Is it a Honey Bee, a wasp, yellow jacket or a bumble bee

Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera and Apis Cerana) are compact, dull in colour, with stripes of copper/brown and black. There can be as many as 60,000 bees in a colony. Honey bees are vegetarian.


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Wasps and Hornets, there are many varieties of wasps. Wasps are carnivorous or omnivorous. Wasps have smooth bodies and can be shiny. They have very narrow waists.



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Yellow Jacket (Genera Vespula / Dolchovespula), most are black and yellow, some are black and white. They are a similar size to the Honey Bee but can be identified by there distinct markings. Yellow Jackets are important predators of pest insects



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 Bumble Bees (Bombus Polaris) are larger than Honey Bees and are a lot more fluffy. Like Honey Bees, Bumble bees are excellent pollinators. Bumble bees live in colonies of up to 60

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