WHITE-FACED HORNETS 



envelope which the mother had built as 

 a first hive. They therefore cut this 

 away, chewing it to pulp again, and 

 building new cells with a larger covering 

 all about them. Then below the first 

 comb they hung a second by paper col- 

 umns so that there was space for them to 

 pass between the two, standing on top of 

 one comb while they fed the young hang- 

 ing head down in the comb above. 



They also added cells to the sides of 

 the old comb, making it much wider. 

 The first little round egg-shaped nest 

 was all of one color, a soft gray, but the 

 new additions are apt to be lighter or 

 darker in color, according to the idiosyn- 

 crasies of the individual worker. Some 

 indeed have a faint touch of brown when 

 newly added to the structure though these 

 soon fade, yet you may recognize always 

 the dividing line between one hornet's 

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