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Originally Posted by Mike Andrew

Me: See 'em, kill 'em.
Got nailed a few weeks ago by a paper wasp, right at the base of the thumb. Walked inside and returned with a can of Instant Death. Hosed the nest and blasted a few out of the air and smiled as they writhed on the ground in the throes of death.
Walked back inside and gathered my Epi Pen and waited a while and iced. No anaphylactic issues so on with my day. Next day, I had a giant hand, wrist and forearm that itched like crazy. End of the day a bunch of blisters on my wrist and had to remove my watch as not enough holes to loosen it enough to wear.
Damm, I hate the miserable stinging insects.

Generally, I think it's the social wasps/hornets/yellow jackets that you have to worry about. If they have a big colony with a bunch of individuals and a queen, then they are usually defensive/territorial. The solitary bees and wasps (cicada killer, tarantula hawk, mason bees, spider wasp, etc...) are generally not aggressive so I don't worry about them.

paper wasps, hornets, ground wasps (in large groups), they'd all have to go. I've only ever run into paper wasps.

Honey bees would get a pass.

This is pretty cool. A guy collecting a swarm of honey bees.