Differences Too Similarities Betwixt Bees Too Wasps

Comparison betwixt Bees too Wasps

Similarities

Characteristics	Bees	Wasps
Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera	Hymenoptera
Suborder	Apocrita	Apocrita
Morphology	Long too fat, dangling legs, 2 pairs of wings, ofttimes brightly colored. Narrow junction betwixt pectus too abdomen.	Long too thin, dangling legs, 2 pairs of wings, ofttimes brightly colored. Narrow junction betwixt pectus too abdomen.
Stinger	Backward-pointed barbs on stinger to penetrate victim	Backward-pointed barbs on stinger to penetrate victim

Differences

Characteristics	Bees	Wasps
Body	Hairy torso too legs	Smooth torso too legs
Legs	Flat too wide	Round too waxy
Abdomen & thorax	Round	Cylindrical
Hives	Geometric wax hives	Papery nests
Colonial or Solitary	Colonial	Colonial or solitary, depending on the species
Food	Pollen too nectar	Predators or parasites of other insects, or scavengers