118 Insect Life : Its Why and Wherefore 
liked best. Wasps are by no means 
teetotal in their leanings. They love 
devotedly a little piece of choice fruit in 
which slight decay has set in, and which, 
as a result is alcoholic. They may be seen 
in a row helplessly drunk, and when 
recovered will go shamelessly at the same 
business again. I have utterly failed to 
introduce a queen from one nest to another, 
even when a nest has been rendered 
queenless purposely. It would seem from 
my own experiments as if a fully matured 
queen will have nothing to do with a 
colony, however small, if she has not founded 
it herself. I have even imprisoned one 
with a very small nest, only to find her 
wandering aimlessly by night and day on 
its outside, and on being released flew 
away, to be seen no more. 
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