VESPA, THE PAPER-MAKER 29 



She is called Vespa Maculata, but in 

 some parts of the Eastern States the big 

 brown and yellow Vespa Crabro, or Euro- 

 pean hornet, that likes to build in hollow 

 trees, has found settlement. 



The yellow-jackets, as everybody --^^ 

 knows, are black, marked with bright 

 yellow. . . 



They too are famed for their stings; ^ 

 for, though they are smaller and weaker 

 than the hornets, they possess courage 

 and determination equal to their larger 

 relatives, and the occupants of a well- 

 stocked yellow-jacket's nest under pro- 

 vocation can put a man or a horse to 

 flight almost as quickly as can a nestful of 

 angry hornets. 



There are several species of yellow- 

 jackets, some scarcely larger than flies, 

 some almost as large as hornets. They all 

 resemble each other in general appearance, 

 however, and their habits are essentially 

 the same as those of the hornets. 



