wasps

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All of the cakes were pre-wrapped, fortunately, as the wasps were also attending in force and the next to us were inundated by black and yellow-striped fans of their sweet offerings.

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  • I knew about pseudo-wasps: a flying insect native to Coyote, its sting contained a venom that produced low-level hallucinations among humans. —  Asimov'sSF,December2007
  • All of the cakes were pre-wrapped, fortunately, as the wasps were also attending in force and the next to us were inundated by black and yellow-striped fans of their sweet offerings. —  Bibliocook: All About Food
  • All of the cakes were pre-wrapped, fortunately, as the wasps were also attending in force and the —  Irish Blogs
  • I found out later that the others had been poking sticks and stuff down the hole and the wasps were a bit upset about receiving that sort of treatment and wanted to tell whoever it was to stop. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The Everetts will be there, too, and we shall be sure to have a good time; we always do at Marjorie's CHAPTER IV ON THE CROSS-HEAD The bees and the wasps were there The old queen bee, with fiendish glee Was pulling a hornet's hair The monkey thought 'twas rough He took a pinch of snuff And then the bees began to sneeze And left sang a clear, boyish voice outside, and the next moment steps were heard on the piazza Who's that?" —  In Blue Creek Cañon
 

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