Previous messages ( source info not available, sorry): > ......What is so interesting about the thorax of an insect?....... > bernd rohwedder >Wasps are after protein. The thorax is full of flight muscles. This >protein is used to feed the wasp larvae. >David De Jong I quote a recent article by Hugo Hansen in the Norwegian beekeeping journal <Biroekt>: "...Wasps *love* nectar. So they capture a (returning) bee in the air, bite through where it is thinnest and simply take the thorax back home as a bag of honey. I hate wasps!...." Protein or nectar? I have never seen it happen myself and this year we seem to have a dearth of wasps (thank goodness) so not much chance of observing attacks. What is the answer? Cheers, Tony Morgan --------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony N. Morgan (Tony) Fax: +47 73 89 62 86 "Stavshagen" E-mail: [log in to unmask] Midtsandan Sor-Trondelag College 7563 MALVIK Elec. Eng. Department Norway 7005 TRONDHEIM, Norway ----------------------------------------------------------------