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[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, the idea is that bees are useful because pollinators, and honey.
However, wasps may not be the friendliest creatures around, but they are certainly useful too - like cleaning up corpses, leftovers, and last but not least they eat insects that we think of as plagues

[–] HolyDiver@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can’t live with em, can’t live without em 😔

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but have you tried to find out if we really can't live without them? because I would definitely support the anti-wasp movement

[–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

As they are insect hunters, yes their absence would fuck up our already damaged ecosystem. I would guess it would lead to a different insect getting out of control and causing tons of problems - like a non native leaf miner who then proceeds to multiply like crazy and obliterate all leaves off trees kind of deal.