how do wasp build their nests?

Answer 1

The nest is made from chewed wood fibres, mixed with saliva. It has open cells and a petiole attaching the nest to the substrate. The wasps produce a chemical which repels ants and secrete it around the base of this petiole in order to avoid ant predation.

A solitary female queen starts the nest, building 20-30 cells before initial egg-laying. This phase begins in spring, depending on climatic conditions. She fashions a petiole and produce a single cell at the end of it. Six further cells are then added around this to produce the characteristic hexagonal shape of the nest cells. The spherical nest is built up from layers of cells.

Once the larvae have hatched as workers, they take up most of the colony’s foraging, brood care and nest maintenance. A finished nest may contain 5,000–10,000 individuals.

Answer 2

Nests are commonly built in rodent burrows, but other protected cavities, like voids in walls and ceilings of houses, sometimes are selected as nesting sites. Colonies, which are begun each spring by a single reproductive female, can reach populations of between 1,500 and 15,000 individuals, depending on the species. The wasps build a nest of paper made from fibers scraped from wood mixed with saliva. It is built as multiple tiers of vertical cells, similar to nests of paper wasps, but enclosed by a paper envelope around the outside that usually contains a single entrance hole. If the rodent hole is not spacious enough, yellowjackets will increase the size by moistening the soil and digging. Similar behavior inside a house sometimes leads to a wet patch that develops into a hole in a wall or ceiling.

Answer 3

Some species do paper chewing wood and their nest is cardboard like.
Some Do nest on flat vertical surfaces using mud to build galleries.
Some dig little caves on soil and close them with rocks and dust.
Different species build different types of nests.

Answer 4

Depends on the type of wasp. Some are ground-nesters or solitary, and burrow; others are paper wasps that chew cellulose and paste it into chambers; others are mud wasps that daub mud into chambers.

Answer 5

Paper wasps will collect mud and other substances and mix it with their own saliva to form a sort of paper-mache. They simply stick this together, the salive has coagulating and bonding properties which cause them to stick.

Answer 6

the dissolve wood and chew it to make a paper like structure we know as hives. they are very heat efficient, to keep the eggs thriving.

Answer 7

They Chew Mud and paste it