The presence of stinging insects around the garden or yard often generates concern among gardeners and home owners.
Many people fear insect stings, often believing themselves to be dangerously allergic.
However, the vast majority of people who are stung will experience no more than a local reaction or at most a mild systemic reaction. Current evidence suggests that fewer than 0.4 percent of the population will have a more severe systemic reaction, with a very much smaller percentage of that group in danger of a true life-threatening reaction. Still many people want to control or reduce the number of stinging insects around the house or garden. The selection of flowering garden plants that will not attract any of the stinging insects is almost impossible. In part, this is due to the diversity of insects and the wide variety of factors involved in the attraction of insects to flowers.