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Compare And Contrast Bees And Wasps

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Wasp vs Bee
Did you know that a bee and a wasp are two different insects? In addition, a bee is roughly 2.5 centimeters long while a wasp is about 1.3 centimeters long.
A wasp and bee both have stingers; amazingly, a wasp and a bee are in the same family, which is Hymenoptera. In addition to that, both bees and wasps feed (or live) on pollen and honey.
The bee has many characteristics like:
 Eat pollen and nectar
 Can’t see legs in flight
 Calm
 Meals consist of nectar and pollen
 Mostly lives in waxy bee hives hanging vertically

Wasps also have many characteristics like:

 Smooth and lean waist
 Legs visible when flying
 Can repeatedly sting you
 Aggressive

Both bees and wasps are insects and are two VERY different insects. They
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