Wasps are good for farmers.
Wasps are a vital part of the ecosystem because they help regulate the populations of insect pests. Wasps are common parasites of caterpillars, aphids, whiteflies, and a lot of other insects which eat crops. Due to their host specificity and general hardiness, they’re especially prized by people who look for new animals to introduce to control introduced pests.
Paper Wasps pollinate Figs
Wasp Venom might be able cure some forms of Cancer in the future
Wasp venom has it’s own biotechnological applications. The venom of Polybia, a distant cousin of the Yellow Jacket, can selectively kill cancer cells in a petri dish. This is a pretty far cry from a new treatment, and a lot more development is needed, but it’s still a new source of potentially useful pharmaceutical compounds.
The reality is that bees can be very aggressive, and wasps can be very tame in the right circumstances. These are both insects, small and easily scared, which are capable of defending themselves. They deserve respect, not scorn. Both bees and wasps are extremely useful, but in very different ways. Bees produce something we consume directly, but wasps keep us from having to hurt the environment to produce food.