2007-07-10 00:07:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The nest is built up over the course of the spring and summer and dies off during the winter. DUring the late summer is the time when a colony has the most yellow jackets or hornets and more are out looking for food and nesting material.
2007-07-10 00:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by chlaxman17 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure where you are but here in Idaho they are thick as thieves in NC. Summer is not a month old yet and they are everywhere. After a day and a half I had a yellow jacket nest in my car door and got 5 stings from them. In cooler, wetter climates maybe they emerge later.
2007-07-10 03:30:02 · answer #2 · answered by lilabner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Late summer and early fall there is less food for them, i.e. other insects, so they range further and look for other things to eat. Watch one chew out a chuck of hot dog sometime. They onlydo that when hungry.
2007-07-10 16:56:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋