. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. H YMEN OP TERA. 663 who has no respect for the rights of yellow-jackets has be- fore him a lesson which he will have no difficulty in learning, if he takes the pains to disturb one of the oval, gray paper nests commonly found hanging from the eaves of buildings. The yellow and black mass of seething and buzzing ven- geance that can pour out of the hole in the bottom of one of these nests seems almost as wonderful as the miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes. And these insects do not threaten more than they can perform: their painful. F
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. H YMEN OP TERA. 663 who has no respect for the rights of yellow-jackets has be- fore him a lesson which he will have no difficulty in learning, if he takes the pains to disturb one of the oval, gray paper nests commonly found hanging from the eaves of buildings. The yellow and black mass of seething and buzzing ven- geance that can pour out of the hole in the bottom of one of these nests seems almost as wonderful as the miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes. And these insects do not threaten more than they can perform: their painful. Fig. 792.—Nest of Vespa. stings are so well known, that neither man nor beast tres- passes willingly on their domains. Their nest is a real palace of papier-mach^. It consists of several horizontal combs suspended one above the other, with commodious galleries between, and all enveloped by an elaborate covering made of many folds of water-proof paper. The yellow-jackets are clever and original artisans. Once we chanced, most inad- vertently, to lift a board and thereby tear off the whole roof of a nest; naturally we beat a hasty retreat. On returning to the spot a few days later we found the nest neatly and thoroughly covered with a sloping water-proof roofing of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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