I'm going to start calling bees and wasps "sky ants" and no one can stop me.
Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win
nah, ants are flightless bees. wasps are anarchist bees and I think sawflies are uncle bees.
Replying to @doctormo@floss.social
Ooo don't you tellin' my sister she's flightless! That's not nice.
Replying to @doctormo@floss.social
Bees are wasps that forgot how to eat meat [1]; ants are wasps that forgot to fly; sawflies don't know that they are wasps. It's wasps all the way down ...
[1] Except for vulture bees, also known as carrion bees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee
en.wikipedia.orgVulture bee - Wikipedia