Book review - Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by Seirian Sumner

An ‘exuberant guide’ that will make you think again about these oft-overlooked creatures

A wasp
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Few people have a good word to say about wasps, said Constance Craig Smith in the Daily Mail. Unlike “gentle, productive bees”, wasps appear to have little going for them. “They build sinister white nests in our attics and sheds, have a ferocious sting and ruin summer picnics.”

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