wasp nest

collocation in English

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wasp
noun[C]
uk
/wɒsp/us
/wɑːsp/
a flying insect, often black and yellow, that can sting (= produce a small, painful ...
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nest
noun[C]
uk
/nest/us
/nest/
a structure built by birds or insects to leave their eggs in to develop, and by some other animals to give birth or ...
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(Definition ofwaspandnestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is built about 3.530 m (10100 ft) above ground, in a tree which usually also contains an activewaspnest.
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Females compete for the best sites near the protection of thewaspnest.
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The bottle nest is made of plant fibre and suspended from a branch, usually near awaspnest, which presumably provides some protection from predators.
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The cause was a pitot tube that investigators believe was blocked by awaspnestthat was built inside it.
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The nest is placed by a tree fork, usually near awaspnest, which presumably provides some protection from predators.
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It is constructed 12.5 m high in a fork of a thorny tree or shrub, often close to awaspnest.
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It is a colonial breeder, with up to 100 bag-shaped nests in a tree, which usually also contains an activewaspnest.
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The female then enters an insect nest, typically a ground-nesting bee, such as a bumblebee, orwaspnest, and deposits one egg near each larva or pupa.
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We have heard from various speakers of the things that the badger eats—rabbits, beetles, rats, mice and so on, and particularly wasp nests, to which it digs down.
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The felled trees were found to contain bee and wasp nests, large amounts of mistletoe and much dead wood.
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The stalk at the base of paper wasp nests is also called a petiole.
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