Biology
- Mutualism, Parasitism, Commensalism
What are Mutualism, Parasitism and Commensalism? Mutualism is a relationship between organisms of different species in which both benefit from the relationship. For example, bees and flowers. The bees help pollinate the flowers for reproduction...
- Mutualism
All flowers have mutualistic relationship with bees. In order to make their honey, bees travel from flower to flower collecting nectar. On the other hand, when the bee goes from flower to flower it brings pollen with her, resulting in pollination. The...
- Pollen: Evolution
In this picture is pollen that got stuck to the ground because of juice or water. Pollen has been flying around because plants and flowers are blooming and they are ready to fertilize. Pollen is like a tiny grain inside id a seed plant which usually...
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- Honeybee Facts
· Bees fly an average of 13-15 mph.· A bee travels an average of 1600 round trips in order to produce one ounce of honey; up to 6 miles per trip. To produce...
Biology
Differences and Similarities between Bees and Wasps
Comparison between Bees and Wasps
Similarities
| Characteristics | Bees | Wasps |
| Kingdom | Animalia | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta | Insecta |
| Order | Hymenoptera | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder | Apocrita | Apocrita |
| Morphology | Long and fat, dangling legs, two pairs of wings, often brightly colored. Narrow junction between thorax and abdomen. | Long and thin, dangling legs, two pairs of wings, often brightly colored. Narrow junction between thorax and abdomen. |
| Stinger | Backward-pointed barbs on stinger to penetrate victim | Backward-pointed barbs on stinger to penetrate victim |
Differences
| Characteristics | Bees | Wasps |
| Body | Hairy body and legs | Smooth body and legs |
| Legs | Flat and wide | Round and waxy |
| Abdomen & thorax | Round | Cylindrical |
| Hives | Geometric wax hives | Papery nests |
| Colonial or Solitary | Colonial | Colonial or solitary, depending on the species |
| Food | Pollen and nectar | Predators or parasites of other insects, or scavengers |
- Mutualism, Parasitism, Commensalism
What are Mutualism, Parasitism and Commensalism? Mutualism is a relationship between organisms of different species in which both benefit from the relationship. For example, bees and flowers. The bees help pollinate the flowers for reproduction...
- Mutualism
All flowers have mutualistic relationship with bees. In order to make their honey, bees travel from flower to flower collecting nectar. On the other hand, when the bee goes from flower to flower it brings pollen with her, resulting in pollination. The...
- Pollen: Evolution
In this picture is pollen that got stuck to the ground because of juice or water. Pollen has been flying around because plants and flowers are blooming and they are ready to fertilize. Pollen is like a tiny grain inside id a seed plant which usually...
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- Honeybee Facts
· Bees fly an average of 13-15 mph.· A bee travels an average of 1600 round trips in order to produce one ounce of honey; up to 6 miles per trip. To produce...