# A conversation with my little biting friend, Willie the Wasp. (Yeah I know bees and wasps do not bite...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016 "2022-07-15T15:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/21 "2022-07-19T18:51:54Z")
Oh, my. That’s wonderful. You can propose counter-probes that take down the alien probes, or that sample from them. Or you can market to the aliens - list improvements that can be made. Like, if you make the “wasps” pretty and make the probe/sting painless, or nearly so, then people won’t try to kill your probes. Also, loose that buzzing. It’s off-putting. Maybe a soft, satisfied hum. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/22 "2022-07-20T19:50:08Z")
The rehab gym thingy was swarming with aliens. And there I was without my foil/hose hat. We actually were kicked out. Admonished to do our hall walking. I was addressed personally, Hildagard said " I’ll accept no funny business from you,Wrek! Hmmm? Have no ideal what she meant.😁 The pest control folks are swarming in their own right. It smells horrible. Yep, this place is housed with medical staff who have been assimilated into the hive. Blank stares on their face and noncommittal answers to all questions. I made a sign. “No aliens in this room, bug spray has been sprayed til it was foggy in here” A nurse asked me what that meant. Sorry can’t speak today. 😁 They are not gonna catch me up. Resistance is NOT futile.👽 Dang, aliens!! (Eta: there’s actually one nearly dead alien on the window sill. He’s belly up, kicking those legs. Too bad ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/23 "2022-07-20T19:53:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Resistance is NOT futile.👽 There are worse fates. [https://www.startrek.com/sites/default/files/images/2019-01/46489c17893dfdcf028883202cefd6d1.jpg](https://www.startrek.com/sites/default/files/images/2019-01/46489c17893dfdcf028883202cefd6d1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/24 "2022-07-20T19:55:03Z")
Man oh man. You make me wanna change sides, if only I had that face thingy on me ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/25 "2022-07-20T20:03:55Z")
Some wasps do bite, but their sting is the bad part. Bees do not, but it seems to be a Southern? thing to call yellow-jackets= “bees”. Yellow-jackets are not hornets, either. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/26 "2022-07-20T20:22:05Z")
Wow. Did not know that about yellow jackets. Ty ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/27 "2022-07-20T20:36:02Z")
Hate to pile on, but only female wasps, bees, hornets and ants can sting. Males are all harmless. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/28 "2022-07-20T20:37:43Z")
“We are women…” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/29 "2022-07-20T20:43:32Z")
Just to complicate matters, fire ants bite _and_ sting, but the sting is the bad part. The bite is to get a grip while they’re injecting you with venom. Ah, those dear departed days deep in the Southland. _Won’tcha come with me to Alabammy_ _Back to the arms of my dear ol’ Mammy_ _Her cookin’s lousy and her hands are clammy_ _But what the hell, it’s home_ - Tom Lehrer ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/30 "2022-07-21T05:26:07Z")
Whoo hoo!! Stung again. My life is just so special. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/31 "2022-07-21T09:07:46Z")
I hate fire ants. We’ve all had run in with them. Mr.W poisons and they move over a few feet and do it all again. I fear there’s a huge underground maze of the reddish dirt they make the hills with. We’re all crash thru and become ant food. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/32 "2022-07-21T14:49:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I fear there’s a huge underground maze of the reddish dirt they make the hills with. > We’re all crash thru and become ant food. –shiver-- Has that been used in a horror movie yet? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/33 "2022-07-21T15:15:48Z")
There is an old movie called ‘Ants’ Joan Collins was in it at a tender young age. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/34 "2022-07-21T15:20:20Z")
I write Movies every day. No one seems to think they are Hollywood bound. Alas, I’m doomed to enjoy them. And, Lucky, y’all get to hear them all, as well. I’ll start my Horror Movie script today. Should be ready by tomorrow. I’m just that good😁 I wonder if Vincent Price is still alive? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/35 "2022-07-21T15:39:17Z")
If he’s not, I’m sure there are impersonators. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/36 "2022-07-21T19:33:35Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I wonder if Vincent Price is still alive? Alas, he’s been dead for nearly 30 years. Were he still alive, he’d now be a sprightly 111. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/37 "2022-07-22T01:09:09Z")
That would be creepy. Yep, y’all come on down we’ll go in the ghost room with the Ouija board and have us a seance. Conjer up some Vincent Price. It’s imperative I have him for my movie. I’ve written the Ant hills King based on him. I mean I don’t wanna type cast him, wait…yeah, yeah I do. As a matter of fact he kinda did that to himself. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/38 "2022-07-22T01:16:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It’s imperative I have him for my movie. I’ve written the Ant hills King based on him. I mean I don’t wanna type cast him, wait…yeah, yeah I do. As a matter of fact he kinda did that to himself. Hey, with CGI, you can do it. They brought Carrie Fisher and Peter Cushing back, after all! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/39 "2022-07-22T02:01:35Z")
So you’re not casting him as the hero working against the fire ants? Did the fire ants raise him from the grave? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016/40 "2022-07-22T06:15:13Z")
Oh, I think not. Mr.Price was always e–vil. Of course I have a character, a human size Woman Ant. She’s pretty evil herself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-with-my-little-biting-friend-willie-the-wasp-yeah-i-know-bees-and-wasps-do-not-bite/968016.md?page=3)