28 WASPS AND THEIR WAYS 



They know when they are understood, 

 and yield readily to the superior mind of 

 man when it takes the trouble to under- 

 stand and control them. 



Pastor Miiller in 1811 so mastered his 

 wasps that he could handle their nest. He 

 even cut it open as fast as they built it 

 up, so that he might keep the inside part 

 exposed to view and watch all the opera- 

 tions. Sometimes he carried the nest 

 away; then, when the wasps that were out 

 gathering food or nest-making materials 

 came home, they sat in the empty hive 

 where he usually kept their mutilated but 

 still loved habitation, and waited patiently 

 for him to bring it back. 



The hornet is the largest and most 

 powerful of the social wasps, and 



!^-\ the fame of her sting has gone 

 ^' ~ ~^- '-^^ abroad in all the lands of the earth. 



The hornet of this country may be 

 known by her white face and by the 

 white markings on her body. 



