Have you ever wondered why people have painted bees on their walls, cute pictures of bees in notebooks, but have never even thought about getting close to a wasp? It is true that wasps sting, and they also build nests in the worst places possible and swarm us in outdoor parties. If all of your experiences with wasps have been bad, I can see how you might hate them.  It is surprising how we dislike wasps but love bees even they basically both do the same job. Wasps might even do more of a job than bees.

Studies also show that there is not a lot of research put into studying wasps and good things that they do for the environment. Out of 908 papers in the 1980s, there were only 2.4% wasp articles compared to 97.6% (886 papers) bee papers. Wasps might look like they are after your picnic food, but they aren’t; they are really after  insects to take back to their hive and feed their larvae. Wasps might not be so much of threat as they seem.