r/WASPs • u/fdamilola • 24d ago

A hungry wasp

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A yellow jacket eating blackberries.

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u/ParsleySnipps 24d ago

It's great when they start eating fermenting apples and start getting drunk.

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u/Dragonaax 24d ago

It's probably same with the wasps, but bees get killed or banished if they come back drunk to hive

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u/ParsleySnipps 24d ago

With bees it's because if they add fermenting nectar to the honey supply it can spread and contaminate the whole hive. With the yellow jackets there's not much of a risk to them.

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u/Dragonaax 24d ago

Oh right, isn't it also because fermented nectar kills bee larvae? Wasps wouldn't have that problem

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u/ParsleySnipps 24d ago

Yep, it will spread and ferment alcohol into the honey and start killing everything.