Gentowa

House bee (Apis mellifera)

● the incidence and bites are common due to their spread extent considering the honey production and the plants fertilisation

● lives in bee hives, nests and tree hollows

● is generally not aggressive; it does not sting if it is not provoked

● always looses its sting

● appears more often at the beginning of the summer

African bee – cross breaded

● came to Brazil in 1956 for the sake of breeding improvements, but it gained aggressive features; it gradually spreads through the whole continent northwards

● is dangerous due to its extreme aggression, it attacks in hundreds

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

● robust hairy insect with distinctive colours

● nests in the ground made out of wax and collected fibrous material

● nests look like grapes

● is usually not aggressive, it does not sing until being provoked

Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

● almost without hairs with typical black and yellow stripes on the abdomen

● nests on the ground, or under wood

● makes the nests from chewed wood with more small holes layers situated one under another

● is attracted to food and sweet beverages – often flies around in garden restaurants and when people eat outside

● is very aggressive and attacks even without being provoked

● loose the sting only seldom

● usually appear in the late summer and autumn (vintage time)