A foraging bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) gives us a nice top-side view as she maneuvers to the nest entrance. This wasp returns to the nest with a large chunk of food - and flies by the memorable ringed pattern of the business end of another bald-faced hornet working at the entrance. This bald-faced hornet returns to a very busy nest entrance with a green-colored bolus of plant fiber for building and repairs. The colorful variations of fibers chewed from different sources creates an interesting patch-work pattern to the nest. This image gives a unique comparison of the difference in the size between the worker wasps and the much larger queen. This queen (facing head up) is busying herself with some task at the entrance.
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