Difference between Bees & Hornets
This is a Honey Bee Swarm
This is a yellow jacket nest
Honey bees make a tight cluster to keep the Queen Warm and fed. It can be large or small.
This shows a picture of a swarm of bees. They can be on a fence, in a tree, on the front of your house. They land there until they locate a new home.
This is a yellow jacket nest
This is a yellow jacket nest
Yellow Jackets do not swarm like honey bees - they make a paper nest
This shows you a picture of a yellow jacket nest - they do not swarm.
Chart that shows differences
Chart that shows differences
Female Honey bees and Bumble Bees and Wasps will not sting unless they feel they are in Danger.
Hornets Sting at will -
Male Wasps and Honey bees do not have a stinger and cannot sting. Male Carpenter bees also lack a stinger. The males are the one with the white dot on their forehead.
The tab shows you the difference between them