🐝 Buzzing Stripey Things Guide – Know Your Friendly & Not-So-Friendly Flyers 🌼 Friendly Flyers (Mostly Harmless) Honeybee – Excellent pollinator, makes honey, friendly unless provoked, needs our help the most. Bumblebee – Very friendly, can sting multiple times, basically a flying fat panda, excellent pollinator. Carpenter Bee – Males can’t sting but may act aggressive; important pollinators, more nuisance than threat. Hoverfly – Can’t sting, wears a “bee uniform” for protection, may follow you if it likes you. ⚠️ Watch Out – Can Sting if Threatened Paper Wasp – Scary-looking but not too dangerous unless provoked; builds paper-like nests; pollinators with no sense of personal space. Yellow Jacket – Aggressive, minimal pollination, wants your food, can sting multiple times, sometimes fatal. Hornet – Big, intimidating, mostly nests above ground; aggressive if provoked. 🕷 Special Mentions Mud Dauber – Spider hunter, builds mud “organ pipe” nests, rarely aggressive, abandons nests. Cicada Killer Wasp – Huge, scary-looking but only attacks cicadas; will sting if provoked.