The queen wasp is essentially the nest’s leader, and her primary function is egg laying. She is striped in bright yellow and black and has a triangle-shaped head, a distinct ‘waist,’ and a sharp pointy sting. When the queen emerges from hibernation in the spring, …
Ants are eusocial insects, meaning they live in organized colonies in which a single reproductive female (the queen) is responsible for reproduction while the rest of the colony works cooperatively to care for the young, forage for food and defend the nest. Living in populous …
Wasps build nests inside your home’s walls through the voids in the walls. Inside the walls, two types of wasps build nests. Yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets are the culprits. Both wasps begin building nests in late spring. The process of constructing nests lasts until the …