As a child, all flying, buzzing, stinging insects were "bees". I remembered this when one of my nephews evolved through this familiar phase from my own childhood. Spotting and announcing, "Bee!", whenever a flying, buzzing, stinging insect was present. But little by little I ( and my nephew) learned to differentiate between these airborne neighbors. And with discerning evolved respect for Honey Bees (Apis mellifera).
The following posts represent an archive of honey bee mentions in my Rosslyn updates over the years.