Wasps + bees
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Bees or wasps?

From left to right: A yellowjacket, a European paperwasp, a honey bee, and a bumble bee queen.

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Someone left a broken frame out in Sept and bees and wasps are robbing honey from the comb. Amazingly there is some aggression, but not much between the wasps and bees, probably because this comb was outside a hive and it is fair game for both groups. Sept 11, 2002 (!).*

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A solitary bee (most probably in the family Megachilidae) foraging on an aster. Zach's home garden, Michigan, USA.

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A yellowjacket (Vespa spp, Vespidae) foraging on mountain mint.*

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A yellowjacket (Vespula spp) stealing honey from honey cells. Yellowjackets nest underground and can be very agressive. Most people stung be 'bees' around picnic tables are actually stung by them. Michigan, USA.*

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A yellowjacket (Vespula spp) stealing juice from an apple I was eating. Yellowjackets nest underground and can be very agressive. Most people stung by 'bees' around picnic tables are actually stung by them. Michigan, USA. Oct 2002.

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A sweat bee (Halictidae, Agapostemon spp) foraging. Outside Butterfly House, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Nov. 2002

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A sweat bee (Halictidae, Agapostemon spp) foraging. Outside Butterfly House, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Nov. 2002

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A sweat bee (Halictidae, Agapostemon spp) foraging. Outside Butterfly House, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Nov. 2002

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A cuckoo wasp (Chrysura spp) foraging on mountain mint flowers. Zach's home garden, Michigan, USA.

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