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What are the differences between bees and wasps?

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The principal biological difference between bees and wasps is that bees (except for parasitic bees) provide their young with a mixture of pollen and honey, but wasps feed their young insects or spiders. Also, whereas wasps are covered with unbranched hairs, bees have at least a few branched or feathered hairs to which pollen often clings.

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