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FIG. 36. Photograph of bumble bees, a, queen; 6, worker; c, drone. Natural 



size. 



fore hatch into males also called drones. These fertilize 

 a few of the queens hatching late and at the beginning of 

 winter die, as do also all the workers. 



Wasps 



Among the wasps are both social and solitary forms. 

 The common bald-faced hornet (Vespa maculata), the 

 yellow jacket (Vespa germanica), and the familiar paper 



wasp (Polistes) all have a 

 life history similar to the 

 bumble bee. The sand 

 wasps and mud wasps are 

 solitary forms of much the 

 same habits. The latter 

 construct mud cells side by 

 side against the walls or 



FIG. 37. Yellow jacket. Photograph, 

 natural size. 



ceilings of a building and 

 after depositing an egg in 

 each cell stored with several paralyzed spiders or other 

 small insects seal it. The mother paralyzes the insects 



