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WASPS AND THEIR WAYS 



instruction they may afford, as a daily dewy 

 leaf to drink from, and a lump of moist 

 sugar to stay the pangs of hunger are all 

 the attention they require. The occupants 

 for these cages are caught with an insect 

 net on the flowers the wasps frequent. 



Such Vespae become quite tame, and as, 

 unlike bees, they do not sting strangers of 

 their own kind, any number can be safely 

 put together in the same cage. 



