Wasp Hollow

This perfectly round hole on the bamboo stem is the
work of wasps. They're black with some bright yellow
on the lower part of the abdomen. I was stung once
but the pain wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. In
the winters, I like to have a fire in the backyard.
A lot of rubbish from dead branches and spiky leaves
are burnt.
It was during one such occasion that a hibernating
wasp emerged from a smouldering fire, with a drone,
and too dazed with the heat, the sleep, and the smoke-
it didn't take long to die. Since then, I've been
careful with bamboo, bearing the handiwork of wasps.
I use a lot of dead bamboo for my cheery backyard
fire but now these ones are used as support for my
plants or for the clothes-line!