Fuck wasps tho
But hornets are cute. And they eat wasps
Wasps are just as important in most ecosystems. They prey on pests, are pollinators, and act as decomposers. The only species of wasp you should hate in the US is the only one that is invasive: the Asian ‘murder’ hornet.
I’m in Germany and here we have the German wasp and the Common Wasp
I hate both of them
We have a bee hotel and it’s so damn cute seeing these little solitary bees filling up the holes.
We probably have 20-30 nests.
If you have a drill, they’re stupid easy to make. Read about what size holes the bees in your area like. And leave a smooth edge on the entry! They won’t use it if they sense a risk to their wings.
Might as well roll your own, not like you can reuse them after they nest. Mites and such are an issue.
You can reuse them, but you have to carefully clean the nesting holes. I have professionally made bee houses that I use. The wooden blocks that hold the nesting holes can be removed, opened, and sanitized. This also allows you to harvest cocoons to keep safe from predators/weather for the next year.
I have a little butterfly home, but it got populated by yellow jackets and now I don’t know what to do.
What about the non bee insects?
You do know that this world is basically populated primarily by insects right? They’re arguably the most important type of animal on earth
Not many realize this, but sticking with the non-bee pollination theme you have things like beetles, butterflies, moths, some species of flies, ants, wasps… the list goes on.
Non-inscect options include some speciea of bats and birds.
That’s not even getting into the tons of other useful things insects do.
I always said that if I wasn’t a human, I would be a rhinoceros beetle (kabutomushi).
Apparently I may have been right!
Moreso. Everyone started getting honey bees that it’s now having an impact on native bees.
Honey bees got hyped up as a problem because the large agricultural industries that relied on them was having a problem. It is an actual problem but not just honey bees. Everyone got so hyped that we’ve note got the old problem and a new problem too.
Last panel should say “spray for mosquitoes again”
