“While exceedingly pleasant reading, the book is in no sense ‘written down’ to its audience, nor popularized in the sense of being diluted to superficiality.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 480. N. ‘05. 170w. |
“The book is written so untechnically that a reader who does not know a wasp from a bee can understand and enjoy it.” May Estelle Cook.
| + + + | Dial. 38: 387. Je. 1, ‘05. 590w. |
“The charm of the book is in the directness with which the story is told, and in the obvious sympathy manifested by the authors with the struggles and aims of the active little nest-makers. While the book is engagingly written, it is also scientifically accurate.”
| + + + | Nation 80: 444. Je. 1, ‘05. 680w. |
“Important work on the manners and customs of North American wasps.” W. F. K.
| + + + | Nature. 72: 395. Ag. 24, ‘05. 160w. | |
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 219. Ap. 8, ‘05. 840w. (Abstract of book.) |
“An outdoor book as entertaining as it is instructive.”
| + + + | Outlook. 80: 196. My. 20, ‘05. 90w. | |
| + + | Pub. Opin. 38: 867. Je. 3, ‘05. 140w. |