysback · 22-04-2019 8:47pm

Had an altercation with one today, big fecker, took a swipe with the paper and clonked him on the head, tough fecker didn’t blink and came straight at me. He landed on the window so I opened it and let him out, so beware - there’s an angry wasp out there somewhere just waiting for revenge.

NickNickleby · 22-04-2019 8:49pm

Yesterday I was out in the back garden, sitting in my chair at peace with the world. My reverie was disturbed by a rasping sound. Eventually located the source at the top of my garden wall. There was a wasp, chewing away at my trellis. I had previously noticed damage to the trellis an assumed it was caused by the neighbours cats sharpening their claws. From the point where the wasp was nibbling away to my ear was about 2 meters.

Anyway, as much as I hate them, not knowing if they are useful or not, I chose not to disturb/destroy it. It eventually flew away with its payload, presumably to add an extension to its home, and I was grateful to note it didn't fly into MY shed

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TheValeyard · 22-04-2019 8:49pm

emaherx · 22-04-2019 8:50pm

Hammer89 wrote: »

I hate them. So, do we need them? I'd say no. I'm sure some wee dick will come in and say, 'Well, actually wasps are vital for our ecosystem' and give some wee dick explanation as to why, but really nobody would bat an eyelid if they all suddenly died. Heartless, I know, but let's call a spade a spade.

They play an important part in the production of yeast, so if you like beer, bread or wine then yes you need wasps. (They are also pollinators so yea important part of eco system etc...)

Pero_Bueno · 22-04-2019 10:25pm

Odhinn wrote: »

So wasps are essentially skinhead bees?

Worse, Nazi bees ...

foxy farmer · 22-04-2019 11:13pm

Yrs back one day after some business in Dept of Agriculture office in Clonakilty walking back to the car I heard a woman's voice behind me saying
"Get out, get out, go on get out you, get out."
I turned around to see a woman standing inside an open window waving paper. She suddenly realised i was looking at her.
"Oh sorry" says she I'm not talking to you I'm talking to the fecking waashp"
I can still hear the other staff roaring laughing.

Atoms for Peace · 22-04-2019 11:17pm

roroliam wrote: »

If you smoked a good quility of cigarette like Major and not crap like John Player Blue you won't get bothered by the wasps. They work for certain cigarette companies. Philip Morris are one of the biggest employers of wasps.

What about Benson & Hedges, Buzzing Hornets.

Anesthetize · 24-04-2019 6:24am

They are the travelling community of insects.

Bob Harris · 24-04-2019 8:01am

Hammer89 wrote: »

What do they do, apart from spark panic in previously calm people? I can't tell you how often I've been smoking out my bathroom window this week, only to throw it away at the slightest sound of a buzz. They keep coming in. Sometimes I hear the buzz inside and think, 'How did you get in?' and the obvious answer is, he was already there, waiting.

Stop smoking out the bathroom window. Problem solved.

Wanderer78 · 24-04-2019 8:04am

Bees, wasps and hornets, interesting little critters

gozunda · 24-04-2019 8:14am

I know this is supposed to be a bumblebee - but I always reckoned it sounded more like an angry wasp

https://archive.org/details/FlightOfTheBumblebee

Necro · 24-04-2019 8:20am

Do we need them? Probably.

Do we want them? Hell no. I make it my personal mission to kill every last one that comes across my path.

Buzzing stripy fcukers.

24-04-2019 8:29am

They also help keep the fly population under control. The adults, who aren't carnivores, actively hunt flies to feed the young, who are. If the fly is too large they'll cut it in half, take it back to the nest, then successfully find its way back to the other half to collect it.

Do we need wasps?

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