WASPS # And We don*t mean White Anglo-Saxon Protestants ~ They are a very different Breed ! Wasps are insects of the order VESPIDAE and they are disliked because they STING if challenged ! But this is their defence mechanism in a Biosphere that is *Red in Tooth & Claw* and only the fittest survive ! I (Brian) studied ECOLOGY with the Open University and now appreciate that WASPS ~ like all living creatures ~ have a part to play in the complex *Web of Life* in the BIOSPHERE ! This includes Pollination - Predation & Parasitism. They also store Yeast in the Winter for the Spring Grapes. So next time you meet a WASP ~ see it as an asset and even if it gives you a STING ~ DON*T KILL IT ! Love Angela ๐งก Brian ๐
WHY are WASPS considered as a Nasty Pest ?
They always plague our Brunch & Lunch al fresco
We panic when WASP lands on our Chest
Or on the tasty roll we bought from TESCO !
They always plague our Brunch & Lunch al fresco
To share the sugar on our Fritter
Or on the tasty roll we bought from TESCO
But that*s no reason ~ for to kill the Critter !
To share the sugar on our Fritter
To help them carry out their good Vocation
But that*s no reason ~ for to kill the Critter
Pollination & Predation !
To help them carry out their good Vocation
Without WASPS ~ then pests our FIGS would eat
Pollination & Predation
FIGS are delicious ~ green ones are a treat !
Without WASPS ~ then pests our FIGS would eat
We panic when a WASP lands on our Chest
FIGS are delicious ~ green ones are a treat
WHY are WASPS considered as a Nasty Pest ?
POSTSCRIPT ~ At t*end of YEAR ~ when singing
Auld Lang Syne ~ Remember twas a WASP
Stored the YEAST ~ fer fermentin* yer WINE !
Thanks for visit comments please - Love Angela ๐งก Brian ๐
A Wasps Nest is a masterpiece of High Rise Flat Engineering made of Wood ! Like a Honeycomb each cell is hexagonal to give it extra strength. This structure is used in Aircraft Wings to combine strength with lightness. The trouble is most people only see the intrinsic Inner Beauty of a Wasps Nest when they have destroyed it with a stick ~ And then its too late. If we don*t learn to live in Harmony with Nature ~ Then the Human Race will ultimately destroy itself ! Consider the WASP and be WISE !
NOTE ADDED SIX HOURS AFTER PUBLICATION ~ As I anticipated most of the comments received to date have been *I come to BURY WASPY not to PRAISE HIM* In some ways my POEM was a reply to NEVILLES *Anti Wasp Ode* of a few days ago ! Ironically - after I had posted my Poem there was an article in Todays *I* by an Ecologist Dr James Dyke - eulogising the WASP. He outlined the *Value of the Wasp to Farmers etc* much as I have done - and stressed the importance of Homo Sapiens living in Harmony with the Natural World ! The majority of us live in Cities where Nature is abhorred except for a few Totem Trees & pampered Pooches & Moggies ! Wasps inhabited Planet Earth long before MAN and will still be here long after MAN is extinct - Please treat them with the respect they deserve !