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> ......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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