Wasp Nests and Bee Hives

How can you tell the difference between a yellowjacket and a hornet? And how much cosmic XP do you need to evolve a wasp into a bee? Follow the insect that stung you, and discover the fascinating world of wasp nests and bee hives.
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Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bee-apis.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_wasp_white_bg.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hornet-vespa.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tulip_Stamen_Tip.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wasp_building_nest.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guepe.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apis_mellifera_Western_honey_bee.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_Honeybee_(Apis_mellifera)_lapping_mouthparts,_showing_labium_and_maxillae..jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spider_wasp_pompilid.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osmia_conjuncta,_F,_MD,_back_2015-11-20-21.40_(24802012790).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masonegg.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carpenter_bee.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carpenter_Bee_Brood_Galleries.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlattschneiderBiene_Megachile_centuncularis.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vespa_crabro_nest_full.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apoidea.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humlebibo.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honey_comb.jpg

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