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You do realise that a warmer winter means fewer wasps, don't you?
It's very bad for a queen's survival chances if it emerges early (the same goes for other hibernating insects).
Also, wasp queens are very conflict-averse, for obvious reasons.
I'm obviously aware that the fear of anaphylactic shock probably overrides all of that, but perhaps these are slightly comforting thoughts. :)
Oliver Schick
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Queen wasps coming out of hibernation already. Having just dealt with one I am super twitchy thinking I keep seeing them out of the corner of my eye. Little fuckers give me anaphylactic shock, so “it’s only a wasp, it won’t kill you” doesn’t ring true for me.