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[–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

And now they've pollinated my shoe with their guts.

Seriously though, you're right, but when a bee comes into my home I catch and release, when a wasp invades it's search and destroy. While screaming terrified of course

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the way.

[–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 2 points 1 year ago

i use chemical weapons against wasps because they don't deserve the geneva convention. those anti-wasp sprays are the shit, you can blow them out of the sky with them

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just cup your hand and smack it out of the air, it'll be stunned for a bit and you can grab a wing a huck it somewhere else. You get to slap a wasp and you're not a random bug murderer.

You've just made me a more effective bug murderer, you fool

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I generally grab a cup or bowl and cover it if it's a hornet, but most wasps won't even sting me if I'm gentle while taking them outside, the vast majority of wasps are quite docile unless you bother their nests

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like you've never seen a yellowjacket. Those things are super nasty by default, don't even have to be anywhere near their nests.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Had them living under my porch a while, used to sit out there and watch them buzz around

[–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

right, hear me out though.

squish

edit: some wasps are chill though to be fair. Mud wasps are doppy little guys who just kinda bop around. They get the cup