WHITE-FACED HORNETS 



little white maggots which hang head 

 down in the cells, stuck to the top by a 

 sort of glue which was deposited with the 



egg- 



Honey and pollen is the food which the 

 youngsters receive, varied as they grow 

 up with a meat hash of insects caught by 

 the mother and chewed fine. Soon they 

 fill the cells, stop eating, and spin for 

 themselves a sort of silk night shirt and 

 a cap with which they close the mouth of 

 the cell. Here they remain quiet for a 

 few days, changing from grub to winged 

 creature as does a butterfly during the 

 chrysalis stage of its existence. 



Those were busy days for the queen 

 mother, for she had the work and the care 

 of the whole wee hive on her hands, and 

 she showed herself capable not only of 

 doing her own feminine part in the hive 

 economy, but that of half a dozen work- 

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