Extensive Comparison Chart

Comparison Chart

   

                     

	Bee	Wasp
Aggressiveness	Less aggressive compared to wasps. Honey bees die after they sting someone. Other bees can sting multiple times.	More aggressive compared to bees. Wasps can sting multiple targets.
Feeding habits	Pollinators	Predators
Identification	Long and fat, dangling legs, two pairs of wings, often brightly colored.	Long and thin, dangling legs, two pairs of wings, often brightly colored.
Characteristics	Non-aggressive, don't usually prey on other insects.	Wasps vary greatly among the more than 100,000 species. Some are wingless, some dig in the ground, but nearly all prey on or parasitize pest insects.
Meaning	Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax.	The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor ant . Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it.
Social or Solitary?	Social	Can be social or solitary, depending on the species.
Order	Hymenoptera	Hymenoptera
Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
Class	Insecta	Insecta
Suborder	Apocrita	Apocrita
Phylum	Arthropoda	Arthropoda
Hives	Bees live in geometric wax hives.	Wasps live in papery nests.
Physical characteristics	Hairy body and legs	Smooth body and legs
Legs	Flat and wide	Round and waxy
Abdomen and thorax	Round	Cylindrical