. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. IN JUNE THE INSIDE OF A HORNETS' NEST, SEEN THROUGH A WINDOWPANE hite sac holds a pupa that will soon emerge as a full-grown white-faced hornet Each tin\' w (Flate V, upper). The striped face of the queen peers out above the brood two pictures indicate the same point to show the growth of the nest. The arrows in the. riintncraplis Edwin L. Wisherd IN AUGUSTâTHE SAME NEST, GRt:.4TLV BUT DESERTED nnl^ir^VIl" "k"" T ';''â -' f""* r^'^-' ^°'' â¢*' ''"'""^" approaches,
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. IN JUNE THE INSIDE OF A HORNETS' NEST, SEEN THROUGH A WINDOWPANE hite sac holds a pupa that will soon emerge as a full-grown white-faced hornet Each tin\' w (Flate V, upper). The striped face of the queen peers out above the brood two pictures indicate the same point to show the growth of the nest. The arrows in the. riintncraplis Edwin L. Wisherd IN AUGUSTâTHE SAME NEST, GRt:.4TLV BUT DESERTED nnl^ir^VIl" "k"" T ';''â -' f""* r^'^-' ^°'' â¢*' ''"'""^" approaches, the mother ceases egg-laving and all of the hornets abandon the nest. The workers and males die during the winter but'the females survive by hKlmg undcT stones or thick tree bark. Each founds a new colonv in the spring This hornet community flourished on the window of a Maryland house (opposite page). 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 Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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