original: the name " hornet " is used for this and related species primarily because of their habit of making aerial nests -lrb- similar to the true hornets -rrb- rather than subterranean nests .
simplifications: this and similar species are often called hornets because they make nests similar to actual hornets instead of nests in the ground . like true hornets , they are called " the name " hornet " is used for this and related species mainly because of their habit of making open-air nests -lrb- similar to true hornets -rrb- rather than underground nests . the name " hornet " is used for this and related species basically because of their habit of making up- in -the -air nests -lrb- similar to the true hornets -rrb- rather than in-the-ground nests . hornet is used for this and related species primarily because of their habit of making aerial nests the name " hornet " is used for this and related species because they make aerial nests -lrb- similar to the true hornets -rrb- instead of subterranean nests . the name " hornet " is used for this and related species primarily because of their habit of making aerial nests rather than subterranean nests . the name " hornet " is used for this and related species primarily because of their habit of making aerial nests -lrb- similar to the true hornets -rrb- rather than subterranean nests .