In aiiluinn, wluiii fmsts nifilits ami increasitifl scarcity of insccl food tcacii llie wasps thai It will lie impossible to 

 rear their tinilis to the fmal staiie, they are dra^^ed from the cells in the combs, sliiii^, and carried into the fields, 

 where they s;irve as food for the birds. The scene shows a nest entrance in a bank from which the wasps einer.iie 



vvitli their loads. 



