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Akitiki t1_itrhr0a wrote

Reply to comment by Klaumbaz in TIFU by taking care of a mouse problem by coolneatrad

Jesus, the bee/wasp thing drives me up the wall. When someone complains about being chased by a bee I stop them and ask if they actually mean a bee, or a wasp or hornet. Those are very different things. One is curious, one will basically chill if you do, one will sting if it thinks you looked at it funny.

And then go on to tell them about beneficial wasps and harmless ones.

Ramble-

One coworker was saying about bees in her yard, like four big ones. Bee or wasp, actually wasp. Okay, how big- an inch or so. Colors- black and off yellow half stripes. Okay, that's a cicada killer, I'm surprised you have four hanging around your yard. It's not cicada season or even year. They're chill and can be handled gently if they get inside. They can sting but would rather not, their venom is specialized to incompacitate cicadas.

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oo-mox83 t1_itrty6i wrote

There are often bees outside my store. Just little old trash bees that are just going after the full drinks people throw into the trash cans. I don't know how many people have run into the store yelling about a bunch of "wasps" outside but it's a lot. I have had several people argue with me even, insisting they're wasps. It's not hard to tell the difference, man. People are dumb.

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Klaumbaz t1_ittz5fr wrote

Leaf cutter bees look very similar to yellow jackets.

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