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[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bees and ants are in the wasp ~~family~~ order.

If wasps go, so to does much of the biodiversity among pollinators.

Edit: specificity in language is important

[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Bees are not in the wasp family (although ants are)

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

My bad, I meant order, they're distant cousins in the Hymenoptera order.

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