112 WASPS AND THEIR WAYS 



Nobody tells them how to do all this, 

 but they remember, somehow, that their 

 mother did it this way before they were 

 born. 



Young Vespa lays down pulp for a roof, 

 then builds the cell walls by adding strips 

 of pulp at the edges and biting them into 

 shape. 



As she stands on the rim of an un- 

 finished cell, adding pulp, the walls rise 

 slowly, and soon a little six-sided cell testi- 

 fies to her skill as a comb builder. 



One sometimes has a chance to see the 

 yellow-jackets at work on a nest that has 

 been destroyed — or where an attempt has 

 been made to destroy it. If any of the 

 little occupants escape destruction they 

 will return to the old place and start the 

 nest again, building it up, or rather down, 

 from the foundation if necessary. 



One should be on hand as soon as the 

 agitation following the removal of the nest 

 subsides enough to make a near approach 



