Where Does Wasps Go in the Winter?
WouterDuring the winter months, wasps do not seem to have a favorite place to go. Rather, they are likely to stay inside their nests, sleeping away the winter.
In the spring, the queen wasp emerges from hibernation and starts looking for a new nest. She may find a warm fold in a curtain or an old crevice in a shed. She is also looking for a spot where she can lay her eggs.
The queen wasp is responsible for producing a good number of eggs, which hatch into adult worker wasps. The eggs are used to make up a nest that is big enough to house a few thousand larvae.
Some wasp species prefer to build underground nests. This is because winters can be too cold for social wasps. However, the social wasp species can still survive if the temperature does not drop below freezing.
While the wasps do not like winter, they are not as aggressive as they are in the summer months. During this time, they are also looking for places where they can hide from predators. They can do this by building a nest in a shed or in the eaves of a home.
The queen wasp’s winter nest is usually a paper or wood pulp structure that has been moulded into a shell. During the spring, the queen lays her eggs in the nest. The larvae hatch into adult workers. The eggs are also the most important part of a wasp colony. The larvae spend three weeks in the nest before they pupate into adults.
