im doing a project on bees and wasps what are biffrents betwen them both & the same?

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and if you know of a good website about this that would help to i already tried google and ask.com i got nothing

Answer 1

There are already several good answers here but I'll add in my two cents.

The Similarities of Bees and Wasps:
They are both insects in the same family: Hymenoptera. They are both (usually) social insects that nest in colonies with a queen and female workers. Adult bees and wasps feed on sweet sugary substances such as flower nectar (which is why they like your soda.)

Bees: Are characteristically "fuzzier" in appearance than wasps - often the fuzz is useful for carrying and distributing pollen - which is the protein source they gather to feed their larva. Most bees are more specialized to their life as colony insects and pollenators than wasps. Not all bees sting, but those that do can only sting once - their stinger is pulled out of their body in the process and the bee dies afterwards.

Wasps: Like bee larva, wasp larva require protein, however they usually get it from eating other insects, not from flower pollen. Wasps that sting usually use their stingers as a hunting tool - to paralyze or kill prey (usually other insects) - thus they can sting repeatedly , unlike bees. Wasps are considered the earliest "social" insects - the precursors of bees and ants. As such, many wasp colonies are smaller and less unified than bee colonies.

Answer 2

Same: They both sting, live in nests of some kind, pollinate flowers
Differences:
The stinger: Bees have a barbed stinger and wasps have a smooth stinger. Because of the barbs a bee can only sting one time, after that one sting the bee dies. A wasp however with its smooth stinger can sting repeatedly. The mudwasp is an exception...as far as I know they don't sting at all.
The nest: Bees have different types of nests...ie honeybee has a hive with wax honeycombs, carpenter bee bores holes in wood. Wasp nests are generally papery in appearance except for the mud wasp which has nest made up...mud. Examples: hornets (kinda large, bright red/orange with black wings), yellowjacket (very small, yellow & brown stripes)
There is also a flightless wasp which looks like giant fuzzy red ant. They are pretty to look at, but stay far away because they are very dangerous. Their sting is reportedly worse than that of a scorpion.
A note about bumblebees: They are big and fuzzy. ...and believe it or not they are rather curious. They are not aggressive. My dad and I were out flying our model planes once and we actually watched a bumblebee "investigate" our airplanes and equipment. We also saw another one hovering within inches of my mom's nose watching her sleep inside the car. lol

Answer 3

what kind of bees and what kind of wasps? there are many varieties of each. some bees can sting you multiple times without dying, some wasps live alone, some bees live underground, some wasps live in mud houses.

most bees and wasps live in colonies, have stingers, have a social structure.

they usually eat different foods, bees are content to sip nectar (most of them leaf cutters are an exception) wasps tend to eat meat (and insects, spiders etc)

honey bees build wax hives (they also die after stinging)

paper wasps (and yellow jackets and hornets) build paper nests.

bumblebees live underground and can sting multiple times

leaf cutter bees are solitary bees and don't sting at all.

yellow jackets have the same yellow and black coloring like honey bees and bumblebees do.

bumblebees can be scary big, but for the most part are very calm and they don't usually sting.

hornets are the most jumpy and so the most likely to sting.

killer bees are human bred honeybees with attitude, they can be as jumpy as hornets and they swarm worse, but they also make honey and aren't as bad as some people think.

hornets and yellow jackets paper nests are covered, while a paper wasps nest is uncovered.

if the ground is too wet bumblebees will build nests in a sheltered spot above ground.

hope this helps you out. :-)

Answer 4

go to wikipedia and type in bees or wasps or hymenoptera.
Bees and wasps are from the order hymenoptera. Bees collect pollen and have forked hair structures on ther hind legs allowing them to collect pollen from the flowers. Wasps do not have hairs or i should say most wasps to not. Wasps typically have a long slender body where bees do not. Wasps can be parasitic where bees do not, wasps also have different types of nest, like a comb paper or mud nests. They also do not produce wax there for do not produce bee style honey comb nests.

Answer 5

Wasps are worse than bees!

Answer 6

bees can only sting once and then they die also bees make honey, wasps can sting many times and they are a f***ing nuisance

they both have stripes!