CATDOLL : CATDOLL:What is the difference between a wasp and a bee?

1. What is the difference between a wasp and a bee?

1. Different biological classifications

1. Wasp: Wasp is an insect belonging to the animal kingdom, phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, subclass Pterygota, order Hymenoptera, suborder Sphenotype, and family Vespidae.

2. Bee: Bee is an insect belonging to the animal kingdom, phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, subclass Pterygota, order Hymenoptera, suborder Apidae, and family Apidae.

2. Different food habits

1. Hornet: Hornets have a complex diet. In addition to sucking nectar, the adult wasps are also predators. Caterpillars and small green caterpillars on trees are all their targets.

2. Bees: Bees live entirely on flowers, including pollen and nectar, which they sometimes brew and store as honey. They also pollinate plants when collecting pollen.

3. Different honeycomb materials

1. Hornets: Hornets chew and swallow dry plant material, spit it out and mix it with saliva to form a paper-like nest. The nest becomes larger and larger. The nest consists of one to several layers of vertically arranged cells with the opening facing downward.

2. Bees: Bees build their nests with the beeswax they secrete. The worker bees in the hive use the wax they secrete to build honeycombs, ovary covers and feed room covers. The honeycomb is where bees store food, breed young and live.

4. Bees are docile

1. Hornets: Hornets have a strong habit of protecting their young and nests, and are more "warlike". When attacked or disturbed unfriendlyly, they will attack in groups, which can cause allergic and toxic reactions in people, and in severe cases, death.

2. Honey bees: Honey bees are mostly raised artificially and are generally docile. They are very quiet when unboxed for inspection, but they are also very xenophobic and will attack and kill any member that accidentally breaks in.

5. Bees will die after stinging people

1. Hornet: A hornet will not die after stinging a person because there is no venom gland cover on its stinger, so it can launch multiple attacks or stings on a person.

2. Bees: When a bee stings a person, it will pay with its life. It can only sting a person once in its lifetime and will die soon after stinging.

6. Wasps release a unique scent

1. Hornet: After being killed, a hornet will release a unique smell as a danger signal to its companions before dying. After receiving the signal from its companions, the hornets in the same nest will immediately rush over to provide support.

2. Bees: Bees will not sting people unless they have to, because they will die after stinging people. However, if bees believe that their safety is violated, they will take protective measures when they have no choice.

7. Wasps are very poisonous

1. Hornet: The venom of hornet is alkaline and easily neutralized by acidic solution. It can cause hemolysis, bleeding and neurotoxic effects. It can damage the myocardium, renal tubules and glomeruli, especially the proximal renal tubules, and can also cause allergic reactions.

2. Bees: The toxicity is relatively weak and you can apply soapy water after being stung, but some species are highly toxic.

Hornets are larger and more ferocious than bees. Not only do they chase and prey on bees in the air, but they also often guard the entrance of the beehive and kill large numbers of worker bees in front of the entrance. In serious cases, this can lead to piles of dead bees at the entrance.

Under the interference of wasps, the number of foraging bees flying out decreased significantly with the increase of interference time. When wasps attack, the bee colony is in a state of alert, and few bees go out to forage, resulting in food shortages in the colony, affecting reproduction and production.

The similarities between wasps and honey bees: they both belong to the order Hymenoptera, suborder Sphenotype, and are social insects that colonize.

Differences:

Bees belong to the family of Apidae. They have short and thick bodies, are covered with bristles, are herbivorous, have specialized hind legs that carry pollen, can collect nectar and pollen, and make honey. The royal jelly, honey, and beeswax produced by bees are beneficial to human health. Bees generally do not actively attack humans, but will conflict with humans when they have to. After stinging people, they will die because of the barbs in their stings. The substances in bee stings are effective for certain arthritis in humans. Bees bring health and sweetness to humans. Their honey-collecting activities pollinate plants, bringing harvest and wealth to humans. Bees are good friends of humans.

Wasps belong to the family Vespidae. They have a slender body, less hair, are carnivorous, and are good at using fibrous materials to build beehives. If they are harassed, they will actively track and attack the intruders. The stinger is sharp and slightly poisonous. People with sensitive constitutions will have redness and swelling after being stung. Wasps feed on tiny animals (mainly insects) and can control some agricultural harmful insects. They are relatively well-known natural enemy insects and friends of humans. In order to prevent the attack of wasps, do not interfere with the normal life of wasps and should protect them.

2. How to distinguish the male and female hornets?

Male wasps are relatively large and are usually the ones flying outside. Female wasps usually do not come out unless they are mating.

Female bee: Body length 30-40 mm. The head is narrower than the chest. The head is orange-yellow with brown hairs on the back edge of the head. Each single heel is surrounded by black.

Drone: About 34 mm long. Dense brown hair with brown spots on the body. 7 abdominal segments.

Wasps are distributed all over the world. They are fearsome to behold. They are about 16 mm long, with orange antennae, wings and tarsus; their bodies are shiny black with yellow stripes and paired spots.

Wasps are also known as yellow bees, wasps, king bees (Guangxi), earth dragon bees, red-headed bees (Yunnan, Guizhou), big bumblebees (Taiwanese), Taiwan giant hornets, Chinese giant hornets, and black-waisted bees (Yunnan, Guizhou). They are mainly distributed in the jungles of the southern mountainous areas of my country.

Honeycomb structure: The honeycombs built by wasps of the subfamily Polistinae and Vespinae are made of dead branches, leaves or animal feces rather than beeswax.

3. Types of wasps. Are wasps horse bees?

There are many types of wasps, including golden ring wasps, black tail wasps, yellow waist wasps, black velvet wasps, yellow-legged wasps, and black shield wasps. 1. Golden ring wasps: Golden ring wasps are also known as Chinese giant wasps, walnut wasps, human head wasps, gourd wasps, and horse wasps. They are up to 40 mm long and are the largest wasps in the world. 2. Black tail wasps: Black tail wasps are also known as double golden ring wasps and black tail wasps. They are distributed in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, etc. 3. Yellow waist wasps: The nesting method of yellow waist wasps is the same as that of golden ring black tail, but they like places with many bushes. The nest can reach up to 10 kilograms. They are as timid as mice.

1. Types of Wasps

1. Golden Ringed Vespa

(1) The golden-ringed hornet is also known as the Chinese giant hornet, walnut hornet, human-headed hornet, gourd hornet, and horse wasp. It is 40 mm long and is the largest hornet in the world.

(2) It usually lives in a circular hive the size of a football underground and leads a social life with a clear division of labor.

(3) The golden ring wasp is a dangerous and extremely aggressive bee species. It dares to chase rhinoceros beetles on trees that secrete sap. In autumn, it will also attack beehives and wipe out the entire beehive. It is highly poisonous.

2. Black-tailed wasp

(1) The black-tailed hornet is also known as the double-ringed hornet and the black-tailed hornet. It is mainly distributed in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, etc.

(2) They can harm crops such as rice. Female bees are 3.8-4.4 cm long, male bees are 3.4-3.8 cm long, and worker bees are 3.3-4.0 cm long.

3. Yellow-rumped wasp

(1) The nesting method of the yellow-rumped wasp is similar to that of the golden-ringed black-tailed wasp. It prefers places with a lot of bushes, and the nest can be as large as about 10 kilograms.

(2) It is as timid as a mouse. When leaving its nest, it flies relatively low and in an S-shape at a relatively fast speed. It is mainly distributed in Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, etc., and can harm crops such as cotton.

4. Black Velvet Hornet

(1) The black velvet hornet is also known as the black-tailed hornet, the chicken cage hornet (Taiwanese), the black-bellied velvet hornet, the black-bellied hornet, the velvety wasp, the black hornet, etc. It is mainly distributed in mountainous areas with an altitude of 1000-2000 meters, and a few are distributed in high and low altitude areas.

(2) They have a lot of hair on their bodies and are ferocious by nature. They are also very poisonous. If they encounter danger, they will attack in groups and can chase the attacker for a long distance.

5. Yellow-legged wasp

(1) The yellow-legged hornet is distributed throughout China, mainly in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. At least four subspecies have been discovered so far, with different habits.

(2) Most yellow-legged hornets will begin to build nests in hidden places such as soil holes and tree holes around the Qingming Festival. After they grow stronger, they will move to surrounding tree trunks, houses, rocks and other places to build nests.

(3) After October every year, as the temperature drops, the beehives will begin to decline, and the diameter of the hives will range from 10-100cm.

6. Black Shield Wasp

(1) The black-shielded hornet is also known as the foreign devil and the yellow hornet. It is mainly distributed in Hebei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

(2) It preys on a variety of agricultural and forestry pests, and likes to eat armyworms, corn borers, cabbage loopers, etc. It will eat the fruits when they are ripe, causing a reduction in yield.

2. Is a wasp a horse bee?

1. Wasps are horse bees. From a biological definition, wasps are a general term for the Vespidae family of the suborder Slender-waisted. The more representative species are golden ringed wasps, black tailed wasps, etc. All wasps are social insects and make nests for a living. The hive of a small wasp is very similar to an upside-down lotus pod, while the hive of a large wasp is much more complicated. It is surrounded by a paper shell on the outside and is mainly divided into many layers inside. The entrance of the nest is generally located at the bottom of the hive, and all wasps enter and exit the hive through this nest entrance. In terms of diet, they generally feed on insect larvae, and will prey on bees in large numbers during food shortage seasons.

2. Its life cycle goes through four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Each bee colony is composed of queen bee, worker bees and drones. The queen bee is the female bee, whose role in the bee colony is reproduction. The drone can mate with female bees in the same or different nests and will die after mating. The worker bees are the main labor force of the bee colony, responsible for many of the work of the bee colony, and have poisonous stingers on their tails.