Information about How to tell bees from wasps
Many people confuse bees with their cousins, the wasps. Domesticated bees have been selected over time for gentleness and will usually sting only when their hive is threatened.‡ Bees are often blamed for stings of their wild cousins. Here are a few useful features to help distinguish between several common varieties of bee and wasp. Honeybee Bumblebee Yellowjacket Paper wasp Baldfaced hornet varies but generally dusty black and color yellow to brown yellow with black stripes, sometimes black and bright yellow to ivory white stripes with red tail, to dark yellow stripes dark brown markings or black coat furry (short hair) furry (long hair) smooth size 1/2 inch 1 inch or more 1/2 inch 3/4 to 1 up to 3/4 inch inch two long legs are visible hanging long. no legs not generally visible while flying† down during pollen Ê flight. no pollen baskets baskets gentle, unless hive behavior or queen is gentle aggressive threatened ‡ other insects, Preferred overripe fruit, food nectar from flowers sugary drinks, other insects human food and food waste stinger barbed smooth after stinging bee dies can sting repeatedly large paper nest shaped large colonies of small umbrella-shaped papery like an Lives in flat wax-based small cavities in the soil combs hanging horizontally in upside-down honeycomb hanging protected spaces such as pear usually vertically attics, eaves or soil cavities hanging from branches or eaves When walking, you can often see light-colored pollen on the pollen baskets on a honeybee's rear legs. There are several races of domesticated honeybees with varying characteristics of honey production, disease resistance and gentleness. Since the honeybee will die after stinging, there is no advantage for a bee to sting to defend itself. Honeybees will generally only sting when the hive is directly threatened. Honeybees found in the field or on a flower will rarely sting. Note: Africanized honeybees can be more aggressive than the more common European honeybees, but still only defend the hive.
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