"Bees' nest"?!!! WTF!!!

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I'll bee. I thought the yellow jacket to bee a be (and I'm pretty sure I've been stung by them at least once). And now I find out not only that it's a wasp, but that it doesn't have a space.

"Yellowjackets, often called 'bees,' as they are similar in size and
appearance and both sting, are actually wasps."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowjacket

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