alone ? 'No, tliese are social wasps ; tliat is, a great many live 

 together. There are males, females and workers. Some day we 

 shall tell you how the wasps form their colony, but for this lesson 

 we want you to study the nest. 



^N^otice the envelope which covers the cells. How many layers of 

 paper are there in it? We might call each layer a clapboard. 



Can you see any difference in the direction of the outside layers 

 on top of the nest and those which are below ? 



How many stories high is the nest ? 



JSTote the difference in the size of the stories. Where do you find 

 the smallest ? 



Count the rooms or cells in each. 



You know, of course, that an egg is placed in each cell. When 

 the larvse, or young wasps are hatched, they still live in the cells. 



How do they manage to keep in them ? You see the nest is 

 really turned upside down. Their little heads must hang where the 

 worker wasps can feed them easily. I wonder whether you can tell 

 me why the young wasps do not fall out ? 



The workers chew all the food which they give the little ones. 

 When in summer you see hornets about your flower beds or feeding 

 on other insects, it may be that they are^ preparing breakfast for the 

 young. Notice the flowers which they visit. 



DESERTED BIRDS' NESTS. 



The vireo's nest. 



There is a wagon trail 

 which I like to follow ; it 

 is always a pleasant walk. 

 There is no footpath, so I 

 do not tliink many people 

 pass that way. Perliaps 

 this is why so many little 

 wild creatures of the flekl 

 and wood like to live there. 

 I do not know any other 



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