Unlike bees, wasp colonies don't create a food supply to sustain them in winter, so to survive the cold, they need to ...

Instead, they’ll produce other queen wasps to hibernate through the winter and create new colonies in the new year. As the weather gets colder in autumn and the flowers begin to deteriorate ...

The Vespula group of invasive wasps are still active, but starting to show signs of slowly shutting up shop for the winter.

Beginning in spring, the queen wasp emerges from hibernation to build a fresh nest for the colony. The worker wasps join her in April and May to help with the hive, but also to start gathering ...