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W A S P S AND THEIR WAYS

 

By

 

MARGARET W. MORLEY

 

 

AUTHOR OF

"DOWN NORTH AND UP ALONG" "THE HONEYMAKERS," "BEE PEOPLE," ETC.

 

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 

MDCCCCXI

Copyright, 1900

 

BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

All rights reserved

 

UNIVERSITY PRESS

JOHN WILSON AND SON

CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

 

 

CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION

 

PART I

THE SOCIAL WASPS, OR VESPIDAE

Vespa, the Paper-Maker

Having Eyes, they See

Without Ears, they Hear; without Noses,

      they Smell; and without Tongues, they Converse

Wasp-Flowers

Vespa's Food Supply

Legs and Wings

Vespa's Sting

Starting the Nest

Finishing the Nest

Workers, Queens, and Drones

Wasp Architecture

Taking Nests

Enemies

Intelligence of Wasps

Uses of Wasps and Nests

Superstitions about Wasps

Polistes

 

PART II

THE SOLITARY WASPS

The Masons

The Carpenters

The Miners

 

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