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This article is about the stinging variety found in trees. For the smaller and harmless variety found near flowers, see Honeybee.

"OWWWW! I got stung by a bee..." —Animal Crossing (Stung by bees)

"I got stung by BEES! Ow! Ow ow ow ow!" —Wild World (Stung by bees)

"I got stung by a bee! Ow! Ow ow ow!" —City Folk (Stung by bees)

"Ow! Ow ow ow... I got stung by bees!" —New Leaf (Stung by bees)

"Ow! Ow ow ow... I got stung by wasps!" —New Horizons (Stung by wasps)

Wasp
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Real-world info
Name: Unknown Family: Unknown
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ハチ  벌  Vespa  Wespe  黄蜂  Guêpe  Avispa  Wesp  黃蜂  Guêpe  Avispa  Оса

The Wasp (known as the Bee prior to New Horizons) is a harmful bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori. 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 Animal Crossing: New Horizons, 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. Wasps will temporarily stop chasing the player and circle around if the player is talking to a villager or special character, looking at their pockets or phone, and looking at their emotes. Using the sitting reaction to sit on the ground will cause the wasps to hover around the player until the player gets up, at which point the player will immediately be stung. A player cannot attempt to sit on a chair or lay on a bed while being chased by wasps.

If multiplayer is active, harmful bugs, including Wasps, will not appear. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, if the player's gates are open, they will similarly 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 New Leaf, big sister villagers will act concerned for the player, and will give them medicine if they are stung, even if the villager is currently sick. While in New Horizons any villager can give the player medicine, though it's not always guaranteed they will do so. Sometimes, multiple villagers can give the player medicine if the player hasn't taken any yet. 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!"

Catch details

In Animal Crossing

#23

"I caught a bee! Bzzz, bzz, bzz, bzzzzz! I'm glad it didn't sting me!"

DnM / iQue

DnM+ / AC

DnMe+

Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Location	In trees
Weather	Any weather
Selling price	4,500 Bells
Furniture size

In Wild World

#12

"I caught a bee! I'm so happy... that I didn't get stung!"

Description	These dangerous bugs are yellow and black.
Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times
Location	In trees
Bug size	38 mm
Selling price	4,500 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#13

"I caught a bee! Bzz! Bzz! Bzz! Glad I didn't get stung!"

Description	These poison-carrying bees will attack big foes to protect the queen.
Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Shaking trees
Bug size	38 mm
Rarity	Rare
Selling price	2,500 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#13

"I caught a bee! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz! Phew! ...But why am I still holding it?!"

Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	Shaking trees
Size	30 mm
Rarity	Rare
Selling price	2,500 Bells
Furniture size

In New Horizons

#25

"I caught a wasp! That's gotta sting..."

Time of year	North: All year South: All year
Time of day	All day
Location	Shaking trees
Weather	Any weather
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  2,500 Bells  Flick:  3,750 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

In Animal Crossing

"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 Wild World

"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 City Folk

"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 New Leaf

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 New Horizons

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."

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information

Apis cerana japonica, the Asiatic honey bee, on a flower

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.

It is unknown whether the Wasp in the Animal Crossing series is meant to be based on the Asiatic honey bee or Vespa mandarinia, 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 Animal Crossing: City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf 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, while in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the insect's design is closer to a European paper wasp, a species more widely recognized as a wasp rather than a bee outside of Japan.

In New Horizons

Polistes dominula, the European paper wasp, on a leaf

Polistes dominula, the European paper wasp, is a species of wasp that originates from Europe, North Africa, and southeast and eastern Asia. Like the Asiatic honey bee, the European paper wasp is a social species, congregating in large hives composed of numerous interlinked hexagonal cells similar to 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. Paper wasps are known to be more docile than other wasps, such as yellowjackets and hornets, and do not sting unless provoked or their nest is under threat.

Names in other languages

	ハチ hachi	Hymenopteran (can refer to bees, wasps, sawflies, etc.)
	벌 beol	Wasp
	黄蜂 huángfēng	Wasp
	黃蜂 Unknown
	Оса Osa	Wasp
	Wesp	Wasp
	Wespe	Wasp
	Avispa	Wasp
	Guêpe	Wasp
	Vespa	Wasp

See also

• Wasp Nest