What Wasps Do For Winter
During the winter, the wasp colony will undergo a transformation. It will change from a colony of workers to one of queens. The queen will begin to lay eggs, while the workers will help to tend to the eggs.
During the winter, the queen wasps will hibernate in an enclosed space. The nest may be built in a roof space, a shed, or a crevice in a wall or tree. When the weather warms up, the queen wasp will emerge to begin building a new nest. This is the process that starts the colony’s life cycle.
The queen wasp will lay ten to twenty eggs in the nest. These eggs will hatch into young wasps. The young wasps will then continue to build the nest. This is a three-week process.
Once the eggs have hatched, the queen and male workers will leave the nest. The workers help to tend to the nest and feed the eggs. They will also use the nectar from flowers to help feed the larvae.
When the queen wasp dies, it destroys the future of the colony. The female workers will then begin to mate with other wasps. The new queen will find a suitable place to hibernate, and will begin to lay eggs. The new queen wasp will then begin to search for a suitable place to start a new colony.
The female workers will also begin to feed the larvae. When the weather warms up again, the queen wasp will begin to lay eggs again.