Appearance

• Yellow and black abdomen

Lifecycle

• Young Queens overwinter and emerge in the spring to start nest building and lay eggs.
• Workers (sterile females) emerge during early summer and take over nest building. Queen continues to lay eggs.
• New queens and males mate in early autumn.
• Nest dies during winter, including all the males and workers. Only Queens survive to the next year.

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