. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 68 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE IX.. SYNONYM FOE TROUBLE- Pliiitoeraph by L'nV(H)d M. Chase -A HORNKTS' NEST I Flimsy and fragile may seem the paper home of the white-faced hornets (Color Plate V. upper), yet summer wind and rain do it little damage. The nest is used only a single season (pages 70 and 71). Like masonry, the art of papermaking was practiced among the wasps and hornets long before it was known to man. The insects manufacture their own pulp by chewing tiny bits of weathered wood. One nest exhibited at the Na

. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 68 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE IX.. SYNONYM FOE TROUBLE- Pliiitoeraph by L'nV(H)d M. Chase -A HORNKTS' NEST I Flimsy and fragile may seem the paper home of the white-faced hornets (Color Plate V. upper), yet summer wind and rain do it little damage. The nest is used only a single season (pages 70 and 71). Like masonry, the art of papermaking was practiced among the wasps and hornets long before it was known to man. The insects manufacture their own pulp by chewing tiny bits of weathered wood. One nest exhibited at the Na Stock Photo

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. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 68 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE IX.. SYNONYM FOE TROUBLE- Pliiitoeraph by L'nV(H)d M. Chase -A HORNKTS' NEST I Flimsy and fragile may seem the paper home of the white-faced hornets (Color Plate V. upper), yet summer wind and rain do it little damage. The nest is used only a single season (pages 70 and 71). Like masonry, the art of papermaking was practiced among the wasps and hornets long before it was known to man. The insects manufacture their own pulp by chewing tiny bits of weathered wood. One nest exhibited at the National Mu.seum in Washinglcm. L). C, bears vivid reddish streaks throughout, for some of the workers ohfained their pulp from painted A'0od.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society

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