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A comprehensive guide to yellow stripey things

carpenter bee: acts like it’s tough, but can’t actually hurt you, has no concept of what glass is, lives in your fence, flies aggressively to try and scare you away

honey bee: is the bee that needs help the most, excellent pollinator, very friendly, can only sting once

bumble bee: also pollinates stuff very well, so fat it shouldn’t be able to fly, will let you pet it without getting agitated, actually a flying panda

hoverfly: wears yellow stripey uniform to scare you, actually can’t do anything to you, hangs out in fields, follows you if it likes you

paper wasp: looks scary but will only attack if provoked, sting hurts like the devil, will chase you if you swat at it, has no concept of personal space

yellow jacket: wants your food and will fight you for it, never leaves you alone, will sting you just for the heck of it, is just a jerk

cicada killer: looks like satan’s nightmares, exclusively eats cicadas, can sting you but usually won’t, still pretty terrifying

dirt dauber: almost never stings anything except spiders, builds nests in the ground (but not always), hoards spiders in said nest, coolest looking of the wasps

it’s probably my age that tricks people into thinking I’m an adult

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~ Thomas Sowell