While observers can easily confuse common wasps and bees at a distance or without close observation, there are many different characteristics of large
bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyly, monophyletic lineage within the ...
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wasps that can be used to identify them.
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See also
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Schmidt sting pain index
Notes and references
Further reading
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* {{cite book, title=Small animal toxicology, editor1=Michael Edward Peterson , editor2=Patricia A. Talcott , edition=2nd, publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences, year=2006, isbn=978-0-7216-0639-2, chapter=Insects — Hymenoptera, author1=Kevin T. Fitzgerald , author2=Rebecca Vera
External links
What's Buzzin' in My Garden?Differences between wasps and bees poster
Bees
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