Delta_V@lemmy.world to Gardening@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoblessed beeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1793arrow-down118
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minus-squareDelta_V@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-29 months agoBad news: they want to eat your fruit, and they’ll fight you for it Good news: they also want eat your caterpillars, beetles, and aphids Wasps might be jerks, but they’ll patrol your garden for you, protecting your food from the other jerks.
minus-squareaulin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoWhich makes it a bit sad to have to kill them. If only they’d evolve the sense of self preservation that comes from not being in people’s face every second people are outside.
Bad news: they want to eat your fruit, and they’ll fight you for it
Good news: they also want eat your caterpillars, beetles, and aphids
Wasps might be jerks, but they’ll patrol your garden for you, protecting your food from the other jerks.
They’re also important pollinators.
Which makes it a bit sad to have to kill them. If only they’d evolve the sense of self preservation that comes from not being in people’s face every second people are outside.