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According to Parade.com, if you see a dryer sheet in a mailbox, it was likely left there by a mail carrier to help keep bees and wasps away.

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If you see a dryer sheet in your mailbox, that means that a mail carrier likely left it behind—intentionally. According to Reddit users, the dryer sheet actually helps to keep bees and wasps away!

Matthew Taylor is a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Longmont. He says this time of year, wasps like to build their nests in the large cluster mailbox units, and they can surprise mail carriers.