Can Wasps Drink Alcohol?
WouterWhether you are a fan of beer or cider, you might have wondered if wasps drink alcohol. This is an old rumor that has been around for years. People have been making and sharing recipes to use wasps in food for a long time.
The problem with wasps in food is that they get intoxicated. It doesn’t take a lot of alcohol to get them drunk. They’re prone to choking and laryngeal damage. The only way to prevent this from happening is to keep them in a jar.
Wasps can become intoxicated from the tiny doses of alcohol found in fermented fruit. The rotting fruit gives off alcohol as it decays. In fact, up to 15 percent of fruit is alcoholic by volume. Unlike humans, wasps do not have a sense of smell. This means they cannot recognize the difference between alcoholic and non-alcoholic foods.
Wasps have been known to eat sugary fermented fruit in the late summer, which could make them drunk. This isn’t a new phenomenon, but it has increased in recent years. In fact, wasps are becoming a big problem for beer lovers in the U.K. It has led to a number of stinging rampages in beer gardens.
A recent study found that wasps have a genetic trait that makes them crazy for sugary foods. They also have a special sweet substance that they can drink from the larvae of fruit flies. Unlike humans, who can only drink the liquid in a fermented fruit, wasps can eat the sugar from the rotting fruit.
