Wasps allegedly serve an ecological function, and an argument could possibly be made that they are beneficial
But do they have to be such pricks about it?
Literally
It is a curious sensation — the localized pain in the left hand and a slithering, spreading numbness going up the arm into the neck and left jaw. The stinger popped straight into a vein behind the knuckle, so this perhaps shouldn’t be too surprising. Numbness of the tongue and a little heart pain, but who cares? We watched Captain America anyway and approved of all heroics therein
A couple of weeks ago, a wasp bounced off my nose without stinging. The collective wasp god must have rethought that incident
p.s. Two days later: still puffy and itchy. Let’s respectfully ask for a touch of hormesis