On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, MORGAN, ANTHONY wrote:
 
> 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
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The nectar in the forager is in the abdomen.