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Description: | This is a recording of the buzzing of the wasp. The most familiar wasps that come into regular contact with people are the social wasps. These 'yellow-jackets' are recognised by their characteristic yellow and black warning coloration, and have been mimicked by a number of insects, such as hoverflies, as a form of protection from predators. The social wasps are first seen in spring when the mated female, or queen, emerges from its sheltered hibernation site and seeks a suitable hole in which to construct its nest. Social wasps do not construct their nests out of wax, as do bees, but instead build them out of a papery substance, which is produced from chewed-up wood fragments. The queen then lays eggs to produce the workers, which hatch and continue to enlarge the nest until it contains as many as 20,000 insects. The main conflict with people comes in late summer when the workers seek out sweet substances after they have finished tending to the young. Unlike bees, wasps are capable of stinging more than once because the sting, which is a modified ovipositor, can be withdrawn to reuse. Whilst wasp stings are painful, the only people at real risk are those who suffer a severe allergic reaction - deaths are a very rare occurrence. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Wildlife sounds Insect Garden Summer | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Shove, Lawrence | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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