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The bee box, which 10 days ago had one completed grass-carrying wasp nest, and another that was being provisioned with food for larva, today had a second completed one, and a third was being worked on. Here, the wasp is carrying a long strand of grass into the hole. I watched as it was dragged in, disappearing bit by bit, and it was evident that the wasp was working hard to arrange the grass in the nest hole as the back legs and rear end would appear, then vanish, then appear again, and the the length of grass grew shorter and shorter as it was drawn in. Interestingly, the nest hole into which an Isodontia was carrying prey (tree crickets), showed no signs of having a nest.