Bees and Wasps, What's thier purpose?

Yes, I too have noticed alot od wasps, not too many bees this year. I have always had alot of wasps around my house. I do know that the bees are very important for the pollination of all the crops,flowers & trees. And as far as the wasps are concerned, they say that they too are very important as they feed on flower nector and play and inportant role in pollinatation. The yellow jacket and paper wasp also prey on caterpillers and other larvae that destroy crops.

Bees we know do alot of good and they honey is good for you to as for wasps I read hear they get rid of the pest bugs but to get rid of them find their nest and spry it with WD40 they will die and not come back to that nest at all

Yes, It seems that there are alot more around my house than usual. I got stung for the first time the other night while I was sleeping!!! It felt like I got burned from a ciggarette, It woke me from my sleep. Needless to say I have not been sleeping well the last few noights. At least now I know that I'm not allergic.

Wasps are predatory to other insects. For instance, the Encarsia formosa wasps are put to good use in greenhouses where they kill off whitefly infestations against such plants as tomatoes. There may be other purposes for them that I am not aware of. Bees on the other hand have been known throughout the ages to be of great importance to humankind and the planet in general. Bees pollinate fruits and vegetables. Here’s a frightening fact: The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that about one-third of the human diet is derived from insect-pollinated plants and that the honey bee is responsible for 80 percent of it. Bees are disappearing at alarming rates. At this point, no one knows for certain why this is happening. There are many theories as to the cause. Maybe they are all ending up in your backyard. To learn more about disappearing bees check the links below: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/business/27bees.html?ex=1330232400&en=3aaa0148837b8977&ei=5088 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHHF6cbwNwM http://organicprinciple.com/ Albert Einstein once said that if bees disappeared, man would only have four years left to live.

I was just wondering the same thing, about the purpose of wasps, just the other day! I asked my husband, and he looked at me like I grew a 3rd eye or something. He never did answer my question. To kill the wasps, if I can't get to them easily with a fly swatter, I use Hot Shot Wasp Killer, or anything similar. It sprays real far, so you don't have to be standing near the wasp to spray at it. As for bees, I try not to kill the bumblebees. As long as they're not messing with me, I don't have a problem. But the more agressive yellow jackets, and the bees that are black and white, I'll try to kill. Those are the kind that have stung me already. Also, at my mother-in-law's house out in the boonies, she gets these huge hornets. Some of them are as big as hummingbirds!

The purpose of them I think that they are suppose to chase around my 11 year old neice and make her scream and hollar. lol :)