The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 99
THE WASP S NEST. wasp-nest hunting earlier in the year. But theywent well protected with mosquito-netting overtheir heads and tucked firmly under collars ofwell-buttoned coats. Then they drew a stockingover each hand well up on the arm and put on … SOLITARY WASP AND ITS NEST. mittens. With such protection there is not muchdanger. The principal part of a wasps nest isthe comb—something like that made by thehoney-bees, but differing in that it is made ofwasp-paper instead of wax. The comb also con-
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