Amazing Facts: Wasp Homes

Amazing Facts

Wasp Homes

Some species of wasps make paper. Bees live in wax combs and cells whereas some wasps chew wood into a pulp with their saliva and take millions of wasp hours into creating great wasp cities made of combs of hexagonal cells. However they only use them for one season and so have to make a new home every year.

 

Wasps on a nest
Photo: R. Lowe, AVRU
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