On Assabet.
The maples being bare, the great hornet nests are exposed.
A beautiful, calm Indian-summer afternoon, the withered reeds on the brink reflected in the water.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, October 25, 1854
The great hornet nests are exposed. See October 4, 1858 ("Hornets are still at work in their nests."); October 15, 1855 (“The hornets’ nests are exposed, the maples being bare, but the hornets are gone.”); October 24, 1858 ("That large hornets’ nest which I saw on the 4th is now deserted, and I bring it home. But in the evening, warmed by my fire, two or three come forth and crawl over it, and I make haste to throw it out the window.") See also September 25, 1851 ("The hornets' nest not brown but gray, two shades, whitish and dark, alternating on the outer layers or the covering, giving it a waved appearance.")
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