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Schaff. Bern. tab. ISO. 



Icon. tub. 35. fig. 4. 



lieaum. Inf. 6. tab. 12. fig. 7. 8, 



Moft infers of the wafp genus, like thofe of the bee tribe, conrlru£t 

 nefls in which they depofit their eggs and rear their young. Some 

 fpecies are however folitary, and each individual of this kind forms 

 a nelt for itfelf. 



The common wafp is one of the focial fpecies : they collecl: the 

 neftar of flowers, and make honey, which is of an inferior quality 

 to that of bees. They dfo fubfift en the juices of fruits, and devour 

 infecls. The transformation of the wafps and bees are fimilar. 



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