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STRANGE DWELLINGS . 
violent death. Those, however, that are fortunate enough to 
find a crevice in which they can lie dormant during the long 
months of winter, creep into that, and there remain until the fol- 
lowing spring, when they emerge to be the queens and mothers 
of future colonies. It is a remarkable fact that the Wasp never 
passes the winter in the nest, convenient as that spot may seem, 
but always seeks some other place of refuge. The reader will 
now comprehend, that whenever a Wasp is seen in the spring 
tide, it is one of the females which have survived the winter, 
and is about to found a new colony. 
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