Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wasps



The type of nest produced by wasps can depend on the species and location. Many social wasps produce paper pulp nests on trees, in attics, holes in the ground or other such sheltered areas with access to the outdoors. By contrast solitary wasps are generally parasitic or predatory and only the latter build nests at all. Unlike honey bees, wasps have no wax producing glands. Many instead create a paper-like substance primarily from wood pulp.

5 comments:

  1. Wasps always make nests right above my doorway during the summer, making going in and out of the house a dangerous task

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  2. You can write blog only about bee's or maybe whole world of insects to? :P

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  3. Got stung by a wasp a couple of weeks back, hurt like hell :(

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  4. I sur would hate to get stung by one of those, but I do think they're kinda cool looking.

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