WITHOUT EARS, THEY HEAR; 



WITHOUT NOSES, THEY SMELL ; AND WITHOUT 

 TONGUES, THEY CONVERSE. 



ALL of which is possible because they 

 possess antennae, the most remark- 

 able organs of special sense, all things con- 

 sidered, in the world. 



These sensitive feelers have their origin 

 between Vespa's eyes, and are necessary to 

 her existence as well as to her personal 

 appearance. 



She would look as unfinished without 

 them as a man would without his ears or 

 nose ; and may it not be that in hor- 

 net-land the handsomest hornets and 

 yellow-jackets are those distinguished by 

 the beauty of these flexible organs ? 



The wasp's antennae are like those of the 

 bee in structure, each one having a short, 

 stiflf handle, or " scape," and a long, flexible 



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