Although related, they are not the same. Bees feed pollen and nectar to their young. Wasps feed insects to their young. Bees are beneficial insects that pollinate fruit trees and other plants. Without bees, many plants would bear no fruit.
Common bees are the honey bee and the bumble bee.
If you are stung by a honey bee, scrape the bee's stinger out of the wound immediately. If you do not remove the stinger, poison will continue to pump into the wound for several minutes. Bumble bees and wasps withdraw their stingers from the skin after stinging. Edited in January 1997, based on material developed in 1985. Lawrence K. Forcier, Director, University of Vermont Extension, Burlington, Vermont.