How Are Wasp Nests Made?

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"You've decided to spend a nice relaxing evening out on your back porch and all of a sudden you begin to hear this buzz and you look up, uh oh there's a wasps nest. Where did it come from? I'm Janice Creneti and this is how do wasps make nests? Well wasps are insects very similar to bees. They have a lot in common with bees. They have six jointed appendages because they're members of the arthropod group of invertebrates. They have wings so they can fly just like bees. But one of the main differences between bees and wasps is that bees can produce wax that they use in making their honeycombs. Wasps don't have those abilities; they don't have the glands that produce that wax. So what do they do instead? Well if you've ever looked at their nest you'll notice that they seem kind of papery. That's because they are. They're made of a paper substance that the wasp makes by actually chewing on things like wood pulp, mixing it with some saliva and producing a papery like substance. It's almost like paper mache. Layers and layers, and layers of that later and you have a wasps nest. Remember don't remove it with, with not using a lot of car because you might make that wasp pretty angry and those wasp bites can be pretty painful. It's really best just to leave them alone. I'm Janice Creneti and this is how do wasps make nests?"