sting
A bee or wasp might STING.
sting
bee or wasp
The self-defensive sinking of a stinger, with the resulting death of the bee, not the wasp, into skin defines a bee or a wasp sting.
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sting
The wasp sting venom is alkaline, and so can be treated with a mild acid like vinegar to reduce the pain. By contrast the bee sting is acidic. An easy way to remember is that the word 'bee' has fewer letters than wasp, and the word 'acid' has fewer letters than alkali.
The nature of the bee and wasp sting is that they are usually inflammatory and acidic.
the wasp....?
Eccentricities of the Wasp and Bee - 1922 was released on: USA: 5 February 1922
No wasp or bee has a stinger on its head.