ENEMIES. l8l 



> When wafps are feen dodging about the 

 hives, contract the doors to half an inch ; 

 and fhould the bees be negligent in guard- 

 ing their doors, roufe them to anger by agi- 

 tating twigs within the door of the hive, 

 which will induce them to guard, and affail 

 the wafps. 



In'the fpring the mother wafps may be 

 feen about old timber, with the fplints of 

 which they compofe their nefts. On the 

 bloffbms of goofeberries and rafberries they 

 will be found often, and may eafily be 

 knocked down and deftroyed. Their death, 

 at that thne y will prevent a like number of 

 nefts from exifting the next fummer. A 

 neft of wafps, naturalifts inform us, confifts 

 of thirty thouland. 



Their nefts fhould be fought for by chil- 

 dren; who, for a trifle, would feek, and give 

 information of them. Effectually to deftroy 

 a neft : In the evening, when the wafps have 

 done labour, repair to the place, and flop 

 all the holes of their egrefs or regrefs. In- 

 troduce a squib into the chief paffage, and, 

 inftantly flopping it with a fod, &c. they 

 will prefently be fuftbcated. Dig the neft 

 N3 up, 



