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Unbeelievable (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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You can't expect me to believe there is a race of creatures living in well-ordered homes who spend all day making candy while their evil counterpart hides out in menacing fortresses that augur only destruction

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Jokes aside, that isn't really the case. Most folks think of the European honeybee when they think of bees, when there are actually many other species of bees native to different parts throughout the world that humans don't farm for honey. Native bee populations are REALLY important to the environment, and so are native wasp populations. Wasps play an important role in the environment because they also pollinate native plants. Don't hate on wasps, they're really important!

[–] [email protected] 63 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They also murder other insects.

My brother genocided his yellow jacket population because they were murdering his bees (small hobby farm).

A few months later, there was a massive spider and other bug bloom. Like out of a horror film. Everywhere.

They're an important part of the ecosystem. But they're also assholes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought you were gonna link to this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

lmao I kind of wish that I did

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Your brother recreated China's campaign against sparrows. And it's aftermath.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fun fact: there are fig wasps (some pollinators, some not) whose whole thing is just figs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

And each fig variety has a whole species of fig wasps wholly devoted to it and you cannot switch them around.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How do I unsubscribe from BeeFacts?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not hard, but if you do it the food web collapses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oof that hit hard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The real jerks are the wasp queens who kick out the workers so they have to go begging at picnics.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Both pollinate a lot.
Both have wars of various kinds, they have complex & dynamic social interactions & structures, they are great at logistics & planning, etc.

But one is somehow less pissed at humans.
No idea why anyone wouldn't be pissed at humans.
And attack us preemptively.

Bees are sus.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago

It's not like wasp nests are much less organized on the inside. Here's an example.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Cool thing about yellow jackets is they can eat sugary stuff as adults, like nectar and fruit, but the young need protein. That's why they're out trying to steal a piece of your hamburger.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Un🐝lieveable

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Unbewaspable!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't miss anything

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

At least not without a beekeeper condom.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not the boss of me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

And you're not that big.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Inb4 literal tech savvy wasps post redeeming benefits,...oh shit too late!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Reality has truly hack tier writing