Bees & Wasps Bees and wasps are both feared and loved People love to eat sweet honey Beeswax is used to make candles lotions and hundreds of other products Bees and some wasps pollinate crops Wasps eat insect pests that invade farm fields and destroy crops
XTREME FACT There are more than 20,000 species of bees and 100,000 species of wasps There are more species of these insects than birds and mammals combined However bees and wasps are armed with stingers and venom Their stings are painful For people who are allergic the venom can be deadly But overall the benefits of these amazing insects greatly outweigh their disadvantages They are vital to human survival
