My eldest brother convinced me that as bees made honey, wasps made jam conserves - I still 30 years later have a sneaking suspicion that it's true
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
My friend used to believe that bees made honey and jam.
— julia- I used to believe that honey was made from bees' pee when they drank too much water.Anon
- My daughter believed that as bees made honey, ants must make marmite.— Linda
- I used to think that bees and wasps only stung people on the ears.Anon
- i used to think honey came from smashed up bees— Sabrina
- when i was a kid i belived that butter came from butterflys(like honey comes from bees)lol!!!— becky