4 MAY 1996, Page 32

Wasp

A little striped hymenoptera hugging a drugged green worm buzzes into my face three times. (Her nest is just under the sill I'm leaning on.) So I move, and wait till she's made her deposit. (How else could she say `If you're not going to help with the work, please get out of the way.')

Peter Kane Dufault