Question: are wasps a type of bee?
Answer: A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps but are in a separate suborder. ... Many wasps, those in the clade Aculeata, can sting their insect prey.