Bees and Wasps

Wasps and bees both belong to the order "Hymenoptera" and have many features in common. We know that bees have been producing honey as they do today for at least 150 million years. Bees produce honey as food stores for the hive during the long months of winter when flowers aren't blooming and therefore little or no nectar is available to them. European honeybees produce such an abundance of honey, far more than the hive can eat, that humans can harvest the excess. For this reason, European honeybees can be found in beekeeper's hives around the world. …