The wasp manifesto

Hey there,

Ever sat outside on a hot afternoon and felt that sudden jolt of panic?

You hear a buzz—not a bee’s gentle hum, but a sharper, angrier zzzzzp—followed by the unmistakable presence of something that’s definitely not here to pollinate.

Wasps.

They don’t make honey. They don’t die when they sting you. And they definitely don’t warn you first.

But here’s the twist: wasps aren’t chaos. They’re control. Every move is calculated. Every sting, earned.

Where bees charm the blooms, wasps handle pest control. No frills. No fanfare. Just results.

And they’re everywhere. Cracks, eaves, your backyard shed. Patrolling like they own the place (because, in a way, they do).

But even wasps have a weakness. Our obsession with perfect lawns and over-spraying pesticides? It’s wiping them out with the pests they’re trying to manage. And when wasps disappear, so does nature’s frontline defense.

The emerald cockroach wasp turns cockroaches into zombie babysitters. It stings the roach’s brain with precision, paralyzing its escape reflex. Then it leads the roach (alive but compliant) to a burrow, lays an egg on it, and seals it inside. The larva hatches, eats the roach from the inside out, and emerges like nothing happened.

No panic. No struggle. Just surgical manipulation.

🐝 You don’t have to be liked to be useful
🐝 Not all defense is aggression—sometimes it’s care in disguise
🐝 When you sting, do it on purpose

Dealing with garden pests? Skip the chemicals. Plant fennel, mint, or yarrow to attract parasitic wasps—the tiny, non-stingy kind. They’ll quietly handle your aphids and caterpillars like little freelance assassins.

Not to be confused with those WASPs, who prefer country clubs to compost and wouldn't be caught dead near leaf litter.

And maybe—just maybe—don’t swat the next wasp you see.
It might be the reason your tomatoes survive the summer.

P.S. Wasps don’t wait for permission. They act. Ready to sting with purpose? Start here:

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Until next week, sting smart,
Gabi & Bea