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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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Norway 7005 TRONDHEIM, Norway
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