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. 2017 Feb 8;13:13. doi: 10.1186/s13002-017-0138-y

Table 4.

Average reported time spent wasp-chasing, number of nests found and reared in hives, and what people chose to do with the wasp harvest, as answered by self-defined wasp chasers

What do you do with the wasp larvae that you harvest in Autumn?
N How many wasp hunting trips during spring 2013? Average number of nests found Average number of nests kept in hives Share with family %(SD) Give to friends in the neighbourhood %(SD) Give to others %(SD) Sell %(SD)
Kushihara 10 10.4 11.3 6.7 56 (±32.4) 37 (±33.5) 24 (±21.9) 4 (±10.1)
Ina 26 11.7 8.9 5.1 64 (±28.3) 37 (±15.5) 27 (±22.2) 15 (±21.2)
Higashi-shirakawa 37 9.5 12.8 8.4 39 (±29.3) 33 (±28.8) 18 (±23.8) 9 (±15.8)
Total 73 10.4 11.2 7 50 (±31.2) 34 (±26.8) 21 (±23.1) 8 (±14.9)