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"A long time ago, in Bulgaria, somewhere around age 4, I was walking outside with my mother from grocery shopping. I saw a wasp for the first time, and was quite annoyed by it, even though it was calmly flying around, it might sting me, as there have been stories on TV of that happening in Bulgaria. Anyway, I grabbed it, to my mother's surprise, and then rubbed its stinger on the pavement until it tore apart to pieces followed by stepping on it, in order to safely remove the chance of being stung. My mother looked at me funny. I replied "I don't like these... they should be exterminated. Although the big ones [bees] are more dangerous [to people]. I added "You have to catch them slowly, by the sides of their bodies [so that they can't harm you by stinging you,] not in the way that you would move your arm slowly and then quickly, similar to the way you would squish a mosquito. Slow movement the entire time." I then added. "The larger ones are heavier so they have more powerful wings and could escape my small two fingers because of their size." That was the first and only time I killed a wasp. My mother told me that it is dangerous to do so, and best to ignore them. In a way, I still think wasps and even bees should be exterminated, they are the only nuisance that still bothers people in cities and too many stings can kill a person. Based on how aggressive the queen is, that determines the mood of the whole colony, and can create killer-bees/wasps. God-Forbid if flowers were not pollinated (sarcasm), and the majority of people prefer sugar over honey anyway. Thoughts?

P.S. It's understandable that this speech may throw some of you off at first, but think of it this way: If an insect, such as a spider that you know is poisonous is on the wall of your apartment, wouldn't you squish it before it has the chance to bite you and kill you, even if it is docile at the moment."