Can't get on board with this. fuck non honey bees.
Wasp and hornet populations are bigger than ever. They are pests that don't need our support. We are doing them a huge favor by raising the earth's temperature. They love this. In my area wasps are easily more noticeable over the past few years as summers have gotten hotter and hotter. I've never had so many issues with carpenter bees either.
Fair enough. A lot of people still refer to wasps / hornets as "bees" but this is not scientifically correct.
Carpenter bees can go to hell.
Nothing against the bumble, but if I'm going to get behind saving something that can sting me or kids and potentially induce lethal allergic reactions, it's going to be the one that at least makes a decent cereal topping.
It's not about you and your family's comfort. These insects are essential to the environment as a whole. You want a livable planet for your children, you want to save even the stingy bois. That being said, fuck wasps.
Actually they really don't love the rising temperature at all, because that combined with human activity directly is killing a lot of their food sources, which is why many are endangered. Wasps are important pollinators as well as bees, so if they go it will make life even more difficult for a lot of different flowers. Also, how often are you actually stung by wasps or hornets? Do they actively hunt you down and attack you? I've spent many calm evenings sitting and watching wasps fly around various flowers and bushes right next to me and never been bothered by them.
Thinking we just need to save honey bees is kind of like thinking we need to save cows from extinction, they're domesticated.
Wasps are known to be aggressive. There are subtypes that are less or more, but I get stung about once every three or four years and yeah, it seems like they hunt. Perhaps it's some accidental perceived threat that I cause, but I'm not exactly "asking for it".
They are notably more prevelant recently.