• Queens come out of hibernation within the season of spring and start to establish the foundations of a new nest and lay eggs.
  • Over the next couple of months the nest expands, inclusive of the wasp population.
  • Workers support the growth of the nest and raise the reproductive queens offspring. 
  • The Queen continues to reproduce eggs.
  • Towards the season of autumn, the nest produces numerous males and females which then reproduce.
  • Within the winter season, these new queens migrate and hibernate predominantly in warm haven, such as lofts within their own nests – often the size of a golf ball.
  • Nests most commonly die off, although few do survive. Thus includes all males and workers dying off.
  • A colony has the ability to produce a population of 25,000 wasps.
  • Worker wasps life span is short and often only lasts between 12-24 days.
  • A queen wasps life span is far greater, lasting up to a year.