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WASPS AND THEIR WAYS 



long tongues, similar in structure to the 

 tongue of the hornet, but with all the 

 parts so elongated that the wasp can reach 

 almost as far as a honey-bee into a flower 

 cup. 



They hide away at night and during 

 stormy weather in sheltered crevices, and 

 some of them dig holes in the ground, 

 not for the benefit of their progeny, but 

 to provide a lodging for them- 

 selves. In some instances the 

 little male builds himself a tun- 

 nel, into which to retire when 

 he wishes to rest. 



When the boneset is in 

 bloom in late summer, numbers 

 of the large wasps may be seen 

 at work among its white heads. 

 But it is when the goldenrod 

 comes into blossom that the wasp col- 

 lector and the wasp observer find their 

 veritable land of delight. All sorts of bees 

 and wasps flock to the goldenrods, as do 



