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HOME STUDIES IN NATURE. 



especially the 

 social wasps. 

 A tree was be- 

 ing trimmed 

 in the grove, 

 when I noticed - 

 three or four 

 nests of social wasps. wasps appar- 

 ently much ex- 

 cited, and not willing to leave a 

 particular spot. I soon found 

 Ji'iP'* the cause of their grievance. A small 

 branch had been cut off and thrown down, 

 upon which was fastened their curious paper nest. I 



