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 Bees
& Wasps
* Bees and wasps are actually beneficial social insects
* Bees have fuzzy / hairy bodies; wasps don't. Bees feed on pollen
and nectar from flowers. Wasps usually feed on other insects or
spiders.
* Bees can only sting one time because they have a barbed stinger,
which pulls out the stinger, poison gland and guts. Wasps are able
to sting repeatedly since they do not have a barbed stinger.
Paper Wasps
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 Paper wasps receive their name from the paper-like nest they
build. These nests can be found under the eaves of houses, under
branches of trees and shrubs, under decks or inside pipes.
- Paper wasps do not have a caste system with a sterile worker
class. There is one dominant female, which lays eggs, and the
others tend to the young. The dominant female is usually the
nest initiator.
- This species of wasps is variable in color. They can be
brown, black, orange or yellow. In addition, their bodies may or
may not have stripes.
Honey Bees
- Honey bees are very important in pollination of crops.
- Honey bees are social insects that live in colonies. There
is a queen that is responsible for producing eggs. The worker
caste is made up of sterile females who build and repair the
nest, forage for food and tend to the young. Males are called
drones and are produced for mating with reproductive females.
- Honey bees are small and fuzzy. They are usually yellow and
black striped
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