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REFERRING to Mr. H. V. Davis's letter in NATURE of October 12 on the scarcity of wasps, I have taken nests for some years over an area a little less than 1000 acres as follows:—1906, 95 nests; 1907, 61; 1908, 31; 1909, 113; 1910, one (Vespa rufa, Linn.); 1911, 85; 1912, 56; 1913, 189; 1914, 21; 1915, 56.
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BURTON, R. Scarcity of Wasps. Nature 98, 149 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098149b0
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