The Vespidae

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From Wikipedia: "A wasp is a predatory, flying, stinging insect, with a stinger and membranous forewings and hindwings. It is related to ants and bees, with all of them being members of order Hymenoptera, but is separated from ants and bees by having a stinger and no hair; bees have hair. A rough definition of the term wasp is any member of the aculeate family Vespidae. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their numbers, or natural biocontrol."

I had a family friend many years ago who died from a bee, or, more likely, a wasp sting, He was mowing grass when he was stung, and was not able to get to his injectable antihistamine in time. He and his girlfriend for many years were building a new house which he did not get to see.