Is this a bee please?

[graemeba]

Not sure if this is a wasp or bee. If it is a bee, what type is it please?

Thank you in advance,
Graeme

 

[Millet]

Not sure if this is a wasp or bee. If it is a bee, what type is it please?

Thank you in advance,
Graeme

Wasp , BUT how can you not tell the difference between wasp and bee even the dog knows the difference and so do the 5yr old's.

 

[graemeba]

Wasp , BUT how can you not tell the difference between wasp and bee even the dog knows the difference and so do the 5yr old's.

I thought it was a wasp but family member said a bee!
Just spotted it and I dont know anything about either.
Thank you

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

I thought it was a wasp but family member said a bee!
Just spotted it and I dont know anything about either.
Thank you

Standard jasper.

No stupid questions, only stupid answers. Honeybees are browner, less distinct stripes (if any), stockier and somewhat fluffy. As someone put it on here (re fighting, but it works), it's like SAS v Dad's Army...

Thanks for not jumping on and saying you've seen an Asian Hornet.

 

[graemeba]

Cool, two confirmed it is not a bee. I can tell a hornet apart!

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Wasp , BUT how can you not tell the difference between wasp and bee even the dog knows the difference and so do the 5yr old's.

I'm amazed how many otherwise rational adults are unable to tell bumblebees /honeybees / wasps /hoverflies apart

 

[Briarfield]

I'm amazed how many otherwise rational adults are unable to tell bumblebees /honeybees / wasps /hoverflies apart

Even worse they call for a swarm insisting they are honeybees.

 

[Millet]

I'm amazed how many otherwise rational adults are unable to tell bumblebees /honeybees / wasps /hoverflies apart

I can understand that some folk that are not in tune with nature can be confused between different types of bee, but not being able to tell the difference between a wasp and bee has me stumped, my 5yr old niece knows the difference as did i at a young age when they used to try and get my ice cream, and getting stung by them was a common occurrence when splatting them

 

[Cussword]

I'm amazed how many otherwise rational adults are unable to tell bumblebees /honeybees / wasps /hoverflies apart

I had to explain the difference just last week. Although, it was to my grandchildren

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[pargyle]

Well ... from experience of doing talks on beekeeping to school children and attending countless beekeeping events - the likelihood is that the children can usually name all sorts of flying insects correctly - whereas the adults haven't got a clue ? Something amiss here somewhere ??? Perhaps we skipped a generation or two concentrating on reading,writing and maths and forgot the nature table ????

There's a generation coming through, as well, that don't know the difference between a screwdriver and a bar of soap ...

 

[Millet]

Well ... from experience of doing talks on beekeeping to school children and attending countless beekeeping events - the likelihood is that the children can usually name all sorts of flying insects correctly - whereas the adults haven't got a clue ? Something amiss here somewhere ??? Perhaps we skipped a generation or two concentrating on reading,writing and maths and forgot the nature table ????

There's a generation coming through, as well, that don't know the difference between a screwdriver and a bar of soap ...

There is the Iphone generation of zombies also, what happened to playing outside / going on nature trails and socializing