Is a wasp more likely to sting you if totally unprovoked than a bee?
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The question is too simple.  There are many species of wasp and many species of bee.  They vary considerably in terms of aggression.\n\nSolitary bees (who do NOT die when they sting) are difficult to provoke.  Hive bees are more easily provoked because they don't care about their individual lives, only the hive matters.  Even among bees, aggression varies considerably.  The domesticated honey bee is extremely non-aggressive, while the African "killer" bee is just the opposite.\n\nWasps vary considerably.  I've had my face a few inches from a paper wasp nest without getting more than a few defensive stances from it's inhabitants.  (I don't recommend doing this, by the way.  I'm just personally stupid.  :-)  On another occasion, I moved a metal brace we had left outdoors to find, when I pulled my hands away, I had picked up a handful of wintering wasps!  They didn't sting.  I threw them out of my hand and they flew in another direction rather than attack me.  I used to have a picture of a paper wasp nest under a picnic table bench right next to the leg of an unaware picnicer who was swinging his leg back and forth.  Despite the emanent danger, the wasps were not provoked.  Right now we have a paper wasp next next to our front door.  Every member of my family passes within a foot or two of the nest several times a day.  The wasps have shown no sign of aggression.\n\nMud Daubers are also difficult to provoke.\n\nLuckily, Mud Daubers and Paper Wasps these are the most common wasps in Florida!  This keeps my outdoor romps safe.  Relatively.\n\nBut that doesn't mean all wasps are hard to provoke.  I have only been stung once by a wasp, and the nearest I passed to his nest was about seven feet!  I never did figure out what species that was, but he was plenty aggressive!\n\nYellowjackets and hornets all have reputations for being very aggressive.  I have no reason to doubt this.\n\nIt's worth noting that if you spend any time outdoors, you are surrounded by wasps all the time.  Most wasps are small and easily mistaken for flies.  If wasps, as a whole, we're really aggressive, humanity would never have survived.  Many wasps cannot even sting (such as the very scary looking, but harmless, Ichneumon wasp).
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It seems that Opening with a question like this Can cause more response than you would be able to deal with .I would Worm my way out if I was you.\n\nNot sure on this I know a snail can\nI was wondering if an ant could get tics
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allergies can strike at any time in life.  as long as you've eaten eggs and avacados in the past, you can be allergic to them.  your immune system sets up a response to the thing you're allergic to and reacts to it just as it would if you'd taken a dose of poison.  sounds crazy, but true!  I almost died from one bee sting.  it was the second sting I'd ever had in my life.  but my immune system set up a deadly defense against the venom after the first sting, and years later when I was stung for the second time, it was almost fatal.\nif you really have concern that you're allergic to these two things, I would see an allergist and get tested before eating them again.  I'm not trying to scare you, but if you're allergic, and you eat eat them again, the reaction could be worse than ever.\neggs are one of the most common foods that people are allergic to, and one of the most dangerous to eat if you are allergic to them.  so get things checked out before you eat them again just to be safe okay?  remember, better safe than sorry.
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If someone is allergic to bee stings and has never been stung before, then they really are not allergic yet.  They need to be exposed to the allergen first.  \n\nThe first sting "sensitizes" their body towards beestings.  The second sting can cause a full-blown allergic reaction.\n\nYou can still have an allergic reaction from the first sting... however it would be a far less serious reaction than the second sting.
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I remember over fifty years ago as a child getting several nettle stings. My mother immediately rubbed them with a dock leaf. Being stung by a nettle is painful because the sting contains an acid. Rubbing the sting with a dock leaf can relieve the pain because dock leaves contain an alkali that will neutralise the acid and therefore reduce the sting. Bees and ants also have acidic stings, so dock leaves should help, but other alkalis, such as soap or bicarbonate of soda, are usually better.\n\nHowever, a dock leaf is useless against wasp stings, which contain an alkali. This is unfortunate because wasps are nasty little critters whose sole aim in life is to ruin picnics and barbecues. If you want to neutralise a wasp sting you should use an acid such as vinegar. The only problem is you'll smell of pickles for the rest of the day.
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Nope, not all types of bees make honey! The eastern carpenter bee, alfalfa leafcutter bee, orchard mason bee, and the hornfaced bee are solitary bees, which means they don't live in hives with thousands of other bees. Each solitary bee is fertile, unlike the bees in hives in which only the queen bee and produce more bees. These types of bees don't produce honey or beeswax.\n\nHope this helps! I'm glad you're curious about these types of things.
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I would say it like being stuck with a hot needle. Fire ants anyway. The pain last for a good while about like a wasp are yellow jacket sting
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That's not normal (unfortuantly), in addition to the possibility that you might have cellulitis (sub-dermal skin infection) you could be looking at a low grade allergic reaction, if which case you should definatly see your doc to make sure!!!  Bee (and related stinging insect) sting allergies can be potentially fatal and you should make sure you don't fall into the catagory of people who need to carry an epi pen.
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Probably the bee.  People who are allergic to bee stings can sometimes die after being stung.
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Honeybee sting can help!Simple,instant and last longer.
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I agree with the posters who say they're just honeybees.  Hopefully they're not killer bees.  Please do not try to kill them.  If you aren't willing to let them stay, find out about getting the hive moved to a different spot.  Unless you're allergic or they hive is in your way, there isn't really a reason for you to bother them.
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Sorry to say that but a species of wasp does stock pollen and nectar.  I wouldn't call it honey but it is quite equivalent to honey bee's honey.\n\nWasps of the genus Pseudomasaris build hard nests of mud, or sand and mud, attached to twigs or rocks., Each nest is elongate or globular, and contains several cylindrical cells (figure 244). Unlike other wasps, which provision their cells with meat, the species of Pseudomasaris provision them with pollen and nectar as do the bees (Hicks, 1927; Bequaert, 1929). They look like vespine wasps in having a black body color marked with yellow. Pseudomasaris vespoides (Cresson), the largest species, occurs throughout the West, and has been recorded as far east as South Dakota.
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Does the parasitic wasp also prey on other species that we wouldn't want it to?  And, if it does, will it multiply unchecked?
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It doesn't affect the survival value of the genes of the wasp, because the stinging wasps are actually sterile female offspring of the queen wasp.\n\nIn terms of genetic survivorship, the hive could be considered one meta-organism.  The individual survival of a single insect doesn't matter, as long as the hive remains.  In order to affect the survival value of the wasps, you would have to create a major impact on the entire hive entity.  \n\nIf by stinging a person or large animal, that person or large animal is less likely to bother another wasp hive, that wasp actually increases the survivorship of its genes, even if the wasp itself dies.  Thus a hive with highly aggressive workers may actually be selected for, even if many of those workers die as a result of their aggression.
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it may be hard for you to do, but if you ignore them they will ignore you. If you flail at them they may think they get attacked and are more likely to try to defend themselves. \nEasiest may be to just go away a couple of yards. Wasps can be curious and sometimes follow people around, especially if they have a jamtart in their hand, but if you offer a tiny piece as a bribe they probably will accept... \n\nIf you think you will be too freaked out to do that, you could try spraying them with a spray bottle with water. I haven't really tried it, but wasps like other insects don't fly in the rain, they definitely won't like getting wet while flying, it probably would chase them away temporarily. And the water will be harmless to you and everybody else. \n\nThe only time when you really should run is if you ever step by mistake on a nest of a ground nesting species of wasps (but those should not be on normal path, it could happen on a pasture, and there will be not just a group of wasps but a hell of a lot of them). Then they will be mad. But as long as you keep away from their nests you should be fine. \n\nAfter all wasps do not eat humans, they attack them only in defense of either themselves or their nests.
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Most really huge bees are actually pretty harmless.\n\nCheck out this site for all your insect identification needs: http://whatsthatbug.com/
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miapia87 is incorrect...bees dont eat other insects...they consume nectar...the sting that they have is for defense...and when they sting...the whole stinger and part of the abdomen will come off...that is why bees die after they've stung something...bees usually need to defend the nest from other queen bees who try to overthrow the dominant queen...and also from wasps and hornets...these insects do eat other bugs...anyway wasps and hornets don't die once they've sting you...they are more vicious than bees...their venoms are more potent...and...they can sting you again and again...so please avoid them...at all cost!!!