Bald-faced hornet coloring differentiates it from its mostly black and yellow genus mates. Baldfaced hornets are distinguished from other yellowjackets by their white and black coloring. It has a white or "baldfaced" head, which is the source of its colloquial name. These wasps also have three white stripes at the end of their bodies. They are notably larger than other species of "Dolichovespula", as adults average about in length. Queen and worker wasps have similar morphologies. However, workers are covered by small hairs while the queen remains hairless. Queens are always larger than workers in their colonies, though size distributions can vary
HMS Hornet (1794) 243 tons burthen, and was armed with sixteen 9-pounders. She too had a crew of 30 men.</ref>|group=Note}} "Hornet" was refitted for £3,554 at Portsmouth in June and July 1799. In August "Hornet" was part of the British fleet that captured the Dutch fleet in the Vlieter Incident. Nash then sailed "Hornet" to the West Indies. In 1800 she accompanied a convoy to the West Indies. While at Guadeloupe in October, a boat from "Hornet" attempted to press some men off the "New Ceres", whose crew resisted, killing "Hornet"s second lieutenant, and wounding another crewman. The next day "Hornet" tried again,