Photo: J. J. Ward. 



TREE WASP 



A queen wasp biting off bits of wood which she chews 

 into a pulp the raw material which she manufactures 

 into the familiar grey "paper" that forms the walls of her 

 nest. 



Photo: J. J. Ward. 



NEST OF WASP MADE ENTIRELY BY THE QUEEN 



The nest was built in between the stones of a wall, and 

 one stone has been removed to expose it. This was the 

 nursery for the first generation of worker wasps, which, 

 when mature, would enlarge the home for the rapidly 

 increasing family. 



Photo: J. J. Ward. 



INTERIOR OF A NEST OF ACTIVE WASPS 



On the bottom comb the dome-shaped queen-cells are seen, and on the comb immediately 

 above are two young queens just emerged from the cells, with a male wasp resting on the 

 comb between them. All above are worker wasps, tending the young and making new 



coin 1 is. 



