42 WASPS AND THEIR WAYS 



apt to fight at once, if they happen to 

 belong to different hives. 



Wasps do not seem to communi- 

 cate to one another, as bees cer- 

 ^-/:^y~'tainly do at times, the discovery 

 of food; very likely because the 

 IN wasps are not in the habit of finding 



large stores in one place. Each wasp 

 hunts its own insect or finds its own 

 flower-cup without feeling any responsi- 

 bility towards its nest-mates. 



Although the wasp has no separate 

 honey-sac like that of the bee, it has a 

 stomach in which it can carry quite a large 

 drop of honey, and this honey it can 

 regurgitate. 



Some species of wasps store a sort of 

 honey in their combs, but it is a very poor 

 substitute for the glorious nectar of the 

 hives; and in Brazil a certain wasp manu- 

 factures a honey dangerous to eat, as it 

 occasions dizziness and sharp pains in the 

 stomach. 



