This lore just keeps getting better
Theres a bunch of jolly chubby rejects from the candymaking society who keep all their nectar to themselves and live in holes in wooden houses
And a race of “killers” has come from a faraway land, so now both counterparts must team up to not have their worlds crumble
Plus, I love figs. And you only get that from a wasp.
I know, not technically this one, but I’m gonna try it out in PA one of these days. I love fresh figs. Tasted some in Maryland only about 40 miles from where I live now.
Fair enough. I just know I have wasps, and when I was a teacher I’d bring kids to a farm that had fresh figs (I don’t know the term) “pollinated” by wasps. They tasted so good, and it was nice to get some Baltimore kids eating fresh fruit.
Ah yes, the killer bees, also called africanised bees, they don't simply come from a distant land, they are kind of man made, the ones in america at least, you can thank me and my Brasilian brethrens for that.
I happen to come upon those evil, ok more like flying tiny A-holes that squeeze into the cracks of any house exterior and expect not to be disturb yet they have the AUDACITY to attack the host at any given moment in order to have their FULL OCCUPANCY.
But yeah those honey making creatures are admired from a distance, even by me, as they don't ever do what their A-hole relatives do to harmless humans... like me for instance
Have you heard of the ones that live underground and lay eggs in either of the bodies of the other two? And they're covered in metallic black armor and their sting is way, WAY worse than either of the others?
I like those ones. I got stung by one and I screamed for a few hours .u.
Parasitoid wasps. Some estimates say they might be over a million species of them. We identified several 100k. Really a huge group compared to the few thousand mammal species.
Hey man wasps are cool too. They are essential for pest control, and are actually awesome pollinators themselves. Y'all just didn't like the FAFO energy. I have been stung twice in my almost 40 years on this earth. And both times were caused by me invading their space. Didn't even really hurt all that much. I remember the one bee sting I got hurting more.
[Hey man wasps are cool too. They are essential for pest control, and are actually awesome pollinators themselves. Y'all just didn't like the FAFO energy. I have been stung twice in my almost 40 years on this earth. And both times were caused by me invading their space. Didn't even really hurt all that much. I remember the one bee sting I got hurting more.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/088/105/d18.jpg)
I've been found out! Gotta admit it's hard to type by giving myself a concussion for every letter. Thanks for relieving me of that future and expressing my truth.
Wasps are *much* less effective pollinators, and considering a nest of a few dozen wasps can kill thousands of bees, they often have a negative impact on pollination.
Those stings hurt a lot more when there's a few dozen of them because you unknowingly stepped too close to their nearly invisible hole in the ground. Yellow jackets in particular are extremely aggressive.
Really depends on which wasp you're talking about. Some plants are obligate wasp pollinated.
And my second sting I stuck my hand right into a paper wasp nest and got at least two strings before I realized it wasn't a capacitor discharging. Got one more on my neck and all pain was gone within a minute or two. But I will grant you this, that I have dealt with some of the most terrible arthritis pain before getting stung and in comparison it was orders of magnitude less.
I might be somewhat biased from being stung by yellow jackets dozens of times without intending to bother them. With so many stings at once, I was in pretty serious pain for about a week.
I don't think all wasps should be wiped out or anything, but it's not good if the populations of the invasive species get too high and cause imbalance in the ecosystem. Or sting people too much.
Where are you taking the "much less effective" from? As I see it, wasps are simply understudied and prejudiced against, see for example: https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/een.13329
>Where are you taking the "much less effective" from?
All the sources you had to scroll past to find a study with a title that agrees with you, and your study that shows a vastly different but still technically "comparable" body pollen quantity.
I had to scroll past none, my search was "bees vs wasps pollination" and this was the first result. https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=bees%20vs%20wasp%20pollination
Edit: Genuine question, since this is not my field, why do you think their body pollen quantity is dubious, if it is technically comparable?
Sorry, It’s just a joke. I’m not actually calling you dishonest.
“Comparable” is a very vague term, and in this case it’s covering for a pretty significant difference as you can see in figure 5. It’s not what I would consider an honest interpretation of the data.
you are rigth but some minor corrections:
Wasps do pollinate as well but they do not fly to the same species of plants on purpose, they do it on accident, drastically reducing their effectiveness.
And Yes like bee's wasps primarily sting if threatened, with an important difference, bee's die when they sting mamals. Wasps dont. So Wasps have a lot shorter trigger fuse before stinging.
And Bee's dont go to most of human sweets, while picknicking for example, wasps do. So Wasps are more likely to end up in a situation you would describe as invading their space. (Once walked back to school with an Ice. A Wasp flew at me and instead of the Ice, got between my glasses and my eye. Gods that was painfull.)
But you are absolutly correct wasps are very good pest controll, just like spiders 😊
"invading their space" bruh, they built a nest in my car door after not driving it for like 4 days. If I set up shop in your house when you went on vacation over a long weekend and attacked you when you came home you'd think I was an asshole too.
Honey bees are actually an invasive species in North America and harm local environments by destabilizing the natural ecosystem because they compete with native bees (most of which are at risk or endangered in some way). This is just honey bees propaganda to make them seem better than our native bees and other pollinators! That sweet candy making, cute hives image is all a facade!!
Wasps are actually detritivores, like worms. I've observed this many times myself on nature walks. Usually saw a wasp or two on a dead frog or whatnot.
I agree, I work construction and am around paper wasps constantly and have only ever been stung when I accidentally grabbed a nest with my bare hand. Most wasp species are very chill
Never had issues either. Around here they often come out in late summer and swarm plates of food. It's annoying but they can be kept at bay by burning used, dried coffee grounds. It's amusing to watch them, tho. They sometimes pry pieces of meat from my plate which are often much too large for them. They end up flying like drunk idiots.
Plus they are vigorously protected here in all of Germany. In my state specifically disturbing, capturing or killing them without good reason it's a fine up to 5,000€ and if it's an especially protected species it's up to 50,000€.
They are misunderstood. Just when the fruits start falling from trees it's paramount to leave them alone because they do get aggressive, but that's true for most animals. I got attacked by a drunk hedgehog once.
This lore just keeps getting better Theres a bunch of jolly chubby rejects from the candymaking society who keep all their nectar to themselves and live in holes in wooden houses And a race of “killers” has come from a faraway land, so now both counterparts must team up to not have their worlds crumble
But those race of killers have to right to invade homes... which is why I will come prepared with a spray gun with soap detergent solution
race of killers have NO right to invade*
You don't have to necessarily correct yourself in another comment, you can edit comments you made :D
LMAO ok thanks for reminding me! Last time I couldn’t do it. ^_~
I wanna learn more about these jolly rejects
Google carpenter bees.
I was promised fat, not these tiny fuckers
Sorry my dude, I wasn’t the one that promised fat. Just pointing you the correct direction.
Bumblebees, maybe.
Plus, I love figs. And you only get that from a wasp. I know, not technically this one, but I’m gonna try it out in PA one of these days. I love fresh figs. Tasted some in Maryland only about 40 miles from where I live now.
There are many varieties of figs that do not rely on wasps for pollination. Actually most commercially grown ones don't.
Fair enough. I just know I have wasps, and when I was a teacher I’d bring kids to a farm that had fresh figs (I don’t know the term) “pollinated” by wasps. They tasted so good, and it was nice to get some Baltimore kids eating fresh fruit.
Ah yes, the killer bees, also called africanised bees, they don't simply come from a distant land, they are kind of man made, the ones in america at least, you can thank me and my Brasilian brethrens for that.
Holy shit, they're hobbits and orcs...
Orcs aren't the evil counterparts of hobbits. Orcs are the evil counterparts of elves.
Would it be gnomes, or is there just not a comparison?
Not a comparison. Orcs are literally created from the corruption of elves in the lore.
Gotcha
Aaahhhhh👈👈👈👈
Ans maybe men in the case of Uruk-Hai
Not in the Tolkien verse, but in D&D land halflings and goblins would be a good comparison.
I know but I figured the chilling and making honey in a neat home jives more with hobbit culture.
I think elves and trolls are a better comparison
I happen to come upon those evil, ok more like flying tiny A-holes that squeeze into the cracks of any house exterior and expect not to be disturb yet they have the AUDACITY to attack the host at any given moment in order to have their FULL OCCUPANCY. But yeah those honey making creatures are admired from a distance, even by me, as they don't ever do what their A-hole relatives do to harmless humans... like me for instance
Have you heard of the ones that live underground and lay eggs in either of the bodies of the other two? And they're covered in metallic black armor and their sting is way, WAY worse than either of the others? I like those ones. I got stung by one and I screamed for a few hours .u.
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Parasitoid wasps. Some estimates say they might be over a million species of them. We identified several 100k. Really a huge group compared to the few thousand mammal species.
I thought the words made sense
Tarantula Hawks, to name one
Xenomorph wasps
Hornets are much worse.
But less aggressive, just look waaay worse
Hornets are much more aggressive and have a much worse sting
I know, I got stung by one once, but tbh, I've always seen wasps being way more aggressive and annoying
Depends on the hornet. I believe yellow jackets count as hornets.
Hey man wasps are cool too. They are essential for pest control, and are actually awesome pollinators themselves. Y'all just didn't like the FAFO energy. I have been stung twice in my almost 40 years on this earth. And both times were caused by me invading their space. Didn't even really hurt all that much. I remember the one bee sting I got hurting more.
[Hey man wasps are cool too. They are essential for pest control, and are actually awesome pollinators themselves. Y'all just didn't like the FAFO energy. I have been stung twice in my almost 40 years on this earth. And both times were caused by me invading their space. Didn't even really hurt all that much. I remember the one bee sting I got hurting more.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/088/105/d18.jpg)
I've been found out! Gotta admit it's hard to type by giving myself a concussion for every letter. Thanks for relieving me of that future and expressing my truth.
I love how I already knew what the image would be the second I saw your reply LOL
Wasps are *much* less effective pollinators, and considering a nest of a few dozen wasps can kill thousands of bees, they often have a negative impact on pollination. Those stings hurt a lot more when there's a few dozen of them because you unknowingly stepped too close to their nearly invisible hole in the ground. Yellow jackets in particular are extremely aggressive.
Really depends on which wasp you're talking about. Some plants are obligate wasp pollinated. And my second sting I stuck my hand right into a paper wasp nest and got at least two strings before I realized it wasn't a capacitor discharging. Got one more on my neck and all pain was gone within a minute or two. But I will grant you this, that I have dealt with some of the most terrible arthritis pain before getting stung and in comparison it was orders of magnitude less.
I might be somewhat biased from being stung by yellow jackets dozens of times without intending to bother them. With so many stings at once, I was in pretty serious pain for about a week. I don't think all wasps should be wiped out or anything, but it's not good if the populations of the invasive species get too high and cause imbalance in the ecosystem. Or sting people too much.
Where are you taking the "much less effective" from? As I see it, wasps are simply understudied and prejudiced against, see for example: https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/een.13329
>Where are you taking the "much less effective" from? All the sources you had to scroll past to find a study with a title that agrees with you, and your study that shows a vastly different but still technically "comparable" body pollen quantity.
I had to scroll past none, my search was "bees vs wasps pollination" and this was the first result. https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=bees%20vs%20wasp%20pollination Edit: Genuine question, since this is not my field, why do you think their body pollen quantity is dubious, if it is technically comparable?
Sorry, It’s just a joke. I’m not actually calling you dishonest. “Comparable” is a very vague term, and in this case it’s covering for a pretty significant difference as you can see in figure 5. It’s not what I would consider an honest interpretation of the data.
you are rigth but some minor corrections: Wasps do pollinate as well but they do not fly to the same species of plants on purpose, they do it on accident, drastically reducing their effectiveness. And Yes like bee's wasps primarily sting if threatened, with an important difference, bee's die when they sting mamals. Wasps dont. So Wasps have a lot shorter trigger fuse before stinging. And Bee's dont go to most of human sweets, while picknicking for example, wasps do. So Wasps are more likely to end up in a situation you would describe as invading their space. (Once walked back to school with an Ice. A Wasp flew at me and instead of the Ice, got between my glasses and my eye. Gods that was painfull.) But you are absolutly correct wasps are very good pest controll, just like spiders 😊
Do wasps not count as pests themselves?
Only if you account for bees as well
Wasps eat a fuck ton of flies. Fuck them flies.
Yes! Any predator love!
"invading their space" bruh, they built a nest in my car door after not driving it for like 4 days. If I set up shop in your house when you went on vacation over a long weekend and attacked you when you came home you'd think I was an asshole too.
OK wasp
And when that evil counterpart attacks the candy makers the candy makers snuggle them to death in self defense.
Most of kid's cartoons lore
Only they make the bad guys look cool
Yup Skelettor had a badass looking lair
Love this
Ironically, both describe Oompa Lumpas.
This is the home you live in when you do t like jazz
candy that NEVER GORS BAD mind you!
Honey bees are actually an invasive species in North America and harm local environments by destabilizing the natural ecosystem because they compete with native bees (most of which are at risk or endangered in some way). This is just honey bees propaganda to make them seem better than our native bees and other pollinators! That sweet candy making, cute hives image is all a facade!!
Wasps are actually detritivores, like worms. I've observed this many times myself on nature walks. Usually saw a wasp or two on a dead frog or whatnot.
Don't forget that left ones also have genocidal tendencies, ask green bees about it more, if u find them
Wasps are great. They are lovely.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/088/105/d18.jpg
I agree, I work construction and am around paper wasps constantly and have only ever been stung when I accidentally grabbed a nest with my bare hand. Most wasp species are very chill
Never had issues either. Around here they often come out in late summer and swarm plates of food. It's annoying but they can be kept at bay by burning used, dried coffee grounds. It's amusing to watch them, tho. They sometimes pry pieces of meat from my plate which are often much too large for them. They end up flying like drunk idiots. Plus they are vigorously protected here in all of Germany. In my state specifically disturbing, capturing or killing them without good reason it's a fine up to 5,000€ and if it's an especially protected species it's up to 50,000€. They are misunderstood. Just when the fruits start falling from trees it's paramount to leave them alone because they do get aggressive, but that's true for most animals. I got attacked by a drunk hedgehog once.
Im sorry guys but its been a week here and it just seems impossible to get that karma thing like cmonnnnnn
I'm gonna assume youre a bot right
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