Green’s Dictionary of Slang

wasp and bee n.

(Aus.) tea.

1940		Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) 30 Mar. 5/2: The digger who went along to order some rations from the British Tommy [...] ‘Battalion Halt, Wasp and Bee, Soap and Suds, Tom Thumb’.
2002		Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 wasp and bee: tea .