Bee vs. Wasp
Bees and Wasps both belong to the similar order of Hymenoptera and phylum Arthropoda. Bees are the famous kind of small insects that are found in abundance all around the globe and are of various kinds. Honey Bee is the most common kind of bee found almost in every part of the world. They are more commonly known as Pollinators as they are one of the best media for pollination. On the other hand, despite being same order and phylum, wasps are larger size flying insects that are more commonly known for their aggressive nature, biting habits and feeding on other insects.
Key Differences
Bee’s body and legs are covered with hairs that help in pollination.
Bee is a flying insect that is famous for production and pollination.
Wasps possess smooth and sticky legs and body with no hairs on them.
Wasps hunt, kill small insects and feed on them.
Aimie Carlson
Aug 09, 2017
Wasp is a flying insect that is famous for hunting and aggressive nature.
Bees usually feed on the flower nectars and fruits.
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Comparison Chart
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Animalia
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Insecta
About
Bees are the famous kind of insects that belongs to phylum Arthropoda. They are famous for pollination and production i.e. bee wax and honey.
Wasps are neither bee nor proper ant, but they belong to the same phylum and order as bees do. Wasps are flying insects that are famous for their stinging ability and aggressive nature. They are even more famous predators.
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Aug 09, 2017
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Feeding ways
They feed on flowers and fruits. That’s why they are called pollinators.
They feed on other insects by catching and killing them. They are famous predators.
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Aug 09, 2017
Differentiation
The best way to distinguish between bees and wasps is that they are long and fat in nature. As they support pollination process, they are brightly colored and possess hairs on the body.
Wasps, on the other hand, do not possess hairs on their body. They are long and thing in shape. Possess large floppy legs. They too are brightly colored for attracting their prey.
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Aug 09, 2017
Famous Traits
Bees are famous for pollination.
Wasps are famous for their stinging ability.
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Aug 09, 2017
Lives In
Bees prefer to live in hives. Honey Bees lives in wax hives or honeycomb they made. They live in the form of colonies.
Wasps do not live in hives except few rare species. Most kinds of wasp prefer to live in small temporary kind of nests.
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Aug 09, 2017
Physical Traits
Their body is usually covered with hairs that are even followed all along the legs too.
Wasps, unlike bees, do not possess hairs on their body and legs; they are smooth and slippery in nature.
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Aug 09, 2017
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Body shape
Abdomen and Thorax are in round shape.
Thorax and abdomen both are in cylindrical form.
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Aug 09, 2017
Behavior
Bees are although aggressive in nature and do possess aggressive behavior, but that is quite less as compared to wasps. Honey bees die most of the time when they sting anyone.
Wasps are famous for their aggressiveness and sharp, edgy behavior. They are way more aggressive than bees and other arthropods insects. Unlike bee, they possess the ability to sting multiple targets at once.
Harlon Moss
Aug 09, 2017
Major difference
Bees are most probably known for their pollination capability and some specific kinds of the production of honey etc.
Wasps are considered more as dangerous hunter and predators. They possess the ability to sting multiple targets at once.
Bee and Wasp Definitions
Bee
Any of numerous winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging hymenopteran insects of the superfamily Apoidea, including both solitary species and social species such as the honeybees, and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.
Wasp
A white person of Protestant English or other Northern European ancestry, especially one belonging to the American upper class.
Bee
A gathering that combines cooperative labor and social interaction or friendly competition
A quilting bee.
Wasp
A member of Women's Airforce Service Pilots, organized during World War II as part of the US Army Air Forces to ferry aircraft and to test new aircraft. The organization was disbanded in 1944.
Bee
A competition in which contestants are eliminated one by one after failing to answer a question or solve a problem
A spelling bee.
Wasp
Any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterans of the suborder Apocrita, especially of the family Vespidae, that characteristically have a slender hairless body with a constricted abdomen, two pairs of membranous wings, a mouth adapted for biting or sucking, and in the females an ovipositor sometimes modified as a sting.
Bee
A bee block.
Wasp
Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
Bee
The letter b.
Wasp
(entomology) Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
Bee
A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
Wasp
Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
Bee
A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
Geography bee
Wasp
A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
Bee
A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
Wasp
Alternative case form of WASP
Bee
(obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.
Wasp
To move like a wasp; to buzz
Bee
Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.
Wasp
Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.
Bee
Obsolete spelling of be
Wasp
A white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
Bee
(obsolete) be; been
Cride out, Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee,
Wasp
Social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
Bee
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
Bee
A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.
The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
Bee
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; - called also bee blocks.
Bee
Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
Bee
A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
What is Bee?
Bee is the flying insects that belong to phylum Arthropoda and Hymenoptera order. Bees are present in almost every part of the world. They are one of the most found kinds of insects on earth. Depending on their various species bees are of various kinds which include famous kinds like Honeybee, Wax bee, etc. Bees are famous for their production abilities as some produce wax, some honey, etc. Bees are less aggressive in nature as compare to wasps. They are famous pollinators; they feed on flower nectar and fruits. They possess the hairy body and hairy legs, which helps the pollen to stick to their body, thus helping in the pollination process.
What is Wasp?
Wasps are famous large flying insects that possess large wings with floppy legs. They possess a smooth, sticky body unlike to bees. Wasps are not involved in any pollination or production. Wasps are well known for their stinging abilities and aggressive nature. They are one of the most aggressive insects found on earth. Wasps are brightly colored and possess a long thing cylindrical shaped body. Wasps can sting various multiple targets at the same time. They hunt and kill small insects and feed on them. They are famous Arthropods predators.
