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Ants wasps bees
Of all the ants/wasp/bees I encounter, only the ground dwelling eastern yellow jacket is truly worthless. Those nests I actively destroy. Bald faced hornets (which are actually a yellowjacket) build basketball size nests in trees and frequently go completely undetected until the leaves fall off the trees. They don't get into food the way the eastern yellow jackets do.