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2006-10-16 14:30:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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No:

Generally wasps do not have a mating flight. Instead they reproduce between a single queen and a male drone in the vicinity of their nesting area. After successfully mating the drone's sperm cells are stored in a tightly packed ball inside the queen. The sperm are kept stored in a dormant state until the following spring. At a certain time of year (often around autumn time) the bulk of the wasp colony dies away leaving only the young mated queens alive. During this time they leave the nest and find a suitable area to hibernate for the winter.

After emerging from hibernation during early spring the young queens search for a suitable nesting site. Upon finding an area for her future colony the queen usually constructs a basic paper nest into which she will begin to lay eggs. This varies from species to species in specifics as not all wasps live in paper nests.

The sperm that was stored earlier and kept dormant over winter is now used to fertilize the eggs being laid. The storage of sperm inside the female queen allows her to lay a considerable number of fertilized eggs without the need for repeated mating with a male wasp. For this reason a single female queen is quite capable of building an entire colony from only herself. The eggs laid initially are sterile female workers who will begin to construct a more elaborate nest around their queen and take over her role of feeding the larvae.

2006-10-16 17:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0 0

Do Wasps Migrate

2017-01-20 12:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

no they wont migrate seasonally .Only birds and some kind of fishes migrates seasonally.

2006-10-17 01:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Almost all but a few queens die in winter. The queens establish new colonies in the spring.

2006-10-16 17:20:19 · answer #4 · answered by candy2mercy 5 · 1 0

No they usually sit in their nest with most of them freezing to death. Unfortunately there are always survivors.

2006-10-16 16:04:11 · answer #5 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 2 0

Not sure, but, i dont believe so. i think hat they stay put, that is why they gather the honey.

2006-10-16 17:04:49 · answer #6 · answered by rokitt51 1 · 0 0

nope, they die. HA!

2006-10-16 17:14:45 · answer #7 · answered by Stan 5 · 0 0

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