The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 99
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- … THIMBLE-SHAPED CELL BY WASP AGENIA. a, cell constructed by the wasp; b, female wasp. The vertical lineshows natural size. The females build curious mud-cells under logs 01under the bark of trees, provisioning them with spiders. sists of one layer of cells, rather than two as inthe honeycomb. In…
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