C O JV'T E JV T S 



INTRODUCTION 9 



PART I 

 The Social Wasps, or I^espid/e 



Vespa, the Paper-Maker 25 



Having Eyes, they See 3 1 



Without Ears, they Hear ; without Noses, they 

 Smell ; and without Tongues, they Con- 

 verse \ . 39 



Wasp-Flowers 45 



Vespa 's Food Supply 58 



Legs and Wings 69 



Vespa's Sting y^ 



Starting the Nest 93 



Finishing the Nest 110 



Workers, Queens, and Drones . . . .119 



Wasp Architecture . .131 



Taking Nests o 141 



Enemies > 1 5 1 



Intelligence of Wasps 156 



Uses of Wasps and Nests 165 



Superstitions about Wasps 171 



Polistes 174 



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