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20 Fun Facts About Bees and Wasps (Buzzworthy, We Promise)

Bees are tiny, fuzzy, hard-working and responsible for a huge share of the food on your plate. Wasps are… also here. Let’s meet them.

Bee facts

1. The honeybee is New Jersey’s state insect. Official since 1974. Respect.
2. Bees dance to give directions. The “waggle dance” tells other bees the direction and distance to flowers.
3. Their wings beat about 200 times a second. That’s the buzz.
4. Only females sting. Male bees (drones) can’t sting at all.
5. A honeybee usually dies after stinging a person. Its barbed stinger gets stuck in skin. Bumble bees and wasps can sting again.
6. A worker makes about 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her life. So that jar on your shelf is a group project.
7. Honey can last for ages. Sealed honey resists spoiling for an incredibly long time.
8. A summer hive can hold tens of thousands of bees. One queen. Everyone else works.
9. Carpenter bees drill perfect round holes. About half an inch wide, in decks, fascia and trim. See do carpenter bees sting?.
10. Bumble bees can “buzz pollinate”. They vibrate flowers to shake pollen loose — tomatoes love it.

Wasp facts

1. Yellow jackets are wasps, not bees. See are yellow jackets bees or wasps?.
2. Bald-faced hornets aren’t true hornets. They’re actually a kind of yellow jacket with a black-and-white look.
3. NJ has one true hornet: the European hornet — big, and active even at night.
4. Wasps build with paper. They chew wood fibers into paper pulp to build nests.
5. Most yellow jacket nests are underground. Mow over one and you’ll learn this fast — do yellow jackets nest in the ground?.
6. Wasp nests are usually used for one season. In NJ, colonies die off in late fall — where yellow jackets go in winter.
7. Only queens survive winter. They hide alone and start new nests in spring.
8. Yellow jackets get grumpier in late summer. Big colonies, less food — hello, soda cans at picnics.
9. Wasps are pest control too. They eat lots of caterpillars and flies. Just not near your door, please.
10. They can sting more than once. Smooth stingers. No refunds.

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• All pest questions, answered

Fun facts about other pests

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• 20 Fun Facts About Squirrels
• 20 Fun Facts About Mice
• 18 Fun Facts About Rats
• 18 Fun Facts About Cockroaches
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