In the middle of winter, it is highly unlikely that it was a wasp. It was probably some other type of flying insect.
No because queen wasps only live for 1 year, as opposed to queen bees. Queen wasps just live over the winter (in hibernation), but die before the next winter. They make new queens before the next winter which will hibernate.
The queen wasp will either hibernate inside the old nest or build a new smaller one. The queen wasp is the only wasp that survives the winter. The rest of the wasps in the next die.
The jewel wasp lives in caves in the jamaican catacombs.
yes they do
The eggs of the Ichneumon wasp are inserted into the tunnels of a pigeon tremex. The larvae develop over the winter and adults emerge in the spring.
no you can not
The eggs of the Ichneumon wasp are inserted into the tunnels of a pigeon tremex. The larvae develop over the winter and adults emerge in the spring.
No, young queens hibernate and the rest of the wasps die.
Mud daubers are a variety of wasp which build their nests out of mud or use the nests of other species of wasp. Mud daubers which survive the cold months are immature individuals which spend the Winter in the nest.
No. As with any other insect a wasp's abdomen contains vital organs.
Newly-mated queens leave to find a place to hibernate through the winter, the rest of the colony dies.