And there stood the two American boys while the auditors-at first dumb with amazement-began to buzz angrily like a nest of disturbed Hornets.
"The Boy Aviators in Africa"
Captain Wilbur Lawton
Bees, wasps, Hornets, bugs of all descriptions, are eagerly swallowed alive but not always with impunity, and the birds often pay the penalty with their lives.
"Natural and Artificial Duck Culture"
James Rankin
They're some bunch-and they stick for one another like Hornets, and all hold together in a fight.
"Nan of Music Mountain"
Frank H. Spearman