Now the BBC has a piece on wasps versus bees. They note:
When asked to think of words associated with bees, the most popular for bees were "honey", "flowers" and "pollination". For wasps the most common words that came to mind were "sting", "annoying" and "dangerous". However wasps also pollinate flowers as well as killing pests and are just as important to the environment as bees. The problem, according to Dr Seirian Sumner, of University College London, who led the research, is that wasps have had a bad press.
Not really. Honey bees and Bumble bees are often too busy getting pollen and are rather un-aggressive. On the other hand, the yellow jacket, a wasp like insect, hates humans. They see one then they attack. Kind of like Democrats...ooops, sorry, I promised no politics.
Now bumble bees are kindly and furry, you can pet them when they are on the flowers. Honey bees are a bit like them but don't push it with them. But wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, they are mean, real mean.
Then again, perhaps the Brits mean WASPs?
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