Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1917 — Male Wasps Not Hardy. [ARTICLE]

Male Wasps Not Hardy.

There lim’t a male wasp in existence when winter ends. Late the preceding fall the wasps mate. The coming cold weather kills every worker and male, while Mrs. Wasp hies herself to a convenient place and hibernates, ready to come forth in the spring and lay eggs to replenish the race.