A Pound Of Sugar And A Pint Of Beer |
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 May 12, 2008 |
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That was the daily diet of the wasp colony that built this huge paper nest in 1857.
Before you envy this self-indulgent diet, bear in mind that the wasps got their sugar dissolved in their beer.
This magnificently well-fed colony soon drew the attention of nearby wasps, who abandoned their own nests and moved in to help build the ever-growing mansion. They were welcomed “without the least show of opposition,” says the exhibit label.
So if you plan to write up the history of open-source software or BarCamp, please give appropriate credit to these pioneers.
(For more information, see a closeup of the label.) It’s now on display in Oxford’s Museum of Natural History.
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