Wasp vs. Bee

Waspnoun

Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.

Waspnoun

(entomology) Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).

Waspnoun

Any of the members of the family Vespidae.

Waspnoun

A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.

Waspnoun

alternative case form of WASP||White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

Waspnoun

Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.

Waspnoun

a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination

Waspnoun

social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

Wasp

A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as their common ancestor is shared by bees and ants.

Beenoun

A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

Beenoun

A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.

Beenoun

A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.

Beenoun

(obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.

Beenoun

Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.

Beeverb

obsolete spelling of be

Beeverb

(obsolete) part; been

Bee

p. p. of Be; - used for been.

Beenoun

An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.

Beenoun

A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.

Beenoun

Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; - called also bee blocks.

Beenoun

any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

Beenoun

a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions

Bee

Bees are insects with wings closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea.