The Wasp 
THE WASP 
Wasps (" vespidse”) live like many forms of 
bees and ants in large communities, made 
up of males, females and neuters. In the 
autumn of the year, as the weather becomes 
cold, all but a number of more recently 
hatched females die off. These hibernate 
in hayricks, the thatches of cottages, 
old trees, or roots. When spring advances, 
and the rays of the sun increase in warmth, 
these queens or mother wasps, emerge 
from their winter hiding places and begin 
to look round for a likely place for a nest. 
This is most commonly built in a bank, 
where either the protruding root of a tree, or 
an untenanted mouse hole has, so to speak, 
begun an entrance. The wasp will then 
clear a little space, possibly no larger than 
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