Wasp

The Wasp (known as the Bee prior to ) is a harmful bug in the introduced in. Wasps are found in trees, when shaken, and they will chase the player and sting them if not caught in time. If stung, the player's left eye swells. In, if the player is stung by another wasp while still swollen, they will pass out and be returned to their house. If they are on a Mystery Island and they are stung twice, they will return to Wilbur at the dock.

If the player's gates are open or if multiplayer is active, harmful bugs, including Wasps, will not appear.

The player can be healed either with medicine or by simply saving and ending the game. Villagers will remark on a stung player's appearance if the player has been stung, with normal villagers reacting in fright or concern and snooty villagers chiding the player for that attack (adding insult to injury); while cranky villagers can outright laugh at the player. In, sisterly villagers will act concerned for the player, and will give them medicine if they are stung, even if the villager is currently sick. If a Wasp Nest falls from a tree and the player goes to talk to a villager, the villager will notice the wasps in the air and say something in fear such as, "Get away from me!"

In
''"Why, I'd imagine it took more than a bit of skill and daring to catch bees! You've got 'moxie,' as I believe they say. I'm certain you must have been stung numerous times. How terribly painful that must have been, eh wot? Incidentally, do you know how some honeybees protect their hives when attacked by giant wasps? The giant wasps can't survive heats above 113 degrees, but the honeybees can live at heats up to 122 degrees. The canny honeybees use this nine-degree difference to their fullest advantage, wot! When the wasps arrive, the bees attack them en masse. A single wasp may be swarmed by up to 500 bees! Now this is truly amazing. The bees then begin to vibrate, creating a veritable cocoon of suffocating heat. Do you see the genius at work here? This swarming is but a feverish defense against the giant wasps' weakness. The temperature? Hoo hoo! Lo and behold, 120 degrees! Just below the bees own threshold of survival! In this incredible fashion, the honeybees literally lay their lives on the line to protect the hive. Stupendous! To be honest, I learned that from a wee documentary I saw on the telly! Of course, incredible feats go only so far. When all is said and done, they're still insects, and still ghastly!"''

In
"I once thought that its stinger was a bee's lone defense, but... ...I've recently heard that they also possess terribly replusive breath! Of course, the gent who told me this was a bit of a rabit liar, but still! I would heartly endorse the following action if you see another: FLEE LIKE MAD! Stingers and bad breath, honestly! What monstrous little beasties..."

In
"It can be quite dangerous to receive a large dose of bee venom-- for example, by being stung. That said, did you know that same substance is actually used in some women's perfumes? Indeed! A potent venom and a potent perfume... Which do you suppose is more devastating, wot?"

The Bee can be found flying from tree to tree along the back wall of the museum's insect exhibit.

In
Upon being donated, the Bee can be found in the room of the bug exhibit with the light in, flying around and resting on a tree in the back. The exhibit has this to say about the Bee:

"Bees are prone to attack anyone who comes too close to their hive, so be careful when approaching! The yellow and black you see on their bodies are colors often used to convey danger. This danger is pretty significant, as many varieties of bees are capable of stinging multiple times."

In
Upon donating the wasp to the museum the curator, Blathers, will say the following:
 * "Hoo! Allow me to share a fact with you! Wasps are sometimes called "meat bees" because...They. Eat. MEAT! MEAT! Of almost any sort! Surely you've seen what a menace they make of themselves at picnics. 'Tis hardly the worst of it, wot wot! Aggressive predators with venomous stingers, wasps not only hunt and eat other insects... they paralyze their prey, then drag their victims home ALIVE, leaving them for their larva to feed upon. Suddenly a simple sting seems quite tolerable. "

Prior to New Horizons
Apis cerana japonica, the Asiatic honey bee, is a hardy species of bee that originates from South-Eastern Asia. It is used commercially for its honey, despite having a smaller yield than its European counterpart, Apis mellifera. Mellifera has, however, been subject to selective breeding for many centuries, greatly increasing honey output over the years.

Cerana can survive at temperatures of as low as -0.1°C and heights of up to 3,500 meters.

Asiatic honey bees have a unique defense mechanism against a specific predator, the. It involves surrounding the hornet and then vibrating. This raises the hornet's temperature, overheating and subsequently killing it. Despite this, just approximately thirty Japanese giant hornets can obliterate an entire hive consisting of thousands of bees in a few hours.

A common point of speculation regarding the Wasp in the Animal Crossing series is whether or not it is meant to be based on the Asiatic honey bee or the Japanese giant hornet. As the bee's Japanese name, hachi, can refer to both bees and wasps interchangeably, the bee's in-game design in and  is more similar to the Japanese giant hornet, and the beehives seen in-game bear closer resemblance to a hornet's nest than to a real-world honeycomb, some speculate that it is based more on the hornet than the honeybee and that the reference to it as a bee is a mistranslation.

In New Horizons
Polistes dominula, the European paper wasp, is a species of wasp that originates from Europe, North Africa, and southeast and eastern Asia. It has also maintained a presence as an invasive species throughout North America, where it is commonly and erroneously known as a yellow jacket (not to be confused with German yellowjackets, Vespula germanica), since the 1970's. Like the Asiatic honey bee, the European paper wasp is a social species, congregating in large hives composed of numerous interlinked hexagonal cells not unlike those of a honeycomb; rather than being made from natural wax, however, these hives are constructed of paper, created by chewing wood into pulp and spitting it out, hence the name "paper wasp." A special protein in the wasps' saliva toughens and waterproofs the pulp, allowing the hives to maintain shapes like that seen in the Animal Crossing series and ensuring greater protection from predators.

Unlike the wasps seen in-game, which are present year-round, real-world paper wasps colonies disperse during the later parts of summer, with queens going into hibernation during fall and winter before returning in the spring for new nests to be built and new eggs to be laid. Worker and drone wasps meanwhile typically do not survive into winter, being built primarily for the warmer temperatures of spring and summer; the lifespan of these members of a colony is typically 11 years from hatching to adulthood. This short lifespan also coincides with an unusually rapid rate of brood development compared to hardier wasps, with paper wasp larvae maturing into adult workers much faster than other species.

Like most species of wasp, paper wasps are carnivorous, generally consuming other insects of a variety of species. Research indicates that these wasps are opportunistic, choosing to prey on what is available rather than limiting their preferences to specific kinds of bugs.