Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1919 — Wasps Are Wise and Vain; Know Ail About Aviation; Keen on Air Resistance [ARTICLE]

Wasps Are Wise and Vain; Know Ail About Aviation; Keen on Air Resistance

. Who would be a wasp ? The bees get all the credit! But our affection, for heesTs largely cupboard love, due to the honey they provide us with, and the wasp has virtues which few people trouble to recognize. Wasps are wise, declares a writer in London Answers. It is doubtful whether any action in a beehive is more sagacious than the action of a wasp when he has killed a-hluebottlf, and is faced with the problem dfearlying him home. He carefully cuts off the-legs and wings, leaving the body of its victim quite compact. Why does he do this? To save weight when flying home with the booty? Not at all. The wasp knows all about aviation, and he gets rid of the legs and wings of the bluebottle to reduce air resistance! Wasps are strong as well as wise. They can carry a weight equaling 40 bluebottles. They are also more friendly than one imagines; rarely stinging without good cause. But they are vain, for yellow and black are their fhvorite colors. And, when all is said and done, they are a nuisance!