Drone wasps are male wasps that live for a few weeks–just long enough to fertilize new queen wasps. Queens are the longest-living wasps in the nest, usually living for up to 10-12 months to ...

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 ...

Some choose to nest underground. The process begins when a queen wasp emerges from hibernation, as she promptly searches for a place to call home. Providing for herself, the queen settles on a ...