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minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·20 days agoA bee is a type of wasp, is it not? I think techniclly ants are wasps too.
minus-squareSirence@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-220 days agoA bee is not a type of wasp. They are both Hymenoptera, one of the 4 types of insects, but that would be the same as saying a dog is a type of human because both are Eutheria.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agothis is true if you sensibly agree that “wasp” is a generic term and not hornets specifically, bees and ants are “wasps” but they are not hornets.
A bee is a type of wasp, is it not? I think techniclly ants are wasps too.
A bee is not a type of wasp. They are both Hymenoptera, one of the 4 types of insects, but that would be the same as saying a dog is a type of human because both are Eutheria.
my mistake
this is true if you sensibly agree that “wasp” is a generic term and not hornets specifically, bees and ants are “wasps” but they are not hornets.