| STUNG | Attacked by a bee or wasp |
| STINGER | A venom-injecting part of a bee or wasp; a cocktail of brandy and creme de menthe; or, a painful blow (7) |
| STING | A bite from a bee or wasp (5) |
| HOVERFLY | Black and yellow insect, like a bee or wasp (8) |
| INSECT | Bee or wasp |
| SAWFLY | Cousin to a bee or a wasp |
| HYMENOPTERAN | A bee or a wasp, maybe (12) |
| HUMOROUS | Sounds like a bee or duck you and me find amusing (8) |
| SWARM | Field of bees or wasps |
| ROYALTY | The power or status of a Regina or a Rex; members of said sovereigns' families collectively; a queen bee; or, a payment to an author or inventor (7) |
| NURSE | Member of a healthcare profession pioneered by Florence Nightingale; a worker bee; or, a tree that protects a young plant (5) |
| BALM | An aromatic substance; a fragrant salve; a pleasant odour; a lemonscented herb whose genus, Melissa, means "honey bee" or, anything that comforts, heals, restores or soothes (4) |
| STUN | Stagger, nearly attacked by a wasp |
| BEDIVERE | *He is a swallow, maybe, swallowed by a bee (8) |
| SPARROW | Garden bird or wasp moving around river (7) |
| MUD | Kind of puppy or wasp |
| ISH | Self or wasp follower |
| NEST | Structure built by birds or wasps, e.g. (4) |
| STUBBS | Artist noted for paintings including Whistlejacket, Horse Attacked by a Lion and Mares and Foals in a River Landscape (6) |
| WOMBAT | When Penny, a head nurse from Bampton, went to Western Australia, she was attacked by a small marsupial (6) |
