Should we kill wasps?

[Tipex 10]

A quite simple debate whether you would kill a wasp, or against the killing of them.

 

I find if you leave them be they'll fly away.

[taxman 12]

My natural instinct is to defend myself against it...usually that means trying to bat it towards an open window.

 

I would never rescue one from a spider's web and carry it gently to the window, I do that for bees though

[Saracen 1000 10]

Simples! Kill wasps .................

[melthebell 862]

My natural instinct is to defend myself against it...usually that means trying to bat it towards an open window.

 

I would never rescue one from a spider's web and carry it gently to the window, I do that for bees though

 

me three

i dont kill em, but i do bat em if they get too close, and i wouldnt save em if theyre gonna get venomised

[julado 10]

If one gets inside my home I just open a window or door and point to it saying "that way"....and I haven't had one that hasn't complied yet.

 

Quite recently at a Christian Rally in Trafalgar Square London I was eating a sandwich and I noticed a wasp had taken interest.....I never liked wasps and would once have flayled my arms about in windmill fashion trying to shoo away the pesky insect.....however feeling in a Christian mood I let the wasp settle on the sarny a few times and then I opened it up and was fascinated as the wasp scraped a bit of the bread and butter twice and tucked it away and then flew off.

 

It made me feel quite humbled that I had shared my lunch with one of God's little creatures

[taxman 12]

Simples! Kill wasps .................

 

Quoting a popular advert doesn't lend any weight to your posts...why do you want to kill wasps? Are you a waspist?

[taxman 12]

If one gets inside my home I just open a window or door and point to it saying "that way"....and I haven't had one that hasn't complied yet.

 

Quite recently at a Christian Rally in Trafalgar Square London I was eating a sandwich and I noticed a wasp had taken interest.....I never liked wasps and would once have flayled my arms about in windmill fashion trying to shoo away the pesky insect.....however feeling in a Christian mood I let the wasp settle on the sarny a few times and then I opened it up and was fascinated as the wasp scraped a bit of the bread and butter twice and tucked it away and then flew off.

 

It made me feel quite humbled that I had shared my lunch with one of God's little creatures

 

Awwwww

 

 

Not that I'm a God botherer but I do believe things have their place...wasps are a vital and useful member of society, but we just don't realise it.

Edited August 24, 2009 by taxman

[Maxxy 10]

After having my 2 year old stung, when she showed no fear and did not move towards it, I kill them every time.

[KarlS 10]

I always kill wasps if i see one in my house! I got stung by one a few years back and hate them even more ever since, I find that they sting you for no reason that's what i hate about them and they just follow you if you try and move out of the way.

[jane2008 15]

I don't kill wasps if I can help it, even though I'm allergic to their sting

[doodles100 10]

ya shouldnt kill anything. Everything has the right to live, pesky or not!!! You cant get in to the mind of a wasp so you dont know its stinging for no reason, maybe its a bit scared , having a bad day or just peed off you are stopping it having its lunch. That poor wasp may not have eaten for days!!! And yes I have been stung by a wasp and it did hurt, so has my cat!!! I still wouldnt kill one:hihi: Live and let live

[hard2miss 10]

Any incect that briefly visits plants has the potential to pollinate and with bee's struggling at the moment we could use all the help we can get.

 

I havent seen many bee's at all on my garden but have noticed an increase in ants up and down my fruit tree's so I attribute the crop I have had this year to the ants daft as that may sound.