Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia - Wasp
See text. A wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is not a bee, sawfly, or an ant. Less familiar, the su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia - Wasp
WASP (an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) is a term that denotes the culture, customs, and heritage of the American élite Estab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Wasp - The Original Wasps
The original WASP élite had an ironclad hold on the social structure of the United States since the early 1800s. Legacy admission to pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wood Wasp: Encyclopedia - Wood Wasp
A Wood Wasp, also known as a "parasitic wood wasp" or "horntail", is a mostly harmless flying insect, about 23 mm long, common for exampl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp Waist: Encyclopedia - Wasp Waist
Wasp waist refers to a style of corset and girdle that has experienced various periods of popularity in the 19th and 20th centuries. This...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Characteristics Of Common Wasps And Bees: Encyclopedia - Characteristics Of Common Wasps And Bees
While easily confusable at a distance or without close observation, there are many different characteristics of bees and wasps which can ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada Killer Wasp: Encyclopedia - Cicada Killer Wasp
The Cicada Killer Wasp is a large, solitary wasp. It is so named because is hunts cicadas and provisions its nest with them. In North Ame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vespid: Encyclopedia - Vespid
Vespula (yellowjackets) Vespa (hornets) Polistes (paper wasps) (etc.) The vespidae are a family of wasps, including all social wasps and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia - Bee
Andrenidae Apidae Colletidae Halictidae Heterogynaidae Megachilidae Melittidae Oxaeidae Stenotritidae Bees (Apoidea superfamily) are flyi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Pest Control: Encyclopedia - Biological Pest Control
Biological control of pests and diseases is a method of controlling pests and diseases in agriculture that relies on natural predation ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vespoidea: Encyclopedia - Vespoidea
Vespoidea is a Superfamily of Order Hymenoptera of Class Insecta, although other taxonomic schemes may vary in this categorization. The m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scorpion Solitaire: Encyclopedia - Scorpion Solitaire
Scorpion is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. Although somehow related to Spider, the method of game play is akin t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphibious Assault Ship: Encyclopedia - Amphibious Assault Ship
Amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, phibs or popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Belt: Encyclopedia - Bible Belt
A Bible Belt is an area in which Evangelical Protestant Christianity is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture. The best-known Bible...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sapygidae: Encyclopedia - Sapygidae
Subtribe: Sapyginae Eusapyga Fedtschenkia Laura Monosapyga Polochrum Sapyga Sapygina The Sapygidae are a family of solitary aluleate wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bumblebee: Encyclopedia - Bumblebee
see text The bumblebee is a flying insect of the genus Bombus in the family Apidae. Like the common honeybee, of which it is a relative, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volucella Pellucens: Encyclopedia - Volucella Pellucens
Volucella pellucens is a hover-fly. It occurs in much of Europe, and across Asia to Japan. It is about 15-16 mm in length with a broad bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada: Encyclopedia - Cicada
Many. A cicada is any of several insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Homoptera, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transpare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead White Males: Encyclopedia - Dead White Males
Dead white men or DWEM (an acronym standing for "Dead White European Male"), is a pejorative term used most commonly to refer to a tradit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Velvet Ant: Encyclopedia - Velvet Ant
Mutillidae or velvet ants, also known as cow killers, are not actually ants but a type of wasp. They get their name from the hair that gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Wasp - The Original Wasps
The original WASP élite supposedly dominated the social structure of the United States since the early 1800s. Legacy admission to prep s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Wasp Factory: Encyclopedia Ii - The Wasp Factory - Description
The description of cruelty is both frank and matter of fact: this calm and detached form underscores the baroque evil with which Frank ob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westland Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Westland Wasp - Service
Westland Wasp - Royal Navy. The Wasp HAS.1 was introduced to service in the small ships role in 1964, after an intensive period of tria...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westland Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Westland Wasp - Features
Wasp was essentially a marinised Scout, indeed it was originally to be called the Sea Scout, and differed mainly in design details. It ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gall Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Gall Wasp - Types
Most species of gall wasp live as gall-formers on oaks. One of the most well-known of these oak gall wasps is the Common Oak gall wasp (C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westland Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Westland Wasp - Specifications Wasp Has.1
Westland Wasp - General Characteristics. Crew: one pilot, one Aircrewman Capacity: up to four passengers Length: 40 ft 4 in (12.29 m) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Wasp - Characteristics
The following characteristics are present in most wasps: Two pairs of wings (exception: female Mutillidae) A stinger (only present in fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gall Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Gall Wasp - Additional Information
The galls of several species, especially Mediterranean variants, were once used as tanning agents. A rose gallnut with stem makes a long-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westland Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Westland Wasp - Design History
The MATCH system came about because of the increasing speed and attack range of the submarine threat, and the increased range at which th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Wasp - Connotations And Stereotypes
The term is redundant because all Anglo-Saxons are white. It is ethnically false because there were no "Anglo-Saxons" in America in the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London Wasps: Encyclopedia Ii - London Wasps - History
Wasps Football Club was originally formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London. The club gained its name ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Wasp - Modern Use
Use of the term WASP has broadened significantly since its coinage, and it is now sometimes applied to all Protestants of European descen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Wasp - Connotations And Stereotypes
The term is redundant because all Anglo-Saxons are white. It is ethnically false because there were no "Anglo-Saxons" in America in the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Wasp Comics - Character Biography
Janet van Dyne was a shallow, self-centered, flighty heiress, daughter of wealthy scientist Vernon van Dyne. During an experiment, howeve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Wasp - Modern Use
Use of the term WASP has broadened significantly since its coinage. Some people use it to refer to a powerful elite, with little regard t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gall Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Gall Wasp - Reproduction And Development
The reproduction of the gall wasp is partly pure two-sex propagation, partly pure parthenogenesis, in which a male is completely unnecess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada Killer Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicada Killer Wasp - Taxonomy
The North American cicada killer wasps all belong to the genus Sphecius, of which there are 21 species worldwide. The four cicada-killing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada Killer Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicada Killer Wasp - Life Cycle And Habits
Solitary wasps (such as the Cicada Killer) are very different in their behavior than the social wasps such as hornets, yellowjackets, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Wasp Cv-18: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Wasp Cv-18 - World War Ii
USS Wasp CV-18 - 1943–1944. Following a shakedown cruise which lasted through the end of 1943, Wasp returned to Boston for a brief ya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Wasp Cv-18: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Wasp Cv-18 - After The War
USS Wasp CV-18 - 1947–1951. After receiving the new alterations, Wasp was assigned temporary duty as an Operation Magic Carpet troop ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Wasp Cv-7: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Wasp Cv-7 - Buildup To War
Following her return to Norfolk on the 13 July 1941, Wasp and her embarked air group conducted refresher training off the Virginia Capes....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Wasp Cv-7: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Wasp Cv-7 - War In The Atlantic
Meanwhile, naval authorities felt considerable anxiety that French warships in the Caribbean and West Indies were prepared to make a brea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Wasp Cv-7: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Wasp Cv-7 - War In The Pacific
Early in May, almost simultaneously with Wasp's second Malta run—Operation Bowery—the Battle of the Coral Sea had been fought, then t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Pest Control: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Pest Control - Overview
A key belief of the organic gardener is that biodiversity furthers health. The more variety a landscape has, the more sustainable it is. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Pest Control: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Pest Control - Parasitic Wasps
A diverse range of wasps lay their eggs on or in the body of an insect host, which is then used as a food for developing wasps. Parasitic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Wasp Cv-7: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Wasp Cv-7 - With The Fleet
Ready now to join the fleet and assigned to Carrier Division 3, Patrol Force, Wasp shifted to Naval Operating Base, Norfolk (NOB Norfolk)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Wasp Cv-7: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Wasp Cv-7 - Loss
On Tuesday, 15 September, those two carriers and North Carolina—with 10 other warships—were escorting the transports carrying the 7th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Wasp Cv-7: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Wasp Cv-7 - Early Days
She was laid down on 1 April 1936 at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts; launched on 4 April 1939, sponsored by Carolyn Edi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Through The Looking-glass: Encyclopedia Ii - Through The Looking-glass - The Wasp In A Wig
At the suggestion of his illustrator, John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll decided to suppress a scene involving Alice's encounter with a wasp wea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africanized Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Africanized Bee - How To Avoid Bees
Africanized bee - Use caution with power mowers. Bees are sensitive to low frequency vibrations and so an engine driven lawn mower may ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Through The Looking-glass: Encyclopedia Ii - Through The Looking-glass - Plot Summary
Alice ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror, and to her surprise, is able to pass through to experience this world...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Pest Control: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Pest Control - Examples Of Predators
Ladybugs, and in particular their larvae which are active between May and July, are voracious predators of aphids such as greenfly and bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Through The Looking-glass: Encyclopedia Ii - Through The Looking-glass - Plot Summary
Alice ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror, and to her surprise, is able to pass through to experience this world...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Pest Control: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Pest Control - Plants To Regulate Insect Pests
Choosing a diverse range of plants for the garden can help to regulate pests in a variety of ways, including; Masking the crop plants fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Pest Control: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Pest Control - Directly Introducing Biological Controls
Most of the biological controls listed above depend on providing incentives in order to 'naturally' attract beneficial insects to the gar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphibious Assault Ship: Encyclopedia Ii - Amphibious Assault Ship - History
It is often said that amphibious assaults are the hardest of all military operations to coordinate. They need such fine control and such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphibious Assault Ship: Encyclopedia Ii - Amphibious Assault Ship - Developments In The 1950s 1960s
The first use of helicopters in an amphibious assault came during the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956 (the Suez War). Two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphibious Assault Ship: Encyclopedia Ii - Amphibious Assault Ship - Other Navies With Amphibious Assault Ships
See link for further details of these ships. Also see List of amphibious warfare ships United Kingdom (Royal Navy) Ocean (1995) Albion (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphibious Assault Ship: Encyclopedia Ii - Amphibious Assault Ship - Developments In The 1950s, 1960s
The first use of helicopters in an amphibious assault came during the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956 (the Suez War). Two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphibious Assault Ship: Encyclopedia Ii - Amphibious Assault Ship - Developments In The 1950s 1960s
The first use of helicopters in an amphibious assault came during the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956 (the Suez War). Two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Belt: Encyclopedia Ii - Bible Belt - Geography
Although exact boundaries do not exist, it is generally considered to cover much of the area stretching from Texas in the west, north to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Belt: Encyclopedia Ii - Bible Belt - Geographical Extent
In terms of demographics, the belt may in fact be most accurately described as extending westward to include most of West Texas and Easte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Belt: Encyclopedia Ii - Bible Belt - Political Cultural Context
The term Bible Belt is used mainly, but not uniquely, by detractors of or negative anti-Protestant commentators about a people or region ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Belt: Encyclopedia Ii - Bible Belt - Political, Cultural Context
The term Bible Belt is used mainly, but not uniquely, by detractors of or negative anti-Protestant commentators about a people or region ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protestant Work Ethic: Encyclopedia Ii - Protestant Work Ethic - Max Weber
In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904-1905, Eng. trans. 1930) Max Weber argued for an intimate, causal connection be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee Sting: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee Sting - Honeybee Stings
A honeybee that is away from the hive foraging for nectar or pollen will rarely sting, except when stepped on or roughly handled. Honeybe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Star Wars Diseases: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Star Wars Diseases - W
List of Star Wars diseases - Wasp Fever. This was the phrase used by the Korunnai to indicate the effects of being bitten or stung by a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead White Males: Encyclopedia Ii - Dead White Males - History And Usage
DWEM is a rhetorical device used to deride the emphasis on Western civilization in schools (especially those in the United States), as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead White Males: Encyclopedia Ii - Dead White Males - Critics Of The Term
The term DWEM was subsequently adopted by defenders of the traditional curriculum. Such supporters saw the "dead white European males" in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead White Males: Encyclopedia Ii - Dead White Males - Popular Culture
The term has gained widespread enough currency that it can appear in mass-market media. For example, in the film 10 Things I Hate About Y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicada - Taxonomy
There are many thousands of species of cicadas. The largest cicadas are in the genera Pomponia and Tacua. There are some 200 species in 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicada - Description
Adult cicadas, sometimes called imagines, are usually between 2 and 5 cm (1 to 2 inches) long, although there are some tropical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicada - Life Cycle
Most cicadas go through a life cycle that lasts between two to five years. Some species have much longer life cycles, e.g. the Magicicada...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Night's Dawn Trilogy: Encyclopedia Ii - The Night's Dawn Trilogy - Humanity In The 27th Century
In the Night's Dawn trilogy, humankind, although now united under an organization known as the Confederation, has been broken up into two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Night's Dawn Trilogy: Encyclopedia Ii - The Night's Dawn Trilogy - Technology
In the Night's Dawn trilogy, there are several unusual technologies: The Night's Dawn Trilogy - Blackhawk. As bitek starships, Blackhaw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margaret Ringenberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Margaret Ringenberg - Career And Accomplishments
Ringenberg began her aviation career in 1943 during World War II when she became a ferry pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WA...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee - Eusocial And Quasisocial Bees
Bees may be solitary, or may live in various sorts of communities. The most advanced of these are eusocial colonies, found among the hone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-protestantism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-protestantism - Hostility To Mainline Protestantism
In the U.S. hostility to mainline Protestantism comes from stereotypes of WASPs. This a usually derogatory term describing people of "Whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Powergen Cup: Encyclopedia Ii - Powergen Cup - Pools
Pool A: Gloucester, Bristol, Bath, Ospreys Pool B: London Irish, Wasps, Saracens, Cardiff Blues Pool C: Sale Sharks, Newcastle Falcons, L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jocasta Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jocasta Comics - History
The robot named Jocasta was built by the robot Ultron in order that he might have a mate. To better allow this robot sentience, Ultron br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - York City Knights: Encyclopedia Ii - York City Knights - History
York Wasps were first admitted to the Rugby Football League in 1901. The Wasps also played at Huntington since selling their old ground a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waspinator: Encyclopedia Ii - Waspinator - Beast Machines
See Thrust for further details. At the end of the Beast Machines series Waspinator was reformatted into a small, techno-organic wasp know...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee - Eusocial And Quasisocial Bees
Bees may be solitary, or may live in various sorts of communities. The most advanced of these are eusocial colonies, found among the hone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toxin: Encyclopedia Ii - Toxin - Use
Biotoxins are used in nature for two primary reasons: Predation (spider, snake, jellyfish, wasp) Defense (poison dart frog, deadly night...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee - Solitary And Communal Bees
Other species of bee such as the carpenter bee, Orchard Mason bee (Osmia lignaria) and the hornfaced bee (Osmia cornifrons) are solitary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guinness Premiership: Encyclopedia Ii - Guinness Premiership - Winners
Guinness Premiership - By year. 1987–88 Leicester Tigers 1988–89 Bath 1989–90 Wasps 1990–91 Bath 1991–92 Bath 1992–93 Bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee - Kleptoparasitic Bees
Cuckoo bees are bumblebee look-alikes that invade bumblebee nests and lay their eggs. The bumblebees raise the young as their own. Megach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Complicity: Encyclopedia Ii - Complicity - Analysis
Banks has claimed in an interview that Complicity is "[a] bit like The Wasp Factory except without the happy ending and redeeming air of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee - Miscellaneous
Bees figure more prominently in myth than any other insect. See Bee (mythology). Bees are the favorite meal of Merops apiaster, a bird. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004-5 Heineken Cup: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004-5 Heineken Cup - Pool 1
2004-5 Heineken Cup - Fixtures. Sat 23 Oct Tigers 37-6 Calvisano Sun 24 Oct Wasps 25-12 Biarritz Sat 30 Oct Biarritz 23-8 Tigers Sat 30...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005-6 Heineken Cup: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005-6 Heineken Cup - Pool 6
2005-6 Heineken Cup - Fixtures. Sat 22 Oct Toulouse 57-28 Llanelli Scarlets Sun 23 Oct Edinburgh Gunners 32-31 London Wasps Sat 29 Oct ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee - Solitary And Communal Bees
Other species of bee such as the carpenter bee, Orchard Mason bee (Osmia lignaria) and the hornfaced bee (Osmia cornifrons) are solitary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee - Kleptoparasitic Bees
Cuckoo bees are bumblebee look-alikes that invade bumblebee nests and lay their eggs. The bumblebees raise the young as their own. Megach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee - Miscellaneous
Bees figure more prominently in myth than any other insect. See Bee (mythology). Bees are the favorite meal of Merops apiaster, a bird. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Star Wars Diseases: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Star Wars Diseases - I
List of Star Wars diseases - Influenza necrosi. This was a bio-engineered, deadly form of the flu created by the Empire for use as a bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Star Wars Diseases: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Star Wars Diseases - J
List of Star Wars diseases - Jurrinex6. This hive virus was developed by biological terrorists. ... See also:List of Star Wars diseas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhramara-kita-nyaya: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Bhramara-kita-nyaya
Bhramara-Kita-Nyaya: Bhramara-Kita-Nyaya: the analogy of the wasp  and the caterpillar, which states how the caterpillar gets&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhramara-kita-nyaya: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Bhramara-kita-nyaya
Bhramara-Kita-Nyaya: Bhramara-Kita-Nyaya: the analogy of the wasp  and the caterpillar, which states how the caterpillar gets&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Wasp: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Wasp
  Wasp Wasps, if seen in dreams, denotes that enemies will scourge and spitefully villify you. If one stings you, you will fee...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Wasp: Dream Interpretation - Wasp
  Wasp Wasps, if seen in dreams, denotes that enemies will scourge and spitefully villify you. If one stings you, you will fee...   » Read the article