[Irreg. f. L. vesp-a wasp, after apiary. Cf. med.L. vesparium.] A wasps’ nest.
1817. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., II. 108. The number of females in a populous vespiary is considerable.
1830. Insect Architecture (L.E.K.), 71. We have never met with a single vespiary in any situation likely to have been frequented by moles.
1834. Trewman’s Exeter Flying-Post, 30 Oct., 2/6. The vespiary troop gave no quarters, the honoured Curate was treated with an equal degree of bitter hostility as the hoary-headed sexton, and several persons were stung.
1890. Science-Gossip, XXVI. 122/1. Wasps clothe their vespiary with ten or twelve layers of paper.
