Table 6 Summary of the responses to the open question asked to self-defined wasp-chasers (Questionnaire B): ‘Why did you start keeping wasps?’ Example responses from each category are given in the final two rows (in both Japanese and English)

Kushihara

10

2

1

2

4

0

Ina

26

9

1

1

4

1

Higashi-shirakawa

37

4

2

5

8

3

Totals

73

15

4

8

16

4

Example response (Japanese)

子供の頃からやっていたから (kodomo no koro kara yatte ita kara)

食用の為 (shoko yō no tame)

山が好き (yama ga suki)

楽しそう (tanoshisō)

回りの友達 (mawari no tomodachi)

Example response (English)

Because I’ve done it since I was a child

For use as food

I love the mountains and forests

It looked like fun

Friends around me