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[h3lblad3]

Yes, a bee is generally considered a bug.
...Wait, that wasn't your question.

Actually, no, only insects of the order hemiptera are considered true bugs, though some would further restrict that name to the sub-order heteroptera.  Bees, wasps and ants all belong to the order hymenoptera, which is quite separate.

For those who have forgotten their Latin, hemiptera means "half wing", heteroptera means "different wing" and hymenoptera means "membrane wing."  Once you realize that the "ptera" part is from "pteron", which means wing, you can learn a few things you might not know about some other Latin-derived English words.  In other words, yeah, the name of that other thing is just "membrane".

This concludes your daily dose of pedantry and entomology.

Entomological etymology?

And for those who have further forgotten their Latin, those are all rooted from Greek.

[Uristocrat]

And for those who have further forgotten their Latin, those are all rooted from Greek.

That's what happens when you post at 4AM after reading about people trying to mod in Dwarven baby hives.
I can no longer find that post and I'm not completely sure I wasn't dreaming when I read it.