They will settle anywhere, with some species preferring hollow trees, rock crevices or manmade structures. Some choose to nest underground. The process begins when a queen wasp emerges from ...

If the queen can't find a nest site and gather enough resources, or perishes before workers emerge, the colony will fail before it even gets started. Like butterflies, wasps and bees start life as ...

But only some will survive the winter. Those that do, emerge when the weather warms up. These female wasps begin to form new colonies. After building a small nest, the new queen lays eggs of the first ...

If the queen can’t find a nest site and gather enough resources, or perishes before workers emerge, the colony will fail before it even gets started. Like butterflies, wasps and bees start life ...

Wasp colonies are very sophisticated; they have a queen who lays all the eggs, while the rest are workers who keep the colony going. Only the queen lives through the winter; all the workers die ...