Tim Drayton wrote:denizaksulu wrote:The Cypriot wrote:Get your arse into the language of the bees, deniz!
Its a particular species. What we call a 'donkey bee'. More akin to the Hornet.
It is what we call a 'wasp' in English, isn't it?
In front of me I have a book on bees and hornets. I wish I never bought the damn thing. There are so many varieties that its impossible to ID the kind of be intended in the proverb. They almost all look the same. As a kid I only knew of esek arisi and honey bees with their queens and workers. Wasps kill everyday in the uk (I think). My intention here was not to kill at all. I just wanted someone to ask my why and I would tell them why I posted it.
The book classifies a 'hornet' as a 'wasp'.