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My boys are skittish with wasps. Can you recommend books on wasps that besides being informational, that can perhaps relieve some fears?
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I think they are right!! LOL! 
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I think they are right!! LOL! Bumble bees...now those are fun to sit and watch them fly around you, but wasps...pure evil!! 
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Coming here late to add - I think there are things to do to help children be less skittish around wasps, but really they are not nice insects and it is pretty nature to be a bit skittish around them - so agreeing with Kim.
Sorry I can't think of any specific helpful resources - I think general non-fiction science texts on wasps are going to cover the basics. I'm not aware of any "lovely" books about wasps...
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I don't know of any books either.. but I do know that "telling a story" to kids about what they're afraid of and helping it make sense to them can go a long way to changing behavior.
My mom and I did this for my kids and nieces and nephews. They were all pretty little (oh my about 10 yrs ago) and we were camping and some raccoons got into some things in our camp and a lot of the kids were very upset and scared about these raccoons.. and we started telling the kids about raccoons and how they snuck in to find cookies because they like cookies the same way that kids like cookies.. and other stuff and comparing them to mischievous children sneaking cookies and such.. to make them seem less scary.. and the kids went from being scared to running around the camp pretending to be raccoons.
So I could see sitting down with the boys and taling to them about wasps and how they're like grumpy people. that when you're quiet around them and walk away from where the wasps are gathering that they're not likely to upset them.. but if they run around and shout and scream they're going to make the wasps even more grumpy and since the wasps are grumpy (compare to anyone you know who might be grumpy) but since wasps can't yell at you to go away the only thing they can do is to try and string/bite you. So we don't need to act scared of them, we just need to be quiet and still and walk away to give them their space.
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Well, here we have the opposite problem. This time of year my dc love to catch bees and wasps in the bushes in front of our house. They will spend hours out there. 
They will catch bumble bees in their hands but use jars or plastic containers for other bees and wasps.
FWIW, you can tell your boys that the bees and wasps are not all bad- some crazy kids even play with them. Interestingly, my ds has never ben stung (which would probably end his bee catching pretty quickly) and my dd has been stung twice in her life, but neither time was when she was catching them for fun. Go figure.
ETA: I have to have a strict no bees or wasps in the house policy- especially not at the dinner table!
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Well, seeing as I have a son who is highly allergic and nearly died last year as a result of yellow jacket stings, I recommend this:
When we lived in NC in a place with an over-abundance of wasps, I gave one of these to dd (11, and very afraid of wasps after seeing big brother rushed to the hospital). She felt much braver with her zapper in hand.
Oh, and she knew this was for wasps and yellow jackets only. Bees are our friends.
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I have a daughter allergic to bees and wasps, sadly, her solution is to hide in the house for a few days after seeing one. 
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