Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Animal Life > Arthropods > Insects > Wasps Bees and Hornets > What is a difference between bees and wasps?

What is a difference between bees and wasps?

In: Wasps Bees and Hornets [Edit categories]

Answer:

The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor ant^[1]. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their numbers, or natural biocontrol. Parasitic wasps are increasingly used in agricultural pest control as they prey mostly on pest insects and have little impact on crops.

----

Bees and wasps are cousins and are in the same order of classification: hymenoptera. Bees evolved from wasps some 100 million years ago, around the same time as plants started producing flowers, and bees and flowers have evolved together ever since.
Wasps are carnivorous, and get their protein from other insects, insect larvae and caterpillers; whereas bees are herbivores, and get their protein by eating pollen.

First answer by Glasya. Last edit by Mike beekeeper. Contributor trust: 120 [recommend contributor ]. Question popularity: 0 [recommend question].

[report abuse]

Can you answer these Wasps Bees and Hornets questions?

	How do male honey bees protect themselves?	Answer it!
	What is the taxonomy of a yellow jacket?	Answer it!
	How do male bees protect themselves?	Answer it!
	What is the largest type of bee and wasp?	Answer it!
	How do you make powdered honey?	Answer it!

Relevant answers:

What are the differences between bees and wasps?
Wasps hurt a lot more believe me!! and wasps are faster and they sting more then once
What are the difference between bees and wasp?
wasp stings hurt a lot more and the wasp survives after stining and a bees sting is not as bad and the bee dies after stinging. also bees are slightly fluffy and less aggressive
What are the differences between wasps and bees?
Bees are small and when they sting you the stinger falls off and they die Wasp on the other hand are long and can sting you as much as they want
What is the difference between a honey bee and a wasp?
Honey bees are beneficial because they spend most of the day pollinating your plants. Wasps don't spend much time pollinating, but some species do help by killing spiders, which they encase with an...
What is the difference between bees wasps hornets and bumble bees?
Wasps: Has a clearly seen segmented body its abdomen is bigger than its thorax Hornets: Commonly mistaken for a wasp they are a bit longer that a wasp and still segmented Bee: It is fatter and not as...