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[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 21 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

That's the joke here? I'm not an entomologist

[โ€“] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 6 hours ago

It's shows a wasp and not a bee...

[โ€“] AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world 46 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

No expert, but I believe the picture is of a wasp.

[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 hours ago

yellowjacket specifically, wasp is a very broad term, it's like calling a cat "a mammal"

[โ€“] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Bees and wasps, while both belonging to the Hymenoptera order, diverged within the superfamily Apoidea. Specifically, bees are thought to have evolved from predatory wasps, primarily within the family Crabronidae. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that bees are nested within a paraphyletic Crabronidae.

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[โ€“] diverging@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

So what I am hearing you say is that bees are wasps.
And upon further examination, ants are wasps.