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Some wasps are, but unfortunately not the ones that are pests to humans. Plus it’s ironic to talk about wasps being good pollinators when they attack bees and
by laumars 4y ago
Some wasps are, but unfortunately not the ones that are pests to humans.
Plus it’s ironic to talk about wasps being good pollinators when they attack bees and other pollinators.
- 11235813213455 4y agowasp do as much pollination than bees, please do your own research on this, wasps don't deserve this undeserved bad press
- laumars 4y agoI’ve read plenty on this. I also live next door to a bee keeper on one side, and a farm on the other. So have first hand experience too.
- 11235813213455 4y agoIt's a bit like sharks, or wolves. If you are more experienced on this, on the complexity of ecosystems, you will start to figure the direct loss of production they can cause is relatively small and very well compensated by the role their indirect role in the ecosystem, less wasps could mean more caterpillars or other parasites (bad for farmer and beekeeper since bees will have less plants to forage). Bees know since a long time how to protect themselves. There's a reason scientist explain how sharks, wolves, wasps are highly beneficial. I think fortunately there's a growing awareness about this, more and more farmers understand these things as the condition for farming, pollution, drought, climate changes make things way harder for conventional agriculture methods
- laumars 4y ago> If you are more experienced on this, on the complexity of ecosystems, you will start to figure the direct loss of production they can cause is relatively small and very well compensated by the role their indirect role in the ecosystem Steady on there with the arrogance mate. At no point did I say all wasps should die or that their environmental impact was precisely zero.
- 11235813213455 4y agoNo wasp at all should be eliminated, and their environmental impact is of course beneficial like basically all wild life (compared to the detrimental impact of a human, a pet), even the one you call "pest" for just turning around humans and killing a super small percentage of bees, let's stop living on opinions, best
- pvaldes 4y agoToo simplistic views don't work in ecology. I'm pleased to inform you that yes, there are many species of wasps, big and small, and for sure, wasps (and flies, and mosquitoes) are good pollinators. Sometimes even the only pollinators. ... but their role as predators of caterpillars is more interesting for us
- laumars 4y agoNone of what you put contradicts what I said.