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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The nectar in the forager is in the abdomen.