Awwww

See, insects aren’t brainless. They have little insect thoughts in their brains and are fully capable of distinguishing a predator from a big, dumb animal minding its own buisiness. When you scream and run around like a retard the minute you see one little bumbledybee, you are acting like a predator.

If you simply go about your buisiness like they aren’t there, they will do the same for you. The LAST thing they want to do is actually use their sting. It’s a far more harrowing experience for them than it is for you. They don’t actually want to risk enraging you against their whole nest.

When a yellow jacket hovers in front of you staring into your face, she is only trying to determine the source of all that carbon monoxide (your breath) and wether or not it might be dangerous enough to waste a sting. All animals are smart enough to ignore this harmless investigation, and you should be too. Again, just do what you were doing.