This is not a bee.
This is a syrphid fly, or more commonly called a “hoverfly”. It is a harmless yet invasive species of fly that uses mimicry in order to disguise itself as it’s natural predator: the wasp. It does this so that it can live within its predators ecosystem, feeding off the hive’s wastes and nectars and using the presence of other bees to find flowers with leftover pollen or nectar.
If it did not have these stripes, the bee colony would immediately swarm and attack this invasive species and remove it from their ecosystem (much like they do with all other invasive bug species and sometimes even small mammals).
Mimicry, for those of you that don’t know, is a survival tactic within the animal kingdom wherein a prey develops a camouflage pattern that is similar not to its physical environment but to its predators within that environment. Sometimes they also take on the form of a poisonous animal or another animal that is not part of the predator’s diet. There are many types of mimicry, but with the common theme of them all being used by an invasive species that is not at the top of the food chain.
Remember the hoverfly when you think of jews.
